There are few things that are more Dickensian than a bowl of punch. (more…)
There are few things that are more Dickensian than a bowl of punch. (more…)
A study that compared 1,800 Danish men’s IQ scores to their drinking habits from the 1950s through 1990s found a strong correlation between high IQ in young adulthood and preference for wine over beer later in life, regardless of socioeconomic status. (Very few respondents—less than 1 percent—preferred spirits; this preference was unrelated to IQ.)
Millennials are confused by wine, apparently. The thousands-of-years-old practice of fermenting grapes and putting it into bottles needs to be completely re-imagined for the ever-connected and social-media-obsessed ‘Amazon Prime generation.’ This demographic, loosely characterized as aged 22 – 32, don’t know their Claret from their Beaujolais – but that’s okay, because now there’s an app, an algorithm and a subscription box for that.