Pliny The Elder And His Remarkable Contribution to The Wine World “Who can entertain a doubt that some kinds of wine are more agreeable to the palate than others…whether it is that it is […]
Origins of Winemaking While many of us think of France, Italy and Spain when we hear the word wine, it actually started a long time ago. We can trace the history of winemaking back […]
June 276: In this month, Marcus Aurelius Probus became Roman Emperor. Marcus Aurelius Probus used his army to cultivate new vineyards in the Pannonian region and overturned Emperor Domitian's earlier restriction on winemaking north […]
A History of the Wines of the Amalfi Coast The Costa d'Amalfi DOC, located in the Campania region in Southern Italy, was given the DOC classification in 1995. Wine connoisseurs say the Amalfi Coast […]
June 9, 68: nearly two thousand years ago, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide outside Rome. He had just been displaced from the throne by a pretender called Galba, who briefly became emperor himself. […]
July 10, 138: On in this day in 138 AD the Emperor Hadrian died in the town of Baiae in southern Italy. He had ruled for 21 years in one of the most successful […]
May 25, 1966: Mission Hill Winery, was established in Canada. Although Travel and Leisure magazine has referred to Mission Hill as "the cornerstone of the Canadian wine tourist sector," the winery is as well-known […]
March 17, 493 BC: BC the first religious festival in honour of Liber Pater was held in Rome. This Roman god, who is relatively unknown today, was a patron of viticulture and wine, as […]
January 17, 395: On this day Emperor Theodosius, who had ruled much of the Roman Empire since 379, died. Theodosius was one of the most acclaimed rulers of the Roman Empire in its later […]
August 1, 10 BC: Claudius, in full Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was born. Claudius, the fourth Roman emperor, governed from AD 41 to AD 54. Claudius, a descendant of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, was […]
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