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Dom Perignon spent his life trying to stop the bubbles. The English were drinking them on purpose before he joined the abbey. #Champagne #DomPerignon #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #WineHistory
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Dom Perignon spent his life trying to stop the bubbles. The English were drinking them on purpose before he joined the abbey. #Champagne #DomPerignon #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #WineHistory
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Dom Perignon spent his life trying to stop the bubbles. The English were drinking them on purpose before he joined the abbey.
#Champagne #DomPerignon #FoodHistory #FoodMyths #WineHistory #Bluesky
Phylloxera nearly erased European wine in the 1860s. The tiny aphid arrived on imported American vines and attacked European roots with little defence. The rescue came from the same place: grafting European varieties onto resistant American rootstocks. That solution still underpins most French wine today.
More wine history: https://www.worldfoodwine.com/interest-in-wine
The Romans found a dangerously effective way to sweeten wine.
Concentrated grape must was sometimes boiled in lead vessels. The acidic must could react with the metal and form lead acetate — the notorious “sugar of lead.” Sweet on the tongue, toxic over time.
https://www.worldfoodwine.com/worldly/the-roman-sugar-was-slowly-poisoning-its-drinkers
Champagne Montebello — Grape Harvest at Mareuil-sur-Ay near Epernay
https://www.cpaphil.com/en/vintage-postcard/cpa-folklore-vin-vignoble-vendanges-champagne-montebello-mareuil-sur-ay-pres-epernay
#VintagePostcard #Champagne #GrapeHarvest #WineHistory #France #Vineyard #Epernay
Champagne Montebello — Grape Harvest at Mareuil-sur-Ay near Epernay
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#VintagePostcard #Champagne #GrapeHarvest #WineHistory #France #Vineyard #Epernay
Wine in history: Benjamin Franklin and the American way of wine https://tinyurl.com/3zrzey8a via @worldoffinewine #wine #history #winehistory #benjaminfranklin #usa #wineworldnews
Try Franconian Wines at the Bayreuth Wine Festival
The Bayreuth Wine Festival …
#Europe #EU #AUgustwinefestivals #BacchusRotling #Bavarianwinehistory #BayreuthWinefestival #FranconianWine #Franconianwinehistory #Franconianwineregion #Frankenwine #Müller-Thurgau #RichardWagner #Silvaner #Spätburgunder #whenistheBayreuthwinefestival #winefestivalneargrafenwoer #winefestivalnearvilsek #winefestivalsineuropes #winefestivalsnearansbach #winehikes #winehistory
https://www.europesays.com/europe/97796/
CPA Caves Moet & Chandon M Jean Remy Moet maire d'Epernay recoit la visite de Napoleon 1er
#CPA #MoetChandon #ChampagneHistory #JeanRemyMoet #NapoleonVisit #EpernayHeritage #ChampagneLegacy #WineHistory #MoetEtChandon #NapoleonBonaparte
CPA Caves Moet & Chandon M Jean Remy Moet maire d'Epernay recoit la visite de Napoleon 1er www.cpaphil.com/prod... #CPA #MoetChandon #ChampagneHistory #JeanRemyMoet #NapoleonVisit #EpernayHeritage #ChampagneLegacy #WineHistory #MoetEtChandon #NapoleonBonaparte
🍷🎉 Georgian wine is apparently the OG of all wines, boasting an 8,000-year-old uninterrupted legacy. Meanwhile, the rest of us are just struggling to figure out how to pronounce "sommelier" without embarrassing ourselves. 🤦♂️ #Cheers to ancient grape juice! 🥂
https://www.wsetglobal.com/knowledge-centre/blog/2023/july/05/exploring-georgian-wine-history-grape-varieties-styles-and-amber-wine/ #GeorgianWine #AncientLegacy #WineHistory #Sommelier #Pronunciation #HackerNews #ngated
Rows of tradition, aging to perfection.
Chateau Tanunda, Tanunda, South Australia.
© 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓡𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓼 𝓡𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝔂 𝟐 𝓟𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓒𝓪𝓶𝓮𝓻𝓪.
(𝒟ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝒫ℯℯ𝓅𝓈, 𝒹ℴ𝓊𝒷𝓁ℯ 𝓉𝒽ℯ 𝓅ℯ𝓇𝓈𝓅ℯ𝒸𝓉𝒾𝓋ℯ!)
#Photo #Photography #2PeepsAndACamera #Australia #SouthAustralia #WineCellar #BarrelRoom #BlackAndWhitePhotography #WineHistory #Barossa
“No more than a liter of wine a day.” In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption exceeded 150 liters per capita, France launched the Santé Sobriété campaign to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became its chief designer.
#winehistory
Wine in history: Shiraz, Syrah, and Shirazi https://tinyurl.com/3bw4p7x2 via @worldoffinewine #shiraz #syrah #shirazi #winehistory #wineknowledge #wineworldnews
Wine barrels in the port of Oran (Algeria) in 1912. During most of the 20th century, Algeria was the world's largest wine exporter. #winehistory
Emu Wines began in the 1840s when Patrick Auld established vineyards at Magill, later moving to Morphett Vale where he added a distillery. Emu became famous for its ports and sherries, exporting globally. Hardys later acquired the brand, continuing its legacy. The Southern Districts Workingmen’s Club now occupies the original site. #MorphettVale #SAHistory #WineHistory #hardys #Reynella
Light Wines was founded by Lloyd Light at Chandlers Hill in 1969. Designed by Doug Collett, it was one of Australia’s most modern wineries, able to handle 750 tonnes with just one operator.
In 1983 it was renamed Coolawin Estate, with Brian Light taking over as winemaker. The 5000-tonne site later became part of Norman’s Wines, then Xanadu, then Fleurieu Vintners — and today is owned by Watkins Wines.
#McLarenVale #WineHistory #SouthAustralia #CoolawinEstate #ChandlersHill @altbot
Lutter & Wegner restarted in the ruins of Berlin in the late 1940s.
Founded in 1811, the Wine Bar & Sekthaus at Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin-Mitte has a long history. Regular guests included Richard Wagner, Heinrich Heine, G.W.F. Hegel, Otto von Bismarck, Carl Maria von Weber, and E.T.A. Hoffmann and many more. #winehistory
"No more than a liter of wine a day" - In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption was 140+ liters/capita, France launched the campaign "Santé Sobriété" to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became the chief designer. #WineHistory`
Wine in history: Wine for breakfast https://tinyurl.com/5xutxuaw #wine #breakfast #winehistory #History #wineworldnews
Is it true that wine was safer than water? https://tinyurl.com/mr353ewt via @worldoffinewine
#history #winehistory #mythology #wineknowledge #knowledgeispower #wineworldnews
The oldest unopened bottle of wine in the world
https://www.openculture.com/2025/08/the-oldest-unopened-bottle-of-wine-in-the-world.html
#HackerNews #oldestwine #unopenedbottle #winehistory #winelovers #vintage
Here is a link to the high-resolution Prussian #Mosel #Vineyard map of 1868. Vineyards were ranked from 1 (best) to 8 (worst), based on profitability (economics!). On the map, the darker the better. #wine #winehistory. Here is a link to the map: https://www.dilibri.de/rlb/content/zoom/986766
Cabaret de l'Enfer (The Cabaret of Hell) was a famous cabaret in Montmartre, Paris, founded in 1892 by Antonin Alexander and demolished in 1950 to allow for the expansion of a Monoprix supermarket. In the Cabaret de l'Enfer the champagne was flowing (photos from c.1904) #winehistory #paris
An entertaining story about Roman-era wine production on Crete and counterfeiting sweet wines (allegedly... :-)
https://theconversation.com/how-i-uncovered-a-potential-ancient-rome-wine-scam-258215
#Wine #WineHistory #Greece #RomanEra #WineExport #Amphora #Appassimento #Knossos
Certainly interesting: A new book tells the story of the Lady of Yquem https://bit.ly/4k31CVR via @worldoffinewine
@Yquem_Official
#sauternes #french #winebook #wineworldnews #winehistory
A History of Winery Consolidation in America by Jeff Siegel via
@guildsomm
https://tinyurl.com/yxt9znnx #History #winehistory #wine #winery #vineyard #wineworldnews
Is THIS where Jesus turned water into wine? Archaeologists in Israel claim they've found the exact location where the miracle took place https://tinyurl.com/mtnx385w
via @dailymailuk
#wineworldnews #wine #history #winehistory #archaeology
"No more than a liter of wine a day" - In the early 1950s, when French wine consumption was 140+ liters/capita, France launched the campaign "Santé Sobriété" to limit alcohol consumption. In 1954, Philippe Foré became chief designer. #WineHistory #wine
Trojans of all classes enjoyed wine in Bronze Age Troy, study reveals
For the first time, scientists have unveiled chemical evidence that wine was consumed on a large scale in ancient Troy, contradicting earlier assumptions that it was a drink of the elite...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/all-classes-enjoyed-wine-in-bronze-age-troy/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #troy #Trojans #winehistory #bronzeage
1975 Sichel Blue Nun Liebfraumilch magazine advertisement; Blue Nun Liebfraumilch was the most successful German table wine brand ever. #liebfraumilch #winehistory #wine
1539 Hairy Grapes Miracle: Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch 1552 (Augsburg Book of Miracles) “In 1547, wheat grew in Flanders in various shapes. In 1539, a girl in Speyer refrained from taking any physical sustenance for 2 years. In 1539, hairy grapes grew at the Neckar and the Rhine."
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Augsburger_Wunderzeichenbuch#/media/File:Augsburger_Wunderzeichenbuch_%E2%80%94_Folio_158.jpg #wine #winehistory
Oxen and Portuguese rabelo boats with wine barrels, Douro 1930s, Fotografias de Álvaro de Azevedo (Casa Alvão), Courtesy Vinhos Douro e Porto #winehistory #wine #portugal
Red Wine Distribution to Imperial Russian Army Soldiers, Christmas 1915; photo by Sergey Korsakov. #winehistory http://russiainphoto.ru
Treating the vines with sulfur; French postcard from 1905; #winehistory
For those that are interested, here is a short history of Sauvignon blanc in New Zealand
https://www.ruralnewsgroup.co.nz/wine-grower/wg-general-news/the-history-of-sauvignon-blanc
via @wineecon
The French wine industry played a role in WWII, from sending the Germans substandard wine, to actively aiding the Resistance:
"...Piper-Heidsieck, transformed his crayères into an arms depot, stockpiling rifles and grenades parachuted in by the Allies and destined for the Resistance..."
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240605-how-french-winemakers-outwitted-the-nazis
#D-Day #DDay #FrenchResistance #Wine #WineHistory #Champagne
That tracks with the vineyards planted when we started at our old domaine in the north of the Hérault...
We didn't think Aramon was able to produce a notable wine in comparison to Carignan, Grenache, or even Cinsault!
via @wineecon