Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, once so productive it was called the mother of California’s vineyards. Via Wikimedia Commons.By Ken Wytsma✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202613 min readCalifornia is now one of the great wine […]
Mission San Juan Capistrano, long credited with California’s first substantial winemaking in the 1780s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202610 min readCalifornia is now […]
John Trumbull, The Declaration of Independence (1818). The signers toasted the occasion with Madeira — the wine Americans drank as an act of defiance against British taxes. Yale University Art Gallery.By the This Day […]
The Hanseatic League and the Wine Trade in Late Medieval Europe Wine Trade in Medieval Europe It is widely accepted that Europe has been divided for centuries into a wine-drinking south and a beer-drinking […]
The Speyer Wine Bottle The long history of the relationship between humankind and wine is believed to predate written history, making it hard to determine exactly when people started indulging in wine. Though the […]
The Effects of British Tariffs on the French Wine Industry (1700-1860) France's world dominance in the wine industry goes back to the 15th century. Wine production along with other exports was a significant source […]
Los Angeles in 1869. A generation earlier, this dusty pueblo — not Napa — was California’s wine capital. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20268 […]
Thomas Jefferson Wine Bottles Wine has often been seen as a sign of wealth, prestige, and excellent taste. People have been collecting wine since the time of Ancient Rome. Wine can last for long […]
The Rothschild Dynasty of Wine Production It all began with an individual named Mayor Amschel Rothschild in the late 18th century. He was a merchant in the ghetto area of Frankfurt and had five […]
Birthdays in Wine History 26 July 1638 – On this day, Dom Pierre Perignon was born. Perignon was a Benedictine monk credited with the discovery of sparkling win on 4 August 1639. Perignon was […]
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