September 7, 1714: The War of the Spanish Succession between France and the Holy Roman Empire (Austria) ended after over a decade. France could not export products to Britain during the war. Since France […]
September 10, Every Year: International Port Wine Day September 10, 1756: The Companhia Geral da Agricultura des Vinhos do Alto Douro (which translates to the Company for the Cultivation of Vineyards in the Upper […]
January 20, 1498: Guillaume le Signerre printed one of the earliest surviving cookbooks, the De Re Coquinaria. Many recipes in De Re Coquinaria use wine as an ingredient. De Re Coquinaria is one of […]
August 17, 1784: In Austria, an imperial order issued by Josef II (the "Josephinische Zirkularverordnung") permitted all wineries to sell home-grown food alongside their wine all year. This gave rise to the particular Austrian […]
THE DIETHYLENE GLYCOL WINE SCANDAL OF 1985 The 1985 diethylene glycol wine controversy involved Austrian wineries illegally adulterating their wines with the hazardous substance diethylene glycol. Using this ingredient found in antifreeze brands, winemakers […]
March 16, 1837: Ludwig Hermann Goethe was born. Hermann Goethe (1837–1911), a pomologist and expert in German viticulture, studied at the Hohenheim Agricultural Academy. He served as a chief gardener at the Reutlingen Pomological […]
October 30, 1933: The Navarra wine region was established. It is known for many varying types of red wines, as well as superb rosé wines, and is located in the Ebro River Valley, near […]
October 23, 1942: MaryAnn Graf, the first female winemaker in California’s modern industry was born. Graf, like Weinberger, was a trailblazer, often regarded as California's first female winemaker when Prohibition ended. October 23, 1984: […]
July 11, 1936: The Austro-German Agreement was made. The governments of the Federal State of Austria and Germany decided to resume normal and friendly relations as a result of their conviction that they were […]
June 4, 1753: The Accademia dei Georgofili was founded in Florence—one of the world’s oldest learned societies devoted to agriculture. It became an influential centre for the study of viticulture and Tuscan farming. June […]
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