April 13th - 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. 

  • Krum, Khan of Bulgaria died in 814.  He used the skull of the Byzantine Emperor as a wine cup.
  • Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and wine lover was born in Virgina in 1743.
  • The first elephant in America was brought from India in 1796.  It was fed rice, hay and stray, “all kinds of wine and spiritous liquors”  it could also draw a cork from a bottle in its trunk. It was a sad existence.
  • Baron Philippe de Rothschild was born in 1902.
  • "Red Red Wine" written and performed by Neil Diamond was released in 1968 it was and later covered by UB40.