Chilean Wine

The Ancient French Variety: Carménère

A Chilean vineyard in Colchagua — the kind of ground where Carménère, thought extinct, quietly survived for over a century. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & […]

October 25

October 25, 1147: Afonso Henriques captured Lisbon. To get away from a storm, 164 ships carrying 6,000 English, 5,000 German, and 2,000 Flemish crusaders docked in Porto. They were invited to join the personal […]

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