Warren Winiarski

War of the Apostrophe: The Defining Moments in California’s Wine-Making History

The SLV vineyard, whose young vines produced the 1973 Cabernet that beat Bordeaux in Paris in 1976. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20269 min […]

Staff Writers2026-08-02T23:11:38+00:00Categories: This Day in Wine History | Articles|Tags: Bordeaux, Cabernet Sauvignon, California's winery, Carl Doumani, I976 Judgment of Paris, Napa Valley, Paris wine tasting competition 1973, Stag’s Leap Stags’ Leap Stags Leap, Ste Michelle and Antinori, The Accord, War of the Apostrophe, Warren Winiarski|

August 13

August 13, 1521: The city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, fell to Hernan Cortez and his Spanish conquistadores. This came at the end of a short campaign in which Cortez and […]

Staff Writer2026-08-06T04:54:47+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, This Day in Wine History | Dates, Wine|Tags: American, Aztec Empire, Colonialism, Home Winemaking, International, International Prosecco Day, Listan Prieto, Prohibition, Riondo Prosecco, Spanish grapes, Stag's Leap, Tenochtitlan, Warren Winiarski|

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