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Friends: just published is the SECOND EDITION of Beyond Flavour!
Beyond Flavour: Wine Tasting by Structure is much improved from the first edition, and is available in Kindle, paperback and hardcover formats on your local Amazon store now.
This is pertinent to those of us who try and present wine creatively, whether visually or in written form. Reliance on AI in creative work is a category mistake and undermines professional integrity. Proceed accordingly!
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
The wine investment crew covering themselves in glory once again
Three men have been found guilty of fraudulent trading after a decade-long fine wine scam that saw victims lose more than £6 million. The scheme misled investors into overpaying for Bordeaux wines at mark-ups of up to 400%. thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/0…
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future 🙏
Good morning all on this All Saints Day, and always remember that "every Saint has a past and every Sinner has a future" ✝️ #AllSaintsDay
Wow is there a vintage more closed than 2016 Bdx? Totally and utterly locked up. Throw away the key folks, at any level, you’re going to need another ten years. We’re dealing with another 2005 here.
What a tough spring for growers in Europe. So much rain and mildew. Even more than last year, which seemed impossible. And hail in places.
Fingers crossed for a calm summer. Either way, expect another year of low yields ☹️
Might as well give up drinking Champagne. Total garbage 😂
The regional distribution of the wines awarded 100-point scores in 2023, which are spread across five countries, is interesting.
Discover more: bit.ly/3Msaq9R
The slow death, by suicide, of independent wine criticism is one of the most unexpected and dispiriting legacies of the post-Parker era
Both this and Chateau Ste Michelle's 40% reduction in grape purchasing are two sides of the same coin: recognition that sub $10/bt volumes are in (permanent?) decline and the resultant need to premiumize.
winebusiness.com/news/articl…
2019 Bordeaux is now available in the US. Just for fun I compared release prices (spring 2020) to approximate current market (mid w-s US retail).
If you want to know why 2022 Bdx are so expensive, it's bc the Bordelais REALLY didn't want to underprice their wines again 😉
“European Commission data for the year to June shows that wine consumption has fallen 7% in Italy, 10% in Spain, 15% in France, 22% in Germany and 34% in Portugal, while wine production across the bloc - the world's biggest wine-making area - rose 4%.”
And US ⬇️ by 9%! 🚨🚨🚨
Just incredible data from a country that many thought would power the wine industry in the 21st century.
Thank you @wineecon
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Didn’t realize it would be this soon. nytimes.com/2023/06/16/busin…
Another case of wine fraud? This time at New York's most storied retailer. Expect the lawsuits soon...
Excellent reporting from @WineSpectator
Another case of wine fraud? This time at New York's most storied retailer. Expect the lawsuits soon...
Excellent reporting from @WineSpectator
NEWS: Were customers' #wine purchases removed from Sherry-Lehmann's affiliated storage facility while the #NYC store was closed and sold without their knowledge? @WineSpectator investigates …
bit.ly/3X0i6nP #wine
