Computing Craft
/A super-computer brewing beer? It's elementary according to Watson, the IBM number cruncher that turned out a beer "brewed by data." But where is the craft?
Read MoreThe Blog "Engaging the Senses" includes thoughts on wine, food, travel and art from James Beard Award-winning writer, WSET educator and travel photographer Lyn Farmer
A super-computer brewing beer? It's elementary according to Watson, the IBM number cruncher that turned out a beer "brewed by data." But where is the craft?
Read MoreWhat could possibly be a more welcome gift this holiday season than a WSET wine class? With Level 1 coming up in February, you are just in time to give the gift of wine, and wine confidence!
Read MoreA battle between biodynamic winemaker Thibault Liger-Belair and French agricultural authorities is likely a precursor of struggles ahead in other countries and other vineyards as well.
Read MoreAustralia's Treasury Wine Estates, owner of Penfolds as well as Beringer in Napa, shakes up our holiday diet plans by announcing they will start posting calorie content on their wine labels. Don't worry about giving up your gym membership just yet - this won't happen until the end of next year.
Read MoreThe OIV, the global tabulator of wine production, just listed the world's top grape (and thus, wine) producers. But what does 50 million hectoliters really mean for your Saturday night?
Read MoreTonight at Wynwood Brewing we celebrate an act of charity and remember a family friend with the release of Miami's newest (and perhaps most exclusive) craft beer, "One True King." And therein lies a tale (and a tail, come to think of it)...
Read MoreWe hear now and then about someone stealing wine from a restaurant or even a winery, but some innovative thieves in France's Rhône Valley took wine theft to a new level, and hijacked the wine "on the hoof" so to speak from Guigal, one of the region's most admired producers....
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