January 9
January 9, 1984: On this day, Niagara Icewine Festival was started. The dessert wine called ice wine is made from grapes frozen on a vine. It is a specialty of many of Canada’s wineries, […]
February 11
February 11, 1830: On this day, the first German Eiswein (ice wine) was produced. Dromersheim, a neighborhood of Bingen on the Rhine, is the birthplace of German Eiswein (ice wine). According to legend, grapes […]
February 2
February 2, 1659: On this day in 1659 the first wine ever produced in South Africa was made by Jan Van Riebeeck, the founder and governor of the Dutch Cape Town Colony, from French […]
