A Tour of the World of Mexican Wine
A tour of the world of Mexican wine Contrary to what you might think, wine in Mexico has a long story. We will go back to before the Spanish conquest, when table grapes already […]
January 21
January 21, 1527: On this day, Juan de Grijalva died. Grijalva was among the first to discover the Mexican coast in 1518. Pedro Mártir claimed there were 300 people present, although Hernán Cortés claimed […]
January 18
January 18, 1677: On this day, Jan van Riebeeck died. Dutch navigator and colonial administrator Johan Anthoniszoon "Jan" van Riebeeck worked for the Dutch East India Company. When the Dutch East India Company arrived […]
Mexican Wine, History, and Tradition
Mexican Wine, History, and Tradition Mexico might not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking about wine, but the country has centuries of wine-producing traditions. Mexico is the 35th largest wine-producing […]
September 27
September 27, 1821: The Mexican War of Independence ended. One change among the many societal shifts involved was the lifting of a prohibition on Mexican wine that had been law for over a century. […]
December 2
December 2, 1547: On this day, Hernán Cortés died. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca, was in charge of an expedition that, in the early […]
May 17
May 17, 1784: Thomas Jefferson was appointed by the confederation Congress to travel to France, later becoming the senior Minister of the United States in France. He arrived in France onboard a merchant ship […]
July 20
July 20, 356 B.C.: On this day, Alexander the Great was born. At the height of Macedonian power, when Alexander the Great succeeded Philip in 336 BC, the major wine-producing and wine-trade centers of […]
September 28
September 28, 1542: On this day the explorer Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo landed with his expedition on behalf of the Spanish monarch, King Charles V, at San Diego Bay in southern California. It was the […]
