August 24th - This Date in Wine History

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St. Ouen of Rouen

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.

  • Crement d'Alsace was named an AOC in 1976.
  • California's York Mountain AVA was designated in 1983.
  • It is the feast day of St. Ouen of Rouen.  He is a patron saint of innkeepers who have poured their fair share of wine.

June 5th - 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.

  • Clement V was elected to Pope in 1305 and became the first of the Avignon popes. The Popes promoted the vineyards of the area in order to improve the quality of wine that they produced. The result was Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
  • Louis the X of France died in 1316 after playing an exhausting game of “real tennis” (jeu de paume) and then drinking a large quantity of cooled wine which brought on pneumonia. or poison. 
  • The Albana Romagna Spumante DOC was created in 1995.

January 8th - This Date in Wine History

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Prince Leo Galitzine

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.

  • Prince Leo Galitzine founder of sparkling wine-making in Crimea died in 1916; 
  • The South African wine-making cooperative,Koöperatieve Wijnbouwers Vereniging van Zuid-Afrika Bpkt was founded in 1918.