The template for every world-of-wine survey was set in 1833 by Cyrus Redding — a working newspaper editor who had lived in Paris, not a wine merchant.
French appellation law began as an anti-fraud measure. Phylloxera caused the shortage, the shortage caused the counterfeiting, and the counterfeiting produced the AOC.
A few vineyards never needed grafting. Santorini, Colares, Chile and the Barossa still grow vines on their own roots — living relics of the pre-phylloxera world.
From the first fermented grapes of the Caucasus to the modern global industry — the complete history of wine, era by era, in one verified timeline.
California wine country, where the 1976 winners were grown. Photo: John Morgan / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons ✓ VERIFIEDBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team — researched, fact-checked & verified […]
Hogarth’s A Midnight Modern Conversation (1733). In late Georgian Britain, what people drank was a question of politics, class and morality. Engraving via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, […]
Roman wine amphorae — the shipping containers of the ancient world. Millions were made to carry wine across the Mediterranean and beyond. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, […]
Paolo Veronese, The Wedding Feast at Cana (1563). Veronese set a biblical miracle as a sumptuous Venetian banquet — a vision of wine as the currency of wealth and power. Louvre.By the This Day […]
The winegrowers’ demonstration at Montpellier, 9 June 1907 — between 600,000 and 800,000 people, the largest protest in the history of the French Third Republic. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History […]
Introduction: The Beverages of Middle Earth A great many of us are familiar with the various races and kingdoms of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, the world in which The Lord of the […]
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