INTRODUCTION Other alcoholic beverages besides wine may be auctioned off at a wine auction. Wine auctions can be divided into two categories: first-hand wine auctions, when wineries sell their own products, and second-hand wine […]
September 12, 1494: On this day, the King of France, Francis I, was born. He is associated with one of the rarest grape varieties today, Romorantin variety. The plant was first established in Romorantin […]
October 11, 1738: On this day, 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 […]
November 16, 2009: On this day, 228 vintage Chateau Lafite Rothschild bottles, a rare Bordeaux wine from France, were stolen, according to Hong Kong police. The collection is worth 6.8 million Hong Kong dollars […]
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 […]
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