August 12
August 12, 1712: Karl Jacob Weber was born in the town of Arth in Switzerland. Weber initially trained as an architect and an engineer, but he subsequently became involved in the excavation of numerous […]
January 9
January 9, 1984: On this day, Niagara Icewine Festival was started. The dessert wine called ice wine is made from grapes frozen on a vine. It is a specialty of many of Canada’s wineries, […]
July 21
July 21, 1856: On this day, William Ryrie died. William was a Scottish-born Australian pastoralist who pioneered settlement in the Port Phillip District and the Braidwood district of New South Wales (now Victoria). In […]
June 19
June 19, 1967: On this day, Frédéric Rouzaud was born. Frederic Rouzaud is Managing Director at the Louis Roederer champagne house, which produces the well known cuvée Cristal. June 19, 2017: On this day, […]
March 9
March 9, 1809: On this day, one of the most important figures in Tuscan wine history, Bettino Ricasoli, was born. He would later develop the Chianti formula in 1872. Ricasoli was a Florentine native. […]
May 25
May 25, 1966: On this day, Mission Hill Winery, was established in Canada. Although Travel and Leisure magazine has referred to Mission Hill as "the cornerstone of the Canadian wine tourist sector," the winery […]
July 1
July 1, 1816: On this day, Emperor Franz I of Austria handed over ownership of Schloss Johannisberg to his Foreign Minister Prince von Metternich. Schloss Johannisberg is one of the oldest wineries in Germany, […]
May 29
May 29, 1453: On this day, Constantinople was taken over by the Ottomans, and eventually all of Greece. After Constantinople fell, wine production and trade started to move at an atrophied, sluggish pace. While […]
August 5
August 5, 1893: On this day, the Mudgee region of Australia began producing wine. Grapes were initially cultivated in the Mudgee region in 1858, and by August 5, 1893, there were a total of […]
December 22
December 22, 1931: Livingstone v. Toronto Wine Mfg. Co. Ltd. was decided by the Supreme Court of Canada on this date. December 22, 1986: On this day, Pauline Lhote was born in Champagne, France. […]
