Rebecca Gibb
Editor at Freelance
Master of Wine, Vinous Editor NZ & Loire, author of Vintage Crime, due out fall 2023 via @ucpress and Amazon, The Wines of New Zealand, creator Puzzle CRU
Articles
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Apr 22, 2024 |
guildsomm.com | Rebecca Gibb
This excerpt from Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud delves into the lawless world of French wine in the late 19th and early 20th century, in which a splash of something vivid, ripe, and alcoholic from the warmer climes of the south of France or even Algeria could sort out the deficiencies of the latest crop of Volnay.
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Feb 18, 2024 |
thedailybeast.com | Rebecca Gibb
Making Champagne is now a rich man's game, but a century ago, vineyard owners were destitute and took to the streets to demand "Death to fraudsters." Wines from across France and beyond were shipped into local train stations, disappeared into cellars and emerged as "Champagne." In 1911, when impoverished local grape growers took matters into their own hands, the French army was called in to restore order.
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Dec 14, 2023 |
perspectivemag.co.uk | Rebecca Gibb |Wade Graham
Champagne toasts life celebrations and rites of passage and, as you celebrate Christmas and the arrival of another year, it’s unlikely that violent uprisings in the vineyards will come to mind. But a century ago, thousands of grape growers took to the streets of Épernay, confronting a sabre-wielding French cavalry. Champagne houses were burned to the ground and wine flowed down glass-strewn roads.
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Nov 29, 2023 |
crimereads.com | Rebecca Gibb
The source of the great Burgundy deception was the shortage of wine caused by the destructive force of phylloxera. It made its first appearance in France in the vineyards of the Rhône in 1863; Burgundians held out for more than a decade hoping that somehow they would not be touched by the devastation the louse was causing further south, but its journey north was inevitable.
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Nov 21, 2023 |
bigissue.com | Rebecca Gibb
BooksThe wine industry has suffered from fakes and deception for centuries, but producers are looking to use technology to change thatMulled wine season is upon us, and you’ll find few complainants that the warming glühwein at one of the many Christmas markets is not the truest reflection of the grape and the place it was grown. But tinkering with fermented grape juice has been the source of battles and riots over the course of history.
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