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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|

The Franciscans and Viticulture in the Old World and the New

The Franciscans and Viticulture in the Old World and the New In the late nineteenth century, the German artist and art critic Eduard von Grützner began working on a style of painting that would […]

Staff Writer2026-08-15T04:37:39+00:00Categories: 1501 CE to 1700 CE, Medieval Period & Monasticism, New World, Old World, Religion & Faith, Technology & the Vine, Wine History In-Depth|Tags: Assisi, California, Franciscans, Italy, Religion, serra, St. Francis, viticulture, wine history|

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