French appellation law began as an anti-fraud measure. Phylloxera caused the shortage, the shortage caused the counterfeiting, and the counterfeiting produced the AOC.
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 […]
Château Margaux — first on Thomas Jefferson’s 1787 list of Bordeaux’s finest, and a First Growth in the official 1855 classification. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked […]
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, […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 9 min read France’s two greatest wine regions rank their wines in opposite ways. Bordeaux […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Board • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Super Tuscan wine is the name for a group of rule-breaking Tuscan reds that […]
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