Winemaking and Climate Change: Lessons from the Little Ice Age In the winter of 1683, visitors of London witnessed what would seem otherworldly by today’s standards.What they saw was the effects of the Little […]
The History of Inglenook Winery in Napa The history of Inglenook Winery in Napa Valley, California, spans nearly as long as California itself—with the first vines planted in 1879. Over the decades, some of […]
December 9, 1987: Ben Lomond Mountain AVA was established. As the name suggests, this AVA boasts a mountainous terroir. It is located in the western part of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Cruz […]
January 10, 2011: On this day, Caraccioli Cellars opened its wine tasting room in Carmel, CA. Caraccioli Cellars is a family-run winery founded in 2006 that takes care in creating wines that are representative […]
January 23, 1860: The Cobden-Chevalier Treaty was signed on this day. Before this date, European countries had embraced unilateral tariffs that significantly impacted inter-border trade, especially between Britain and France. Tariffs unilaterally imposed by […]
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 […]
March 4, 1193: Al-Nasr Salah-al Din, better known simply as Saladin, meaning the ‘Righteousness of the Faith’, died at Damascus in Syria. This Kurdish general had risen to become Vizier of the Fatimid Caliphate […]
March 31, 1991: On this day, a new hybrid wine yeast strain was developed and commercialized. In the wake of this discovery, Anchor Yeast became the first business and wine yeast brand anywhere globally […]
March 1224: The first-ever wine tasting competition was held. French King Philip Augustus initially organized the competition; because the king was the only wine critic who counted. The competition consisted of around seventy different […]
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 […]
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