May 7
May 7, 1785: On this day, Sauvignon Blanc was discovered in France, where it acquired prominence in the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. May 7, 1945: Alfred Jodl, the head of the German military, presented […]
May 4
May 4, 1353: Serego Alighieri estate was founded on this day. The estate boasts the oldest cultural and viticulture legacy in all of Valpolicella. The Serego-Alighieri family has passed down their passion for winemaking […]
May 10
May 10, 1525: On this day the Tamasi Treaty was established in Greece. The residents of the inaccessible regions in Thessaly's Agrafa mountain range gained autonomy through the Tamasi Treaty. By combining the first […]
April 30
April 30, 1859: On this day in 1859 The British Medical Journal reported on the recent death of Dr. Richard Mortimer Glover. In 1842 Glover was awarded the Gold Medal by the Harveian Society […]
April 2
April 2, 1767: On this day in 1767 the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spain’s massive territories across the Americas began. This was undertaken on the orders of King Charles III of Spain and […]
August 28
August 28, 1784: Junipero Serra, the so-called Apostle of California, died at the Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo in California. Between the late 1760s and the early 1780s, Serra led the Franciscan mission […]
January 12
January 12, 1831: On this day, Philip Speakman Webb was born. British architect and designer Philip Speakman Webb is frequently referred to as the "Father of Arts & Crafts Architecture." He exhibited a dedication […]
June 28
June 28, 1826: On this day, Edward Staniford Rogers was born. In 1851, Rogers started the process of hybridizing American and European grapes, which ushered in a period of "enthusiasm and speculation" for grape […]
August 30
August 30, 1812: On this day in 1812 Agoston Haraszthy was born. He was a Hungarian who immigrated to America and moved out to California as part of the gold rush of the late […]
June 6
June 6, 1944: On in this day in 1944 the Western Allies of the United States, Britain, Canada, the Free French and others opened a Western Front in Europe during the Second World War […]
