Wine and Symbolism in the Old and New Testament Wine holds great symbolic meaning in the Bible and has been significant throughout the history of the Church. In the Old Testament wine was typically […]
South Africa is one of the world’s leading wine producers today. Approximately a quarter of a million acres of land is under vine here in a country with an ideal mix of cool mountain […]
Sex and Wine in Medieval Europe: How the Two Were Intertwined By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Board · Reviewed & fact-checked Medieval Europeans’ views on sex and wine was influenced by […]
October 20, 1972: Frazier's Wine Merchants, Ltd. was incorporated. In the 1800s, Samuel White was a brewer at the Bellefield Brewery in Winson Green, Birmingham. His son-in-law, William Reginald Frazier, started working as a […]
October 22, 1685: The Edict of Fontainebleau was issued in France by the government of King Louis XIV. Through it, the French government essentially revoked religious toleration for France's Protestants, which they had earlier […]
October 4, 1854: Sicilian Wine by Bayard Taylor was published. "Sicilian Wine," by Bayard Taylor, is a tribute to the Italian island's "crimson" reds. October 4, 1854: California State Fair was held for the […]
October 11, 1738: Arthur Phillip was born. He was the first governor of the Colony of New South Wales and a member of the British Royal Navy. From June 1751 to December 1753, Phillip […]
October 14, 1066: The Norman Conquest of England began with the Battle of Hastings, a conflict between an English force led by Harold Godwinson and a Norman-French army led by William, the Duke of […]
October 10, 1917: Dinsmoor Webb was born in the Californian city of Victorville. Webb was a member of the faculty at University of California Davis in the Department of Chemistry as well as the […]
October 30, 1933: The Navarra wine region was established. It is known for many varying types of red wines, as well as superb rosé wines, and is located in the Ebro River Valley, near […]
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