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Wine is the focal point that connects many of our social traditions, rituals, and gatherings. This Day in Wine History is a digital archive that explores the relationship between wine and history for wine lovers, history buffs, and cultural enthusiasts all over the world.

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Cape wine Archives

How a Colonial Wage Practice Left the Cape With the World’s Highest Fetal-Alcohol Rates

The Boschendal wine estate in the Cape winelands | Vincent Steenberg, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons) By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · Researched, fact-checked & verified by the TDIWH Editorial […]

Ken Wytsma2026-07-30T11:12:58+00:00Categories: Colonialism|Tags: Cape wine, dop system, farm labour, fetal alcohol syndrome, wine history|

Napoleon Drank It on His Deathbed. Enslaved People Made It: The Real Makers of Constantia Wine

The Groot Constantia estate in the Cape | JessyAM, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons) By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · Researched, fact-checked & verified by the TDIWH Editorial Team. Napoleon […]

Ken Wytsma2026-07-30T11:12:26+00:00Categories: Colonialism|Tags: Cape wine, Constantia, Groot Constantia, slavery, wine history|

The Cape’s Wine Boom Ran on Enslaved Labour — and Abolition Made It Harder, Not Freer

The Stellenbosch winelands beneath the Drakenstein Mountains | SkyPixels, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · Researched, fact-checked & verified by the TDIWH Editorial Team. The […]

Ken Wytsma2026-07-30T11:12:15+00:00Categories: Colonialism|Tags: Cape wine, slavery, Stellenbosch, VOC, wine history|

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