In August 1975, Corsican nationalists seized a wine cellar over a fraud scandal. The deadly Aléria standoff launched roughly forty years of the Corsican conflict.
French appellation law began as an anti-fraud measure. Phylloxera caused the shortage, the shortage caused the counterfeiting, and the counterfeiting produced the AOC.
Jules-Émile Planchon identified and named phylloxera in 1868 — a botanist who had spent his career naming plants, including the kiwifruit, before he was asked why France’s vines were dying.
Château Margaux — first on Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 list of Bordeaux’s finest, and a First Growth in the official 1855 classification. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
Dr Jules Guyot (1807–1872), the French physician whose cane-pruning system trains vineyards around the world today. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20268 min readWalk […]
The Eagle’s Nest above Berchtesgaden. In 1945, Allied troops found here part of the Nazi hoard of wine looted from France. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readFor most of a thousand years, the Catholic Church was the most important […]
Burgundy Wine Recommendations Red Burgundies Michel Magnien Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2019 The estate was founded in 1967 by Michel and Dominique Magnien in Morey-Saint-Denis. In 1987, their son Frédéric, the fifth generation of family […]
Wine and Spring In History The arrival of spring has long been associated with the renewal of the annual winemaking cycle across cultures. As winter thaws into the blossoming season, vineyards prepare for a […]
The Pinot Noir vineyards of Vosne-Romanée — the root of a family tree that spans the wine world. Jean de l'Auxois, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial […]
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