English Single Malt Whisky Protection Gone Awry
England’s New Whisky Status Borrows Scotch’s Prestige Without Scotch’s Discipline. Protected status was supposed to settle an argument. Instead, it
BevX Latest Reviews for the week of September 16, 2026
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Sherry — Not Your Grandmother’s Decanter
Ask someone who grew up with Sherry in the house what they remember, and you’ll often get the same story:
Brandy de Jerez — It Shouldn’t Be a Secret
Ask most drinkers to name a wine-based Brandy, and Cognac wins by a landslide; Armagnac picks up the connoisseurs, and
Built to Be Bribed — Southern Glazer’s bribery settlement
The Real Scandal Isn’t Southern Glazer’s $12.5 Million Bribe. It’s the Three-Tier System That Made It Inevitable. Southern Glazer’s Wine
The Tale of the Incomporable Negroni
It’s time again for one of the happiest (if not the happiest) weeks of the year — Negroni Week. This
BevX Latest Reviews for the week of September 9, 2026
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Genesee Brewery — New Owner Isn’t Buying a Brewery — It’s Buying Capacity.
Genesee Brewery has outlasted Prohibition, two world wars, and a rotating cast of corporate parents in its nearly 150 years
Grappa: The Case for Taking It Seriously
If you want to clear a table of timid drinkers, pour Grappa. Few spirits still polarize a room the way
Beer’s Consolidation Pitch Falls Flat
Consolidation was pitched to craft brewers as a lifeline: pool the trucks, share the back office, walk into a distributor