By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readLuigi Bosca is one of Argentina’s oldest family wineries, and the house that […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readMalbec is the grape the wine world knows as Argentine, yet it was […]
A Comprehensive Glossary of the Most Popular Grapes Wine has been around for centuries, and grape cultivation is thought to date back to 6000 BC. Different grape varieties have come and gone, but the […]
Vineyards below the snow-capped Andes in Mendoza — the high-altitude desert that made Argentine Malbec famous. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20267 min readArgentina […]
Malbec: The Purple Grape Variety Argentina has a long history of winemaking dating all the way back to the 16th century. Argentina is one of the largest wine producers in the world with a rich […]
A Chilean vineyard in Colchagua — the kind of ground where Carménère, thought extinct, quietly survived for over a century. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & […]
June 3, 1115: St Morand, monk of Cluny and patron of Alsace winegrowers, died at Altkirch in Alsace; his feast day is 3 June. June 3, 2000: A bottle of 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet […]
April 14 1789: Tiburcio Tapia was born. Tapia set up the first winery in California and the second oldest winery in the United States. Before venturing into the wine business, Tapia served as a […]
November 5, 1271: Kublai Khan established the Yuan Dynasty in the northern part of China. Mongolian emperors had a particular fondness for wine throughout the Yuan Dynasty. They ruled that wine would be used […]
October 7, 1571: The Battle of Lepanto began. The Ottoman Turks and Christian allies of the Holy League engaged in naval combat in the waters off southwest Greece at the Battle of Lepanto, which […]
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