{"id":415948,"date":"2025-09-11T14:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415948\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:01:15","slug":"meghan-markles-wine-doesnt-feel-thoughtful-expert-claims-amid-mixed-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415948\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2019s Wine \u2018Doesn\u2019t Feel Thoughtful,\u2019 Expert Claims Amid Mixed Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2025\/09\/11\/prince-harry-kate-middleton-meghan-markle-meeting-reunion-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s wine has been receiving mixed reviews after its launch earlier this year, and an expert has claimed that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t feel thoughtful.\u201d The Duchess of Sussex has been exploring her long-lasting love of cooking and winemaking under her lifestyle label, As Ever. It offers a collection of products, including flower sprinkles, spreads, tea, and more. In July, Markle also added the Napa Valley Ros\u00e9 to the As Ever family. A new report has now shed some light on how the expert tasters have reacted to the duchess\u2019s wine. <\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle\u2019s wine doesn\u2019t taste like it\u2019s \u2018handcrafted from family-owned vineyards,\u2019 expert claims<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle\u2019s Napa Valley Ros\u00e9 wine under her lifestyle label, As Ever, has received mixed reviews from experts. <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/meghan-markle-wine-criticized-high-alcohol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RadarOnline<\/a>\u2018s exclusive report detailed some reactions from a panel that sampled the bottle. Dana Beninati, a classically trained chef, sommelier, and host of Dine with Dana, gave the wine six out of 10. She shared that when she takes the first sip, it is \u201chot on the finish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beninati said, \u201cNot in temperature but in alcohol content.\u201d The expert explained that she gets that \u201cheat on the nose.\u201d Beninati added that there is also a \u201cslight burn in the aftertaste.\u201d She declared, \u201cAll this indicates a high-alcohol wine.\u201d Beninati continued to state that it was \u201creally surprising\u201d to her. She explained that consumers these days are \u201cgenerally looking for drinks that are lower in alcohol and sugar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beninati further stated that the wine \u201cdoesn\u2019t feel thoughtful.\u201d She added that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t feel like\u201d she\u2019s \u201csupporting a small family-owned winery.\u201d Beninati even suggested that she believes this is a wine \u201cmade by expert marketers\u201d and \u201cnot by Meghan.\u201d She added that it \u201cdoesn\u2019t taste like something\u201d that has been \u201chandcrafted from family-owned vineyards.\u201d On the other hand, another expert was quite impressed. <\/p>\n<p>Crystl Faye Horton, former wine director at\u00a0Del Frisco\u2019s Double Eagle Steakhouse\u00a0in New York, told RadarOnline that the $30 ros\u00e9 bottle is a \u201csteal.\u201d The expert gushed that there is \u201cso much going on flavor-wise in this wine.\u201d Horton further commented that it \u201creally feels like somebody wanted to make this wine with intention.\u201d She added, \u201cIt is a serious wine.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle\u2018s wine has been receiving mixed reviews after its launch earlier this year, and an expert has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415949,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,388,22881,7720,1281,447,7710,519,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-415948","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-lifestyle-news","14":"tag-meghan","15":"tag-meghan-markle","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115186033448682610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}