November 6
November 6, 2001: On this day, Aythaya Rose was recognized in the international market, with its origin available in 375 ml and 750 ml. This wine was produced using grapes from 90 percent Shiraz […]
Bordeaux Wine Classification Of 1855
Bordeaux Wine Classification Of 1855 In 1855, during the Exposition Universelle de Paris, the French Emperor Napoleon III requested a classification system be made for France‘s best Bordeaux wines. The top wines would then be put […]
November 4
November 4, 1592 : On this day, Gerhard Van Honthorst was born. He was a Dutch painter from Utrecht who was a deep admirer of Italian art, traveling to Italy and learning from Caravaggio's […]
May 6
May 6, 1919: On this day, Several legislations were approved by the French government to build the foundation for the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) system, which would firmly define winemaking regulations and geographic borders. […]
August 4
August 4, 1792: On this day, Percy Bysshe Shelley was born. A romanticist, he is currently most famous for his poem "Ozymandias," though he also wrote the “The Vine-Shroud,” a grim fragment of a […]
August 14
August 14, 1889: On this day in 1889 the Griffe Law was passed by the French government. Named after Charles Griffe, a senator representing the Hérault region of southern France who had proposed the […]
June 5
June 5, 1756: On in this day in 1756 Jean-Antoine Chaptal was born in Nogaret in in south-western France. In his long life he would go on to become a chemist, physician, statesman and […]
July 30
July 30, 1927: Ralph E. Kunkee was born on this day. He advanced the research of Louis Pasteur on Malo-Lactic Fermentation in Winemaking. Malolactic fermentation, often known as Malo or MLF, is the process […]
July 31
July 31, 1556: On this day, Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as the Jesuits) died in the city of Rome. The Jesuits had been established in […]
April 5
April 5, 1815: On this day, a catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora caused significant destruction to the global wine industry due to the massive volume of ash lowering global temperatures up to a year […]
