The Benedictines and their Role in European Wine Production during the Middle Ages The decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire could have spelled disaster for viticulture in Western and Central Europe. The […]
December 4, 1334: Pope John XXII, who built the papal summer castle that gave Chateauneuf-du-Pape its name and fostered its vineyards, died at Avignon. December 4, 1917: Claude Terrail, the proprietor of the Paris […]
March 2, 480: Benedict of Nursia was born in Central Italy. He would go on to found over a dozen monasteries in Italy during the sixth century, the most famous being the monastery of Monte […]
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