Estreicher, Stefan K. “Wine and France: A Brief History.” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 91–179. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
The review identifies the early sixteenth century as the beginning of commercial distillation for human consumption and cites a 1513 Bordeaux-recorded shipment as the earliest evidence in that sequence.
Stefan K. Estreicher, “Wine and France: A Brief History,” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 129–130, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
Stefan K. Estreicher, “Wine and France: A Brief History,” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 129–130, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
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Stefan K. Estreicher, “Wine and France: A Brief History,” European Review 31, no. 2 (April 2023): 129–130, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798722000370.
The review identifies the early sixteenth century as the beginning of commercial distillation for human consumption and cites a 1513 Bordeaux-recorded shipment as the earliest evidence in that sequence.
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Commercial spirits shipments are documented from Bordeaux beginning in 1513
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