Introduction: An Eruption and a Buried Town: Pompeii in 79 AD Sometimes, the study of the history of wine is made interesting by unusual occurrences. For instance, a vast amount of what we know […]
History of Wine The history of wine goes back millenniums and is closely aligned with the history of agriculture, cuisine, civilization and humanity. While experts aren't totally sure when wine production began, evidence of […]
Dionysus, god of wine — but also of ecstasy, madness and the theatre. Roman-era mosaic via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20269 min readEvery wine […]
Top Reasons To Explore The Santorini Wine Region Santorini has earned itself the nickname "The Black Pearl of the Aegean," and it's easy to see. The island features natural attractions like beaches, windmills, and […]
May 10, 1525: The Tamasi Treaty was established in Greece. The residents of the inaccessible regions in Thessaly's Agrafa mountain range gained autonomy through the Tamasi Treaty. By combining the first "liberated" Greek vineyard […]
June 11, 323: Alexander the Great passed away. At the time, the south of Greece had a very prosperous wine industry. More specifically, by that time, Greek winemaking and wine trade had already shifted […]
April 2, 1767: The expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain’s massive territories across the Americas began. This was undertaken on the orders of King Charles III of Spain and followed similar efforts by the […]
November 29, 1920: The Soviet Union invaded Armenia as part of the Sovietization of the First Republic of Armenia. The invasion was carried out by the 11th division of the Red Army from Soviet […]
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