01/01

The first edition of the Bartender magazine, issued by the Dutch bartenders’ organization was published (1951).
The European Union published the principles for the common organization of the wine market in decree 822/87 (1995).

02/01

The general director of STOCK Inc., Martin Petrášek, walked through the entrance hall of the Plzeň (Pilsen) Božkov plant for the first time (1996).
The Societe Cinzano was founded in Italy (1922).

07/01

The 88^th US Congress adopted a resolution declaring Bourbon Whiskey a typical product of the country and specifying its standards: it must be produced within the USA, it must be made with at least 51% of corn and aged for a minimum of 2 years in new charred oak barrels (1964).

10/01

Charles Waterhouse acquired the rights to distill alcohol for the Irish province of Munster for 6 Irish shillings and 8 pence (1608).
The statistics for the import of cognac to the USA in 1881 were published. According to these the list was headed by Otard, Dupuys & Co. with 64 775 gallons or 239 667 litres; Joseph Hennessy was second, the Martell Co., third (1882).

11/01

The Provincial Political Administration confirms the legal continuance of the International Bartenders Union in the Czechoslovak Republic (1922).
Francesco Cinzano I, as the Syndic of the Master Distillers University in Torino, sent king Albert of Savoy a petition in which he pointed out fraudulent practices in wine production (1836).

13/01

The Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., (Bardstown, Ky. USA) filled their four millionth barrel of Bourbon Whiskey and laid it down to mature. They thus accomplished the processing of 34 200 000 bushels of maize (about 1 197 000 000 litres) which became the basis for 1,7 billion bottles of their spirits (1998).

16/01

The beginning of the prohibition in the USA (1920).

17/01

A wagon loaded with 2000 bottles of dubious champagne was “sentenced” and destroyed by champagne producers in defense against the import of cheap wines to the Champagne region and the production of champagne from raw material of poor quality, during the so-called Vintners’ Revolution (1911).

20/01

The Prefect of the Champagne region promised the vintners to do everything in his power to prevent the import of other wines to the region and so eliminate the faking of champagne (1911).
The Emilio Bacardi Moreau museum in Santiago de Cuba was reopened (1928).

23/01

The Rotterdam City Council agreed to the construction of four distilleries in the property of the De Kuyper brothers (1792).

24/01

Jock, the bartender of Harry’s New York Bar in Paris, came-up with a recipe for the Scoff-Law cocktail. It requires tossing 1 dash of Orange Bitters, 2 cl of Canadian whisky 2 cl of dry vermouth, 1 cl of lemon juice 1 cl of grenadine in the shaker (1924).

25/01

Born at the British Embassy in Paris, William Somerset Maugham, who later in life greatly appreciated an extra- strong Martini cocktail prepared by his friend, the American ex-WWI army driver , Gerald Haxton (1874).
Oskar Weinstein, Lionell Stock’s son-in-law, was entered in Plzeň (Pilsen) regional court’s business register as the owner of real estate in Božkov, including the former distillery (1920).

26/01

The commencement of Vilém Rožmberk’s and margravine Anna Maria’s seven- day-long wedding festivities, during which 903 barrels of wheat and oat beer were consumed (1578).

31/01

In its decree, the State Council of the King of France defined cider brandy, an apple spirit which -since the beginning of the 19th century- has been called calvados (1741).