March 18
March 18, 1909: On this day, Ernest J. Gallo was born. Gallo is famed for co-founding E. & J. Gallo Winery with his brother Julio, following in the footsteps of his father who ran […]
January 5
January 5, 1938: On this day, a member of the Spanish royal dynasty, Juan Carlos I was born. From 22 November 1975 until the abdication of the King of Spain on 19 June 2014. […]
March 6
March 6, 1475: On this day, Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born. Commonly referred to as Michelangelo, he is one of the most influential artists in Western history, having painted, sculpted, and designed […]
August 4
August 4, 1792: On this day, Percy Bysshe Shelley was born. A romanticist, he is currently most famous for his poem "Ozymandias," though he also wrote the “The Vine-Shroud,” a grim fragment of a […]
June 28
June 28, 1826: On this day, Edward Staniford Rogers was born. In 1851, Rogers started the process of hybridizing American and European grapes, which ushered in a period of "enthusiasm and speculation" for grape […]
September 1
September 1, 1715: On this day, the effervescent Champagne became a favorite among the French elite at Philippe II's court when Louis XIV of France passed away in 1715. More Champenois winemakers tried to […]
May 2
May 2, 1927: On this day, John Michael Broadbent was born in Yorkshire, England. Originally trained as an architect, he began working in the wine industry in his mid-twenties and worked within auction houses […]
