A bluntly-curated selection of absolutely random recent bits from around the wine and drink world served up “mostly fresh” for your enjoyment. Have a good New Year’s Eve? Toast in 2023 with Champagne? Well, if it was made by Frédéric Gallois, it could have very well have been illicit, fake Champagne and not just the Russian type, but genuine French fake which means that while the grapes were from Champagne, they were picked outside the allowed harvest window. Gads! José Andrés has said that drinking red wine in the morning […]

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