by Sean Ludford | Oct 8, 2024 | Wine
We have said this before on the pages of BevX, but it’s worth repeating — If we had to restrict ourselves to the wines of just one nation, it would be Italy. Why? For starters, Italy has more wine varietals than all other wine-producing nations combined. Variety is the spice of life. We choose variety in flavors and styles and can do so while...
by Sean Ludford | Sep 24, 2024 | Wine
If I were forced to drink wines from just one nation for the rest of my days, I would, without hesitation, choose the wines of Italy. Luckily, I don’t have to make such a choice, but if I were forced, the decision would be an easy one. The wines of Italy are incredibly diverse in every respect. If you like wine, there is an...
by Sean Ludford | Apr 1, 2024 | Wine
Offida is a modest commune in the southwest portion of the Marche region of Italy centered around the town of the same name. Offida is home to fewer than 6,000 residents and roughly 463 hectares (1,144 acres) of vines that comprise the Offida DOCG. The entire appellation produces less than 200,000 cases a year and most of these wines never travel beyond the Italian...
by Sean Ludford | Dec 12, 2023 | Wine
Méthode champenoise – no this is not the French rapper the kids are talking about. Like any self-respecting rapper méthode champenoise has many aliases: méthode traditionnelle, traditional method, and metodo classico (Italy) among others. If you see Méthode champenoise, or any of its aliases, you know that the sparkling wine is made in the traditional method first perfected in Champagne, France. As you likely...
by Sean Ludford | Jul 11, 2023 | News Feed, Travel, Wine
On July 14 we celebrate Bastille Day. This French National Holiday is celebrated by liberty loving people around the globe. In 1789 tensions were high in France as a growing group of ordinary citizens were pushing for a national constitution. These French citizens were inspired by the newly independent United States of America and their newly formed Constitution that was adopted that same year....
by Sean Ludford | May 30, 2023 | News Feed, Wine
by Shyla Cadogan CRANFIELD, United Kingdom — There’s a new reason to celebrate the 1400s, aside from Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the new world. Scientists have been able to track down the earliest known evidence of wine drinking in the Americas. They made the discovery inside Caribbean pottery vessels on a small Caribbean island dating back to the 15th century. Researchers examined 40 olive...
