Photo: Ray in Manila / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 2.0 By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Tuscan wine is […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Chianti is the most famous red wine in Italy — the ruby, cherry-scented Sangiovese […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readThe Antinori family has made wine in Tuscany for more than six centuries. […]
Florence’s Wine Windows: The Buchette del Vino and the Plague in Early Modern Italy Florence is a city where history stalks the streets. Buildings that were first erected in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Italian wine is the most diverse on earth. No country grows more grape varieties, […]
July 8, 1970: Carla Capalbo was born. Carla Capalbo is a well-known author of books on Wine, cuisine, and travel who has garnered several awards for her work. Capalbo's five most recent works were […]
What Famous Italian Wines Can You Buy Today? Italy is a country known for its rich history, beautiful landscapes, and, of course, its exquisite wine. With a wine-making heritage that spans over thousands of […]
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 […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Brunello di Montalcino is one of the greatest red wines Italy has ever made […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readSangiovese is the grape behind almost every great Tuscan red, from Chianti to […]
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