April 10th - This Date in Wine History

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Wine has a long established history of being our drink of choice for celebrating, entertaining, and savoring life; but it didn't start out that way. From the invention of the barrel to the designation of the separate viticultural areas, wine has a long and sorted history.  In our daily feature "This Date In Wine History," we share an event of critical importance in wine history. 

  • George William Russell who wrote under the pseudonym Æ was born in 1867.  About the Easter Rising  he wrote, 
“And yet my spirit rose in pride
Refashioning in burnished gold
The image of those who died
Or were shut up in penal cell
Here’s to you Pearse, your dream, not mine
And yet the thought- for this you fell
Has turned life’s water into wine.”
— To the memory of some I knew who are dead and loved Ireland - 1917
  • The Steuben County Wine Company of Chicago filed for a Trademark in 1905.
  • Port Wine Institute was created in 1933.
  • Washington's Red Mountain AVA was designated in 2001.