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Institut National des Appellations d'Origine Archives

June 16

June 16, 1822: Charles Camille Heidsieck was born. Charles Heidsieck was a French Champagne businessman who created a company in 1851. He popularized Champagne in the U.S. to the point where he earned the […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T07:30:00+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: American Civil War, American Viticultural Areas, Bettane Desseauve, Champagne Charlie, Charles Heidsieck, Diamond Mountain District AVA, France, Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, Ordre du Mérite Agricole, René Renou, René Renou Winery|

July 14

July 14, 1790: The Fete de la Federation, celebrating the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille and precursor to Bastille Day, was held on July 14, 1790, in Paris. July 14, 2005: […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T08:29:09+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Dolcetto, France, Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, Légion d’Honneur, Piedmont, Robert Parker|

November 3

November 3, 1985: The INAO (Institut National des Appellations d'Origine) designated November 3rd as the official release date for Beaujolais Nouveau wines in 1985. As demand for these wines grew internationally, wineries began releasing […]

Staff Writer2026-08-06T18:47:02+00:00Categories: This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Beaujolais Nouveau, California, Château Lafite-Rothschild, China, crime, INAO, Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, New Zealand Wine Awards, New Zealand Wine of the Year Competition, Pinot Noir, Prohibition, Wenzhou|

July 30

July 30, 1927: Ralph E. Kunkee was born. He advanced the research of Louis Pasteur on Malo-Lactic Fermentation in Winemaking. Malolactic fermentation, often known as Malo or MLF, is the process by which the […]

April 5

April 5, 1815: Mount Tambora began erupting; its cataclysmic explosion days later caused significant disruption to the global wine industry due to the massive volume of ash lowering global temperatures up to a year […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-05T06:25:06+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Appellation, Baron Pierre Le Roy de Boiseaumarié, Beaulieu Vineyards, Château Fortia, Cotes du Rhone, Grenache, INAO, Indonesia, Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, Mount Tambora, Napa Valley, Rhône Valley, Uco Valley, Victor Tchelistcheff, Zuccardi family|

February 16

February 16, 1614: Christopher Merrett, the English physician and scientist, was born on February 16, 1614/1615; in a 1662 paper to the Royal Society he gave the first written account of deliberately adding sugar […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-12T06:12:45+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: American Viticultural Areas, Bordeaux, Chateau de Viaud, COFCO, Covelo AVA, Germany, Graves, Institut National des Appellations d'Origine, International Syrah Day, Mendocino County, Philippe Raoux, Riesling, Shiraz, syrah|

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