Kenneth Thomas Hardy, wine merchant, was born on 23 May 1900 at Mile End, Adelaide, third of five children of South Australian-born parents Robert Burrough Hardy, vigneron, and his wife Esther Lavinia, née Simpson. Thomas Hardy was his grandfather. Educated (1913-17) at the Collegiate School of St … [Read more...]
22nd May – Joseph Bernard Chambers NZ Master Winemaker Died Today 1931
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Stanley Patrick Evelyn Simon (14 March 1920 - 22 May 2008), known as Pat Simon, is a veteran English Master of Wine, wine-merchant and writer on wine. After six years at Gresham's School, Holt (1931 to 1937), and military service during the Second World War, Simon entered the wine trade in 1948, … [Read more...]
21st May – Beer Sales Legal in Canada Today 1925
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May 21: Canadians allow to beer sales on this day in history (1925) 21st May 1602 - Martha's Vineyard first sighted (Captain Bartholomew Gosnold) … [Read more...]
18th May – US Adds More to Prohibition Today 1930
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18th May 1930 : Following pressure from the temperance movement , President Hoover has recommended strengthening the prohibition enforcement by moving enforcement to the justice department. This places the day to day dry rules under Attorney General Mitchell, It is also proposed to strengthen and … [Read more...]
17th May – Slow News Day
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National Cherry Cobbler Day Cobbler refers to a variety of dishes, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom, consisting of a fruit or savoury filling poured into a large baking dish and covered with a pastry topping, then baked in an oven. Cherry Cobbler • 2 oz. Gin (more Gin … [Read more...]
16th May – Robert Mondavi Died Today 2008
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Robert Gerald Mondavi (June 18, 1913 – May 16, 2008) was a leading California vineyard operator whose technical improvements and marketing strategies brought worldwide recognition for the wines of the Napa Valley in California. From an early period, Mondavi aggressively promoted labeling wines … [Read more...]
15May – No Sugar Added to Cognac from Today 1936
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Cognac is the world's best known and most elegant brandy due to its rich, smoky taste. Creating it is difficult to do and takes a lot of time, effort and skill, but the results are that you have made liquor which is worthy of a king. The history and production of Cognac is directly related to … [Read more...]
14th May – We Want Beer Parade in NY Today 1932
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May 14, 1932: There was a "We Want Beer!" parade in NY. "Thursday, The year was 1932. The sun was setting on the days of prohibition. America was a hornet's nest, and prohibition was the little kid jamming the stick up in it. Public outcry against prohibition was rampant. Organizations such as the … [Read more...]
13th May – World Cocktail Day Today
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World Cocktail Day rounds out the May 6-13th 2011 world celebration of the birth of the cocktail According to the Museum of the American Cocktail, the driving force behind this celebration, the date corresponds with the first appearance of the word in print in the 1806 edition of The Balance and … [Read more...]
12May – Alcoholics Anonymous Founded Today 1935
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François Robert de Castella, viticulturist, was born on 16 January 1867 at South Yarra, Melbourne, son of Swiss-born Charles Hubert de Castella, vigneron, and his wife Frances Alice, née Jenkins, from Sydney. In 1879-82 François was educated at Xavier College, Kew; there, at his father's … [Read more...]
