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▶ 42:19 · Agriculture Technology · Spanish wine industry faces consolidation crisis from overregulation and pricing
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Making millions with a newsletter selling wine: the Descorchify case | Pascual Drake Luís Gosálbez

2025-11-05 · 4 company · 3 thematic
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pascual drake

Former journalist and serial entrepreneur who founded Todo Vino (acquired), Birrabox (shut down), Glamorum/YoliBox (sold to Birchbox), and worked at De Cóctel consultancy before launching Descorchify, a wine subscription service driven by daily storytelling newsletter.

luis gosálbez

Lawyer at Matrixon law firm who has invested in and founded dozens of startups over 25 years; co-founded Descorchify with Pascual after being a customer of his previous wine venture; focuses on subscription model with zero inventory risk.

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