Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, once so productive it was called the mother of California’s vineyards. Via Wikimedia Commons.By Ken Wytsma✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202613 min readCalifornia is now one of the great wine […]
In the 1980s phylloxera returned — in Napa. A rootstock France had abandoned in 1903 was planted across 70% of the valley, and biotype B destroyed it, forcing a $1bn replant.
Paso Robles: The Wine County Paso Robles has been a well known California wine region since the wine industry started booming in the late 1970s. It is home to more than 200 wineries and […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readSonoma’s Russian River Valley became one of America’s greatest Pinot Noir regions for […]
August 25, 1900: Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, author of Thus Spoke Zarathustra, died in Weimar, Germany in 1900. August 25, 1992: Spring Mountain Vineyards was seized by Western Farm Credit Bank. The Bank sold the […]
California’s Oppressive Wine History California is one of the states that produce the most wine in America. When speaking of wine, most people think of Napa Valley and Sonoma. However, California’s history is more […]
Chinese farm workers pruning a California vineyard, c.1900. A largely Chinese labour force planted and built Northern California’s wine country. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & […]
Zinfandel vineyards in Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley — the red grape behind America’s favourite pink wine. Naotake Murayama, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
January 29, 1987: San Lucas AVA was founded. The wine region has the widest variety of temperatures in any AVA in California and is home to one of the world’s largest contiguous vineyards, the […]
January 21, 1527: Juan de Grijalva died. Grijalva was among the first to discover the Mexican coast in 1518. Pedro Mártir claimed there were 300 people present, although Hernán Cortés claimed 170 people traveled […]
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