by Sean Ludford | Jan 30, 2024 | News Feed
By Suzanne Mustacich — Wine Spectator More than 80 rare bottles went missing from the Grand Award winner’s cellar, perhaps during recent renovations. The owners of La Tour d’Argent, the legendary Parisian restaurant and Wine Spectator Grand Award winner, filed a complaint with police last week following an inventory taken of their extensive wine collection. More than 80 bottles, worth $1.63 million (€1.5 million),...
by Sean Ludford | Jan 30, 2024 | Sean’s Rant
Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most pampered rodent, will soon be pulled from his lair to determine if we will have a speedy onset of spring or more grey winter. Not so fast I say. This vermin has seen his shadow on 108 occasions (including 2023) and failed to see a shadow just 18 times. I smell a rat… Who is this Punxsutawney Phil anyway...
by Sean Ludford | Jan 24, 2024 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX January 24, 2024. Click the links to get the score and the full analysis of each beverage. Every Wednesday we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send our subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.) We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share....
by Sean Ludford | Jan 23, 2024 | News Feed
Daily Mail Researchers analysed Roman dolia – clay jars the Romans used for winemaking Their analysis suggests that Roman wine had a ‘slightly spicy’ flavour They were well known for their love of wine. But what did a glass of plonk really taste like in the Roman era? In a new study, researchers from Ghent University set out to answer this question, by analysing...
by Sean Ludford | Jan 17, 2024 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX January 17, 2024. Click the links to get the score and the full analysis of each beverage. Every Wednesday we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send our subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.) We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share....
by Sean Ludford | Jan 16, 2024 | News Feed
Franciacorta is proud to have been for the third consecutive year the Official Sparkling Wine of the Emmy Awards season, culminating in the presentation of the Emmys yesterday, Monday 15 January, during an awards ceremony at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, CA, which aired live on FOX and numerous international broadcasting channels (in Italy it was broadcast by Sky). The winners had the...
by Sean Ludford | Jan 10, 2024 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX January 10, 2024. Click the links to get the score and the full analysis of each beverage. Every Wednesday we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send our subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.) We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share....
by Sean Ludford | Jan 8, 2024 | News Feed
Eloise Feilden — The Drinks Business Thieves who broke into a liquor store in Utah’s Salt Lake City racked up US$20k in stolen wine and spirits, including Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades, a 2005 Château Latour and Glenfiddich 30-year-old. An investigation by the Salt Lake City Police Department began just after 4.15am on 4 November 2023, following reports of “suspicious circumstance” at the...
by Sean Ludford | Jan 3, 2024 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX January 3, 2024. Click the links to get the score and the full analysis of each beverage. Every Wednesday we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send our subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.) We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share....
by Sean Ludford | Dec 27, 2023 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX December 27, 2023. Click the links to get the score and the full analysis of each beverage. Every Wednesday we release new stories, introduce our latest reviews, and send our subscribers their weekly, free digital newsletter. (Subscribe here.) We had another busy week at BevX with new, tasty beverage reviews to share....
