March 7
March 7, 1864: On this day, Anna Larroucau Laborde de Lucero was born. She was a philanthropist and educator from France and served as a pioneer for Argentina's grapes and wine industry. She was […]
March 14
March 14, 1836: On this day, John Adlum, father of American viticulture, died. American viticulturist John Adlum is credited with being the first to grow the Catawba grape. The phrase "the father of American […]
December 8
December 8, 1939: On this day, Josephine Tychson died. Josephine Tychson, a 31-year-old mother of two small children at the time of her husband's suicide, was one of the first woman winemakers in Napa […]
April 22
April 22, 1950: On this day, Jancis Robinson was born in the United Kingdom. She best known as a wine reviewer, journalist, and writer. In addition to her blog, she is a regular writer […]
June 19
June 19, 1967: On this day, Frédéric Rouzaud was born. Frederic Rouzaud is Managing Director at the Louis Roederer champagne house, which produces the well known cuvée Cristal. June 19, 2017: On this day, […]
November 5
November 5, 1271: On this day, 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 […]
October 27
October 27, 1581: On this day, Francisco de Aguirre died. Son of Constanza de Meneses and Hernando de la Ra, Francisco de Aguirre was born in 1580. He enlisted in Carlos I's army and […]
May 2
May 2, 1927: On this day, John Michael Broadbent was born in Yorkshire, England. Originally trained as an architect, he began working in the wine industry in his mid-twenties and worked within auction houses […]
July 5
July 5, 1894: On this day in 1894 Austen Henry Layard died. An archaeologist, politician, historian and travel writer, he is most famous for having discovered the Library of King Ashurbanipal in the remains […]
July 19
July 19, 1940: On this day, in the history: Nicolas Belfrage, the first certified Master of Wine was born in Los Angeles, California. Nicolas is renowned for becoming the first Master of Wine to […]
