Beaux Frères Winery: Official History & Dates Official Company Name Beaux Frères Official Company Address (optional) 15155 NE North Valley Rd., Newberg, OR 97132 Primary Wine Region(s) Ribbon Ridge AVA | […]
The 100-point Wine Rating Scale of Robert M. Parker Robert McDowell Parker Jr. (b. July 23, 1947) is a renowned retired American wine reviewer. He is famous for his wine evaluations on a 100-point […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readThe 1982 vintage did more than make great wine. It made a critic, […]
May 1999-2000: Robert Mondavi started the Great Chefs of France program, bringing world-famous French chefs to his vineyard for cooking classes and demonstrations. Robert Mondavi and his old friend Julia Child played a crucial […]
November 1345: Pinot Noir was first mentioned in written records. It was recorded as being grown in Burgundy. In 1470, monks from France introduced the grape to the Rheingau area in Germany, where it […]
July 14, 1790: The Fete de la Federation, celebrating the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille and precursor to Bastille Day, was held on July 14, 1790, in Paris. July 14, 2005: […]
March 9, 1809: One of the most important figures in Tuscan wine history, Bettino Ricasoli, was born. He would later develop the Chianti formula in 1872. Ricasoli was a Florentine native. He was proclaimed […]
June 28, 1826: Edward Staniford Rogers was born. In 1851, Rogers started the process of hybridizing American and European grapes, which ushered in a period of "enthusiasm and speculation" for grape producers in the […]
August 8, 1856: 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 bacterium that causes […]
July 23, 1947: Robert McDowell Parker Jr. was born. He is a wine critic and reviewer who began the publication The Wine Advocate and popularized the controversial 100 point evaluation scale for common audiences. […]
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