San Francisco

The Origins of California Wine: Junipero Serra, the Apostle of California

Introduction – Californian Wine Today California is one of the world’s most acclaimed wine production regions. It makes up roughly 90% of the wine industry of the United States. And if California were its […]

Staff Writers2023-10-22T05:23:42+00:00Categories: 1701 CE to 1800 CE, Colonialism, Medieval Period & Monasticism, New World, Wine History In-Depth|Tags: California Missions, Colonial Wine History, Franciscan mission, Junipero Serra, missionaries, San Francisco, serra|

November 26

November 26, 1818: On this day, a German chemist, Freiherr von Babo was born. Babo was the child of agronomist Karoline Ehrmann and chemist Lambert Joseph von Babo. August Wilhelm von Babo, an oenologist, […]

Staff Writer2023-07-15T01:18:04+00:00Categories: This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: American Viticultural Areas, Babo funnel, California, Crimean War, Freiherr von Babo, Germany, Loramie Creek AVA, San Francisco, scientific advancement, VDP, Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer, Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter, von Babo's law|

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