Cabernet Franc vineyards at Bourgueil in the Loire Valley, its spiritual home. Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202612 min […]
Vineyards in Mendoza beneath the Andes — where high-altitude Cabernet Franc is challenging Malbec. David, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202610 […]
The Wine Terminologies of Various Regions You can easily get confused by the various Wine Terminologies. In 2020, global wine consumption will hit 234 million hectoliters. To help you understand the meaning and value […]
April 6, 1623: This day marks the beginning of Cabernet Franc’s wide establishment from vine cuttings. Cardinal Richelieu is credited for bringing cuttings of the Cabernet Franc vine to the Loire Valley from the […]
December 31, 192: Roman Emperor Commodus, who had seized the wine-producing Villa of the Quintilii, was assassinated in Rome. December 31, 1825: Thomas Bramwell Welch, the physician and dentist who developed pasteurized unfermented 'wine' […]
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 […]
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