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Chianti Archives

The Month of February

February 1874: During this time, Don Francisco de Rojas y Salamanca, a brilliant Chilean businessman, built a vineyard in the Maipo Valley at the foot of the Andes Mountains using superb vines imported from […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-01T03:48:13+00:00Categories: Business & Trade, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Argentina, Australia, Boston Wine Expo, Breakthru Beverage Group, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Chianti Classico Gran Selezione, Empire Merchants LLC, February, Italy, Mendoza, New York, New York City, New Zealand, Pinot Noir New Zealand, Shiraz, weather, wine festival|

Wine Bottles: The Big Break in Modern Wine Manufacturing Industry

Wine Bottles: A Revolution in the Modern Wine Manufacturing Industry The Evolution of Wine Storage Different varieties of wine derive their uniqueness from several factors, including distinct flavors. Wine bottles play a significant role […]

Staff Writers2026-08-15T04:43:42+00:00Categories: Products, Technology & the Vine, This Day in Wine History | Articles|Tags: 1821, 1979, 700ml, 750ml, 800ml, Automated, Bordeaux, Burgundy, champagne, Chianti, Dan Rylands of Barnsley, Egyptians and Mesopotamians, Hand-Blown, Hand-Blown Glasses, Ideal Bottle Sizes, Oak Barrels, Oxygen, Rhine, Rickets of Bristol, technology, The Gauls, The Romans|

March 9

March 9, 1809: 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. He was proclaimed […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-12T08:20:32+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: 1976 Paris Wine Tasting, American Viticultural Areas, Bettino Ricasoli, Canada, Chianti, Florence, Italy, Mission Hill, Mission Hill Family Estate Winery, Okanagan Valley, Okanagan Winery, Robert Parker, San Luis Obispo Coast AVA, Steven Spurrier, White Claw|

June 4

June 4, 1753: The Accademia dei Georgofili was founded in Florence—one of the world’s oldest learned societies devoted to agriculture. It became an influential centre for the study of viticulture and Tuscan farming. June […]

September 24

September 24, 1716: Four wine-growing regions were first identified in a prohibition issued by the Grand Duke of Tuscany Cosimo III: Chianti (which roughly comprises the present-day Chianti Classico region), Pomino, Carmignano, and Valdarno […]

Staff Writer2026-08-06T16:45:48+00:00Categories: This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Arizona, Armenia, Carmignano, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Pomino, Soviet Union, Tuscany, Valdarno Superiore, Verde Valley AVA|

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