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

Mission San Juan Capistrano, long credited with California’s first substantial winemaking in the 1780s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202610 min readCalifornia is now […]

Staff Writers2026-08-02T23:05:25+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, 1855: An internationally diverse crowd gathered in South Park, San Francisco to celebrate the Allied victory in the Crimean War and conquest of Sevastopol's Malakoff Fortress by the British and French forces. […]

Staff Writer2026-08-06T20:48:22+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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