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Algeria Archives

September 3

September 3, 1758: King Joseph I of Portugal barely survived an assassination attempt outside Lisbon when three men intercepted his unmarked carriage outside the Portuguese capital. In the weeks that followed the Marchioness Leonor […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T08:35:42+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Algeria, brazil, champagne, Dry Creek Valley AVA, European Coal and Steel Community, France, Jesuits, King Joseph I, Portugal, treaty of paris|

History of African Wines Under British and French Colonialism

By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 9 min read Africa is often treated as a footnote in wine. It should not […]

Staff Writers2026-08-15T04:08:54+00:00Categories: Business & Trade, Colonialism, Old World, Wine Regions|Tags: 19th Century, Algeria, Colonialism, South Africa, Wine Trade|

July 31

July 31, 1395: Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy issued his celebrated ordinance ordering the “disloyal” Gamay grape torn out of the Côte d’Or, reserving the region’s finest slopes for Pinot Noir—an early act […]

July 5

July 5, 1894: Austen Henry Layard died. An archaeologist, politician, historian and travel writer, he is most famous for having discovered the Library of King Ashurbanipal in the remains of the city of Nineveh, […]

Staff Writer2026-08-06T01:36:52+00:00Categories: This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Algeria, Archaeology, Assyria, Austen Henry Layard, Austria, Cuneiforms, Domäne Wachau, french algeria, Independence Day, King Ashurbanipal, Master of Wine, Mesopotamia, Roman Horvath|

June 14

June 14, 1830: A French army consisting of 34,000 men under the command of General Louis-Auguste de Bourmont landed 27 kilometers west of Algiers in Algeria to begin the French conquest of this vast […]

The Transformation of Algeria’s Vineyards

A vineyard at El-Ançor, near Oran — a survivor of the vast Algerian wine industry that once led the world in exports. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-03T23:15:23+00:00Categories: Colonialism, This Day in Wine History | Articles, Wine Regions|Tags: Africa, Algeria, France|

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