January 23, 2007 - The Brewers Association Export Development Program (EDP) announced today the participation of 19 Brewers Association members and EDP subscribers in this year's Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA). www.beerawards.com.
Held in Melbourne each year, the AIBA is Australia's most...
23rd January – Brewers Association Export Development Program (EDP) announced
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21st January – Pierre-Charles Taittinger Died Today 1965
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Pierre-Charles Taittinger (October 4, 1887 – January 22, 1965) was founder of the famous Taittinger champagne house and chairman of the municipal council of Paris in 1943–1944 during the German occupation of France, in which position he played a role during the Liberation of Paris.
Born in Paris,...
22nd January – Second Growth Bordeaux Wine Under Screw-Cap
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A Bordeaux second growth chateau will be bottling wine under screwcap, it was revealed today, January 22, 2007.
United Kingdom wine merchant Bibendum said 12,000 bottles of Les Tourelles de Longueville, the second wine of Paulliac chateau Pichon-Longueville, will be bottled with the closure.
The...
20th January – Barrels From Ancient Felled Oak to Make Chateau Latour Wine
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Barrels From Ancient Felled Oak to Make Chateau Latour Wine
Owners of some of the world’s grandest vineyards gather today, January 20, 2006, to witness the felling of a 340-year-old oak that will be made into barrels for ageing their wine.
The 120-ft Morat tree was planted in about 1665 in the Forêt...
19th January – Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance honours Howie and Bev Steinbeck
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The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance honoured Howie and Bev Steinbeck, owners of Steinbeck Vineyards on Friday, January 19, 2007 as the 2006 Wine Industry Persons of the Year, the industry’s most esteemed honour. The recognition took place at the Paso Robles Park Ballroom during the Wine Country Alliance’s...
18th January – Hermann Müller father of Müller-Thurgau Grape Died Today 1927
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Hermann Müller (21 October 1850 – 18 January 1927) was a Swiss botanist and oenologist from the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. During his time working for the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute, he created the Müller-Thurgau in 1882, a variety of grape with high importance in winemaking and the...
15th January – Henry Morris Naglee early San Jose Vinter Born Today 1815
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Henry Morris Naglee (January 15, 1815 – March 5, 1886) was a civil engineer, banker, vintner, and a Union General in the American Civil War. Naglee was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835.
Naglee came to California in 1846 during the...
12th January – 100 Year Old Whisky in Ice
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It was a slow news day, so here's some other wine and alcohol history for today
They say whisky matures with age...but leaving it embedded in the Antarctic ice for almost 100 years may be going a bit far.
Two cases of MacKinlay's Rare Old Whisky that Ernest Shackleton's team abandoned on their...
11th January – First Disco Opens in LA
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11th January, 1929 Prohibition agents in San Francisco seized 1,100 cases of whiskies and 2,000 gallons of Belgian alcohol worth $90,000 at 1861 16th Ave.
And I know this is only vaguely wine related, but it's too good to not pass on...
11th January, 1963 The 1st discotheque opened, Whiskey-a-go-go...
16th December – William Macarthur and ‘godfather of the brewing industry’ Died Today
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Hon Sir William Macarthur was born at Parramatta on 16th December 1800, the fifth son of John and Elizabeth Macarthur, pioneers of the Australian wool industry. He was educated in England at Rugby School, returned to Australia with his father in 1817, and assisted in the management of his estates.
These...
