Down The Rabbit Hole

by Anne Burchett
...passionate and curious about. I enjoy writing tasting notes and reading good reviews. So basically Vivino is my Instagram/Facebook and I see quite a lot of people, who are also...

Facing The Fires

by Christy Canterbury MW
...(NFPA) sets codes and standards, but these are for interior buildings, processes, designs and installations. There is a code for land under development, but not for wildland. Michele Steinberg, the...

On Wine Influencers

by Anne Burchett
...curated pictures of perfectly honed female physiques in aspirational settings on Instagram appear to prove that point. Irritating as these may be for an older generation that had to work...

Almost human?

by Tim Atkin
...the job are already automated. Human beings rarely do punch downs and “foot” treading these days, for instance. There are a few Port lodges that still use lagars, but like...

Making Fun Of Foreign Accents

by Peter Pharos
...2020’s catchphrase, we are where we are, so if you thought that seeing people on Instagram drink wines you are not drinking was great but came in too small a...

Why AI Matters

by Tim Atkin
My friend Matt likes to confuse algorithms. “Every now and then, I type the first thing that comes into my head into Google, Facebook or Instagram” he told me. “Emperor...

Santorini 2023 Report

by Peter Pharos
“What a wine”, I commented on the Instagram feed of a London wine merchant who had just posted a new import from Etna. “Good enough to give anything on Santorini...

Fail Again, Fail Better?

by Oliver Styles
It began with a conversation about Instagram. I was talking to a photographer friend during a photoshoot and we fell onto the subject of social media. As so often happens,...

The Ghosts of Wine

by Christina Rasmussen
...April frosts via our modern world version of the telegram – Instagram – I can’t help but dwell. Isn’t it bewildering that something as beautiful as a vineyard full of...