The landmark arch of the Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville — the first major Napa winery founded after Prohibition. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust […]
March 1, 1825: Charles Krug was born in Prussia. Krug emigrated to the United States in 1847 and became an apprentice to Agoston Haraszthy and, later, John Patchett. He is the founder of Charles […]
December 8, 2004: The Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area was established, an umbrella appellation uniting the Umpqua and Rogue Valley regions of southern Oregon and their warmer-climate grapes, from Tempranillo to Syrah.December 8, 2009: […]
June 9, 68: nearly two thousand years ago, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide outside Rome. He had just been displaced from the throne by a pretender called Galba, who briefly became emperor himself. […]
June 18, 860: A Rus' fleet sailed into the Bosporus and began pillaging the suburbs of Constantinople, the first Rus' attack on the Byzantine capital. June 18, 1913: Robert Mondavi was born. After leaving […]
February 6th, 2018: Destileria Limtuaco opened its museum. Alcohol distillery and business Destileria Limtuaco & Co., Inc. is situated in Manila, Philippines. It is renowned for being the Philippines' oldest operating distillery. During the […]
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