November 6, 1907: The Faroe Islands held a referendum in which roughly 96-97% voted to prohibit the sale of alcohol including wine, leading to Prohibition from 1908. November 6, 1997: Archaeologist Anne Stine Ingstad, […]
November 1345: Pinot Noir was first mentioned in written records. It was recorded as being grown in Burgundy. In 1470, monks from France introduced the grape to the Rheingau area in Germany, where it […]
December 1638: In this month, Dom Pierre Pérignon, O.S.B. was born. He was a Benedictine monk from France who made significant improvements to the production and quality of Champagne wine during a time when […]
March 11, 1744: The fine art auction company Sotheby's was established on this day. The company's wine subsidiary, Sotheby's Wine, specializes in wine auctions in different locations, including Hong Kong, New York, and London. […]
How Wine Auctions Work and When They Started The first wine auction dates back to 1443 in Burgundy, France. The chancellor of the Duke of Burgundy built the Hospices de Beaune hospital for people […]
March 22, 1948: Andrew Lloyd Webber was born. Webber is an English musical theater composer, a household name amongst those who are familiar with the stage. He has been a fervent wine collector for […]
June 3, 1115: St Morand, monk of Cluny and patron of Alsace winegrowers, died at Altkirch in Alsace; his feast day is 3 June. June 3, 2000: A bottle of 1992 Screaming Eagle Cabernet […]
December 8, 2004: The Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area was established, an umbrella appellation uniting the Umpqua and Rogue Valley regions of southern Oregon and their warmer-climate grapes, from Tempranillo to Syrah.December 8, 2009: […]
April 25, 1846: This day marks the beginnings of the Mexican-American War, and therefore also the El Paso Vineyards. In the annals of history, the Mexican-American War may be traced back to the time […]
June 4, 1753: The Accademia dei Georgofili was founded in Florence—one of the world’s oldest learned societies devoted to agriculture. It became an influential centre for the study of viticulture and Tuscan farming. June […]
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