The first varietal Cabernet Franc in Washington was released in 1991 by Columbia Winery followed by Chateau Ste Michelle in 1992 with grapes planted from their Cold Creek Vineyard.

It is the first commercial wine-producing region in California ( and possibly the United States ), utilizing high-quality French varietal vines imported from France.

In Washington State, Nebbiolo was first planted in the Red Willow Vineyard in the Yakima Valley AVA in 1985 with the first varietal release in 1987.

It is well known for its Petite Sirah and Concannon was the first winery to bottle this grape as a varietal wine in 1961.

The first estates known to have actively grown the variety ( and the likely source of Cabernet vines for other estates ) were Château Mouton and Château d ' Armailhac in Pauillac.

In 1986, Casa Nuestra Winery in Napa Valley initiated the first Cabernet Franc program in the United States, winning a Double Gold and Best of Class Medal in the Los Angeles Times Wine Competition for their first vintage.

In Washington State, the first plantings of Cabernet Franc were cultivated in experimental blocks by Washington State University in the Columbia Valley during the 1970s.

In the 1990s, Chinook Winery introduced the state's first Cabernet Franc rosé.

Don Silvestre Errázuriz was the first, importing Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet franc, Malbec, Sauvignon blanc and Sémillon.

* Destiny Bay Vineyards-Destiny Bay is Waiheke Island ’ s only Cabernet blend specialist and first fully certified sustainable winery.

Charles Kreck had been one of the first to plant Cabernet Sauvignon vines in California, and offered Mead a wine made from Cabernet that was a pale pink and as yet unnamed.

The result of Schubert's obsession was Penfolds Grange Hermitage, a blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from around South Australia first made in 1951.

In 1996, Meredith and her research established the parentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, which was the first application of such techniques.

Greece ’ s first Cabernet Sauvignon vineyard was planted in 1963.

* The former Franc " Stane " Rozman Barracks ( Vojašnica Franca Rozmana – Staneta ) at Ljubljana-Polje were named after Franc Rozman Stane until July 2012, when they were renamed after Edvard Peperko ( 1966 – 1991 ), one of the first to fall in the Slovenian Ten-Day War.

The first Franc ever minted, the " Franc à cheval ", was minted upon Jean le Bon's return from captivity from 5 December 1360, and featured combative imagery.

Although the group at first worked closely with the Franc Tireurs et Partisans ( FTP ), it re-formed as the Agrupación de Guerrilleros Españoles ( Spanish Guerrilla Group, AGE ) in May 1944.

He was born as Ignacij Gruden in the small fishermen village of Nabrežina () near Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian County of Gorizia and Gradisca ( now in Italy ) as first of ten children of Franc Gruden and Justina Košuta.

The first director of the factory, Franc Pecar, signed the license agreement with the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch which corresponded to Tomos ' production plans, as it produced economical and robust motorcycles suitable for gravel roads and steep terrain characteristic of the region.

One participant was " Baroness " Raymonde de Laroche, the first woman in the world to earn a pilot's licence, who won a 10, 000 Franc prize for her flight of.

His collaboration with Washington, begun when he was the general's aide during the Revolution, was resumed when he entered the first Cabinet as Secretary of the Treasury.

Hearst saw his wife and child, sent a joyful message to his mother in California, and soon returned to Washington, where on April 22, for the first time, he opened his mouth in Congress.

The House was his habitat and there he flourished, first as a young representative, then as a forceful committee chairman, and finally in the post for which he seemed intended from birth, Speaker of the House, and second most powerful man in Washington.

As this year marks the centennial of the beginning of the Civil War, this fact is being commemorated with several exhibits throughout the State, but most of all paying tribute to the first Rhode Island Volunteers who rushed to the defense of the City of Washington, putting at the disposal of President Lincoln the only fully equipped and best trained regiment at this time.

Mr. Devey first came to Sprague in 1953 as a Product Specialist in the Field Engineering Department, coming from the Office of Naval Research in Washington, D. C., where he was an electronic scientist engaged in undersea warfare studies.

The first was a list of fourteen manufacturing companies located in the state of Washington which were personally known to the research team to be active in defense work.

At any rate, Manchester did not lag far behind the first commercial system which was set up in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington.

The President spent much of the week-end at his summer home on Cape Cod writing the first drafts of portions of the address with the help of White House aids in Washington with whom he talked by telephone.

A wreath will be placed at the tomb of George Washington, one of this Nation's first Masons -- a past master of Washington-Alexandria Lodge 22 in Alexandria.

* 1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.

* 1958 – Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D. C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U. S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.

* 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.

Carnegie helped open the rail lines into Washington D. C. that the rebels had cut ; he rode the locomotive pulling the first brigade of Union troops to reach Washington D. C.

* 1792 – U. S. President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.

George Washington ( February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799 ), the country's first president, is often said to be the father of his country.

Parson Mason Locke Weems mentions the first citation of this legend in his 1850 book, The Life of George Washington: With Curious Anecdotes, Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to His Young Countrymen.

Research conducted by the National Museum of American History notes that the story of Betsy Ross making the first American flag for General George Washington entered into American consciousness about the time of the 1876 centennial celebrations.

* 1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.

For example, in the U. S. states of California, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, barratry is a misdemeanor ; in Texas, a misdemeanor on the first conviction, but a felony on subsequent convictions.

In the 1930s, musician and inventor Paul Tutmarc from Seattle, Washington, developed the first electric string bass in its modern form, a fretted instrument designed to be held and played horizontally.

In 2005, Gene Weingarten from The Washington Post was sent a gift of a first edition Barnaby book as an incentive for Watterson's cooperation.

After moving from his home in Chicago to Washington, D. C., he set up one of the first home recording studios where he not only recorded the album Bo Diddley Is a Gunslinger but he recorded his valet, Marvin Gaye.

In 1983, Harold Washington became the first black mayor of the city of Chicago.

He earned his master's degree in theater from The Catholic University of America ( CUA ) in Washington, D. C., where he met his first wife, actress Susan Sarandon ; they divorced in 1979.