Pinot Noir vineyards at Vosne-Romanée on Burgundy’s Côte d’Or, the grape’s spiritual home. Jean de l'Auxois, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readMalbec is the grape the wine world knows as Argentine, yet it was […]
The Origins of 5 Different Wine Traditions from around the World Ever since wine was first discovered, people began ritualizing its production and consumption. For many, wine is to be savored with dinner. We […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 8 min readBordeaux does not sell its wine the way anywhere else does. A famous […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readThe Médoc is red-wine country — the home of Cabernet Sauvignon and the […]
The History of the Most Infamous Sale of Vineyard Property in France—The Burgundy Land Sale to the Chinese In the Middle Ages, regimes in Western Europe were referred to as the Kingdom of Burgundy. […]
IMPACT OF BLACK DEATH PANDEMIC ON BURGUNDY The Black Death ravaged Europe from 1347-1351, killing an estimated one-third of its population. It caused wars to stop, and trade to slump. People tried many remedies […]
Cabernet Franc vineyards at Bourgueil in the Loire Valley, its spiritual home. Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202612 min […]
The steep granite terraces of the Northern Rhône around Condrieu and Côte-Rôtie, Viognier’s ancestral home. Olivier Lemoine (, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsBy the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary sources. Bordeaux wine is the benchmark the rest of the world measures itself against — the largest […]
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