by Sean Ludford | Aug 16, 2020 | News Feed
The Guardian — Stephen Burgen in Baix Penedès It should have been a great year for Spanish wine: a bumper crop of grapes resulting in millions and millions of extra bottles for sipping or swilling at home and abroad. But with Covid-19 leading to a catastrophic drop in wine sales, the Spanish government is offering growers subsidies to destroy part of this year’s record...
by Sean Ludford | Aug 12, 2020 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX August 12, 2020. 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 | Aug 5, 2020 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX August 5, 2020. 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 | Aug 5, 2020 | News Feed
Brad Japhe — FORBES In 2017, it was reported that Queen Elizabeth consumes up to four cocktails per day—as many as 28 tipples per week. If you are to believe the words of her former chef, she kicks off the early afternoon with her favorite cocktail: Gin and Dubonnet. Then it’s on to a wine-based aperitif on the rocks. This is all before lunch, by the...
by Sean Ludford | Jul 29, 2020 | News Feed
Below is a quick look at our latest reviews published at BevX July 29, 2020. 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 | Jul 27, 2020 | News Feed
By Mike Pomranz — Food & Wine Admittedly, I’ve never committed wine fraud, so I don’t know all the ins and outs of the industry, but at a time when a bottle with a handwritten label reading “Romanée Conti 1924” was expected to sell for at least $20,000 at auction before arousing suspicion, you’d think using fraudulent ingredients to lower wine production costs would be a pretty work-intensive...
