The SLV vineyard, whose young vines produced the 1973 Cabernet that beat Bordeaux in Paris in 1976. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20269 min […]
Top 10 Books on Cabernet Sauvignon 10. Ten Grapes to Know: The Ten and Done Wine Guide Flexibound by Catherine Fallis Catherine Fallis has authored a book titled “Ten Grapes to Know: The Ten […]
August 15, 1038: Saint Stephen of Hungary passed away. From 1000 or 1001 until he died in 1038, Stephen I, sometimes referred to as King Saint Stephen, reigned as Hungary's first monarch. Between 997 […]
January 8, 482: On this day, Severinus of Noricum died. Saint and "Apostle to Noricum" Severinus of Noricum is well-known. He might have been born in the African Roman province or Southern Italy, according […]
January 1911: During this month, riots broke out in the towns of Damery and Hautvilliers as tensions approached a breaking point. Trucks carrying grapes from the Loire Valley were pushed into the Marne River […]
April 23, 1809: American horticulturist Henderson William Luelling was born. He was the first to plant grapes in Oregon in 1847. April 23, 1938: Vasiliy Tairov died at the age of 78. A Soviet […]
A Chilean vineyard in Colchagua — the kind of ground where Carménère, thought extinct, quietly survived for over a century. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & […]
Steven Spurrier's Impact on the Wine Industry The name "Steven Spurrier" will forever be remembered as the person who propelled California wines into the limelight. Thanks to his innovativeness and willingness to explore, Spurrier […]
Cabernet Sauvignon — small, thick-skinned, deeply coloured berries that make the world’s most famous red wine. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20266 min readCabernet […]
April 19, 1783: Catherine II of Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from the Crimean Tatars as part of Russia’s southwards expansion towards the Black Sea, the Caucasus and the Balkans. The Crimea, with its […]
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