A Year in Burgundy

Burgundy Wine: History of the World’s Greatest Terroir

By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Burgundy wine is the world’s greatest argument that place matters more than anything else. […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-14T23:24:57+00:00Categories: Date Themes|Tags: A Year in Burgundy, Burgundy, Burgundy wine, Burgundy wines, France Wineries, Monastery Winery in Burgundy, The Dukes of Burgundy|

January 26

January 26, 1662: The diarist Samuel Pepys records that since he stopped drinking wine he finds himself much better, minds his business better, and spends less money and less time in idle company. January […]

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