Wine History

Glitzy ancient winery hosted ‘spectacles’ for Roman imperial elite

Wine fountains and other opulent features at exclusive villa suggest 'theatrical' celebration of new vintages, says study...

Grapevines first domesticated 11,000 years ago, says study

Large study offers new insight...

Plan to rebuild 15th century wine-trading Newport Ship

Work likened to a 'huge 3D puzzle'...

Study reveals glimpse of ancient Roman winemaking

Analysis of 'wine jars' offers fresh clues, suggests study...

Large 1,500-year-old ancient winery uncovered in Israel

Archaeologists say the factory was a fine wine producer in its day...

Ancient Roman wine shipwreck found near Sicily

Shipwreck from second century BC offers more clues about ancient Roman wine trade...

Armenia and the birthplace of winemaking

'Armenia is on very solid ground with its pioneering claims...'

Travel company to recreate Titanic dinner, with 1907 Champagne

And a dive to the wreck of the Titanic...

Judgement of Paris legend Warren Winiarski makes California hall of fame

Judgement of Paris winemaker sits alongside Steven Spielberg...

World's oldest wine comes from Georgia - New research

And it's older than we thought...

Jefford on Monday: The Georgia Connection

Andrew Jefford interviews a professor of ancient wine...

Anson: WW2 grenades found near St-Emilion vineyards

Jane Anson explores German occupation on the Right Bank...

Italian wine is up to 3,000 years older than we thought - study

Ancient pots in Sicilian caves change history...

'King Arthur's castle' hosted feasts of wine and oysters

Life wasn't so bad in the Dark Ages...

Centuries-old Madeira wines found in US cellar

Stash includes bottles dating to 1796...

Hidden message reveals ancient soldiers' thirst for wine

Hidden message found on 2,500-year-old artefact...

Portrait of wine god Bacchus found 80 years after Nazi sell-off

FBI agents recover stolen painting after tip-off...

Anson: What Thomas Jefferson did in Bordeaux

And an ill-fated trade embargo...

Hiding from the Nazis in the Hospices de Beaune

Looking ahead to the 156th Hospices de Beaune wine auction, winemaker Véronique Drouhin tells how her grandfather hid from the Nazis in the Hospices de Beaune.

Ancient wine scroll is one of earliest mentions of Jerusalem

Scroll seized from thieves is first mention outside Bible...

Great Fire of London: Wealthy buried wine to save it

Samuel Pepys dug a pit in his garden...

Winery re-united with rare bottle after Decanter article

Winery reunited with one of its oldest bottles...

200 year old 'Napoleon wine' up for auction

Rare piece of wine history goes on sale...

Anson on Thursday: Inside the 'world's greatest wine library'

Lawyers, rockstar winemakers and seminal papers are all here...

Champagne and World War One: 'the darkest hour'

History of Wine in 100 Bottles: Prestige Cuvées

History of Wine in 100 Bottles: Barolo

History of Wine in 100 Bottles: Tokaji, 1571

History of Wine in 100 Bottles: The Birth of Claret

The 1855 Classification: on the mark or marketing ploy?

The 1855 classification of the Médoc has never been revised. Benjamin Lewin MW asks whether it still expresses the true quality of each château or if it’s now just a marketing ploy