April 9th - 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. 

  • Eleanor, became Duchess of Aquitaine in 1137. Aquitaine contained the vineyards of Bordeaux.  She would later become Queen of France and England.
  • Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat was executed in 1747 for his participation in the Jacobite uprising and the Battle of Culloden.  “The British Chronologist”, describes his Lordship is having three glasses of watered wine on the morning of his execution but declined a 4th because no warm water could be found to mix with the wine.
  • The Imperial Wine Company of London advertised in the April 9, 1864 issue of “The Spectator”..
  • The Bramaterra DOC was created in 1979.
  • The Girò di Cagliari DOC was created in 1979.
  • The Australian Geographical Indication "Currency Creek" was established in 2001.