September 13

September 13, 1914: Reims was saved from German occupation following the First Battle of the Marne on September 13, 1914, after which the Germans bombarded the city and its vineyards.

September 13, 1954: Eric Arnold was born in the United Kingdom. Best known for his career with the Norwich City football club, Arnold later ventured into journalism He became a prolific writer in the wine industry, working for Wine Spectator and Forbes.

September 13,  1961: Pancho Campo was born in Santiago, Chile. He is an event organizer, a motivational speaker, and a former tennis player. Campo is the first Chilean to attain the Master of Wine title.

September 13, 1977: Maximilian Riedel was born. Riedel: The Wine Glass Company, founded in 1756, is well renowned for its creation of grape variety-specific glassware, and Maximilian is the 11th-generation President. The business is well-known for developing double-decanting technology, which allows for hours of decanting in minutes, and for manufacturing the world’s first variety-specific stemless wine glasses (the Riedel “O” Series) in 2004.

September 13, 2004: Alexander Payne’s wine-country film ‘Sideways’ premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

September 13, 2010: Nashik Valley wine of Maharashtra attained the geographical indication in India.

September 13, 2012: The Inwood Valley AVA was established, located in Shasta County. The 28441-acre AVA consists of 62.5 acres of planted vineyards; its terroir leads to the production of premium Cabernet Sauvignon and Burgundy-style varietals. Other grapes that do well in this AVA are Zinfandel and Syrah.

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