August 1248: During this time, Château de Goulaine began its wine journey as the de Goulaine family produced wines for their personal consumption. Eventually they turned commercial and became France's oldest continuously operational winery, […]
Beaumont Wines and the Black Markets of the Wine Industry From 1920 to 1933, the Eighteenth Amendment's restrictions on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic drinks in the United States led to illicit […]
The Laws of Wine Drinking According to the Hammurabi Code The Code of Hammurabi is not a single law code but a collection of laws from different periods of Babylonian history covering various topics, […]
THE DIETHYLENE GLYCOL WINE SCANDAL OF 1985 The 1985 diethylene glycol wine controversy involved Austrian wineries illegally adulterating their wines with the hazardous substance diethylene glycol. Using this ingredient found in antifreeze brands, winemakers […]
March 8, 1723: On this day in 1723 a royal charter was granted in England to the Chelsea Waterworks Company “for the better supplying the City and Liberties of Westminster and parts adjacent with […]
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