by Sean Ludford | Mar 9, 2013 | Random, Uncategorized, Wine
BevX Spreading Good Cheer Are you in a rut? Seriously. Take a look around. Have you been anywhere new lately? Are you watching the same shows on the TV, taking the same way to work and wearing the same clothes? Do your dinner choices simply boil down to A, B, or C? Are you drinking the same, boring wines? If you have answered yes...
by Sean Ludford | Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
It is with incredible sadness and tears in my eyes that I must convey that my dear friend Christine (Chris) Blumer has passed after a 2.5-year battle with cancer. Chris was a passionate wine educator, actor, and writer but most of all a loving wife to her incredibly strong and supportive husband Marc, and a friend to so many. I can barely comprehend that...
by Sean Ludford | Dec 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
It is with incredible sadness and tears in my eyes that I must convey that my dear friend Christine (Chris) Blumer has passed after a 2.5-year battle with cancer. Chris was a passionate wine educator, actor, and writer but most of all a loving wife to her incredibly strong and supportive husband Marc, and a friend to so many. I can barely comprehend that...
by Sean Ludford | Mar 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago I offered a list of resolutions for my friends in the restaurant trade. It was a condensed list of common annoyances found while dining out. In other words, a rant of my (and many others as I have discovered) dining pet peeves. In order to be fair, I have turned the tables focusing on the patron. Yes, you are the...
by Sean Ludford | Apr 8, 2007 | Uncategorized
Published April 8, 2007 WILLIAM Grant & Sons, the family-owned distiller and one of Scotland’s biggest private companies, is to build a malt distillery in Ayrshire to meet booming demand from emerging markets. The maker of the world’s best-selling single malt, the Glenfiddich, is understood to be investing up to £10m on its site in Girvan to expand both malt and grain production. The...