June 276: In this month, Marcus Aurelius Probus became Roman Emperor. Marcus Aurelius Probus used his army to cultivate new vineyards in the Pannonian region and overturned Emperor Domitian's earlier restriction on winemaking north […]
April 13, 1743: On this day, Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. President, was born. Over the course of his study of law, he developed a love for wine, which he carried throughout his life. […]
May 9, 1386: On this day, wine exports/imports were established by the Treaty of Windsor. The diplomatic agreement between Portugal and England, known as the Treaty of Windsor, was finalized when King John I […]
June 12, 796: On this day, Al-Hakam I became the Umayyad Emir of Cordoba in Al-Andalus. Since his older brother passed away at a young age, Al-Hakam was his father's second son. Sulayman and […]
October 3, 1226: Francis of Assisi died while in his mid-forties. This Italian mystic and religious leader was quickly canonized as a saint by Pope Gregory IX just two years later. Francis had developed […]
July 7, 1957: On this day, the Barbera wine varietal was discovered. As of 2000, the Barbera red wine grape type was the third most often planted red grape variety in Italy. Barbera is […]
July 19, 1940: On this day, in the history: Nicolas Belfrage, the first certified Master of Wine was born in Los Angeles, California. Nicolas is renowned for becoming the first Master of Wine to […]
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