October 14
October 14, 1066: On this day, the Norman Conquest of England began with the Battle of Hastings, a conflict between an English force led by Harold Godwinson and a Norman-French army led by William, […]
October 13
October 13, 1983: El Dorado AVA was established in El Dorado County, located at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; it's a sub-AVA of Sierra Foothills AVA. The AVA is elevated above 2000ft […]
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 […]
August 8
August 8, 1856: On this day, pathologist Newton Pierce was born. The unknown disease that devastated wide swaths of grape vines in Southern California, USA, was originally described by Newton Pierce in 1892. The […]
February 28
February 28, 1877: On this day, André Simon was born in France. He was a wine trader, gourmand, and prolific wine writer who produced works exploring the history of the wine trade between French […]
February 16
February 16, 1435: This day marks the earliest recorded mention of Riesling grapes in Germany, from a storage inventory of a small principality. February 16, 1959: On this day, the re-classification of the red […]
