March 1224: The first-ever wine tasting competition was held. French King Philip Augustus initially organized the competition; because the king was the only wine critic who counted. The competition consisted of around seventy different […]
July 15, 1871: James Busby, who held the position of British Resident in New Zealand from 1833 to 1840, passed away on this date. He contributed to the creation of the 1835 New Zealand […]
May 5, 1789: The French Revolution began, and proceeded for ten and a half years. After the French Revolution, the church's final vineyards were divided up and sold off starting in 1791. The Napoleonic […]
February 7, 1802: On this day, James Busby was born in Scotland. He was a civil engineer who was given a job as a mineral surveyor in the British Australian colony. He collected vine […]
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