Ever heard of the Sicilian wine grape Lucignola? lifeattable.substack.com/p/loving-luc...
Loving Lucignola
Rediscovering a Sicilian beauty
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Mike Madaio
@lifeattable.bsky.social
Author, “A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches,” out now. (Ordering info in bio link.) Also write about PA wine and Italian wine and food. https://lifeattable.com
Ever heard of the Sicilian wine grape Lucignola? lifeattable.substack.com/p/loving-luc...
Loving Lucignola
Rediscovering a Sicilian beauty
lifeattable.substack.com
Post about a fight at Waffle House, or the Waffle House hurricane index, and it’ll go viral in a heartbeat. But what if I want to talk about the food? lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-countr...
How would you feel if in 2027 67 Pall Mall added an AI-assisted wine writing category?
“Arctic” Barolo wine, which according to Henrik Dahl Jahnsen, President of the Norwegian Sommelier Association, was fresher and more youthful than its traditionally cellared counterpart, and notable for its wild fruits, flowers and crunchy tannins. Are you skeptical or intrigued?
Is it Mataòssu or Lumassina? I’m not sure, but the wine sure is tasty. lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-myster...
The Mystery of Mataòssu
A Ligurian adventure with Punta Crena
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My new book is finally out! A short, readable overall history of beer tracing the long lines in the development of beer. Seeing history like that inevitably brings out an overlooked side of the history of beer: beer as a source of massive power. Please repost! www.garshol.priv.no/download/pow...
The Power of Beer
Personal site of Lars Marius Garshol.
garshol.priv.no
Is it Mataòssu or Lumassina? I’m not sure, but the wine sure is tasty. lifeattable.substack.com/p/the-myster...
The Mystery of Mataòssu
A Ligurian adventure with Punta Crena
lifeattable.substack.com
How one of the best harvests on record will be remembered (falsely) as the harvest when #champagne became a high alcohol beverage. Debunking the 15% champagne reporting by @carohenry.bsky.social
The origin of the “Champagne at 15% ABV” hoax
Or Champagne’s take on Shakespeare’s comedy of errors
terroirchampagne.substack.com
A bit on the story of Pecorino for Italian Wine Podcast www.italianwinepodcast.com/italian-wine...
Back from the Brink: How the Pecorino Grape was Saved from Extinction
The Pecorino grape was nearly lost. Mike Madaio IWA tells how Guido Cocci Grifoni brought it back — and why this Marche white still matters.
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
I don’t know if it is AI or just someone who doesn’t know how to use Photoshop, but WE keeps using these absolutely terrible wine bottle collages. 🤦♂️
Wine Enthusiast@wineenthusiast.bsky.social · 4w agoWe’ve compiled the very best Bordeaux red blends, white wines, and dessert wines to drink today, at a wide range of price points.
Silly me, I wrote an article for a wine writing contest without using AI. lifeattable.substack.com/p/life-paire...
Life, Paired
What Wine to Pair with Everything
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So what are we to make of the 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards granting a prize to a 100% AI generated piece of short-form writing?
Serious question: can you think of a more tone deaf ad campaign (non political) than the current Meta “we’re betting on people” one?
Grape Harvest at Rüdesheim (Rheingau), Germany, c. 1900
I need some real solidarity. On Friday, I published this article about why Zuckerberg should resign. It’s being throttled on Meta products and I’ve had several attempts to hijack my fb acct. Please repost this article, esp on your Meta accounts. #ZuckMustGo www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta | Joan Donovan
The CEO is the throughline in a history of billion-dollar blunders that have caused real harm, culminating in last week’s settlement
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Interesting fact I just learned on NPR. After the Civil War, the US govt auctioned off around 1.3 million firearms to the public. This explains so much.
This is a great example of something innocuous that shows how stupid we’re becoming as a society. This company suggests we can decide the most and least popular brands of ice cream in the country based on … wait for it… Google searches! It’s almost as if sales data didn’t exist! 🤦♂️
Though I normally avoid bulk juice that’s been gussied up with a celebrity label like the plague, this wine just seemed worth trying yesterday. 🤷
Okay, not enough people are talking about this: the Thursday scream!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Just saw one of those oval car stickers that read GSM… that’s definitely for Grenache Syrah Mourvèdre, right?
While this region does appear to also grow some interesting varieties, just once it would be nice to hear about an up and coming American vineyard where the star grape isn’t one that every other region in the US already grows.
Wine Enthusiast@wineenthusiast.bsky.social · 2mo agoWith world-class Pinot Noir and cool-climate varietals, the Puget Sound AVA is becoming one of the country's most promising wine regions.
It’s always been my belief that wine is the healthiest of all the alcoholic drinks. The alcohol is alcohol crowd just got some push back. Very important study that needs to be shared. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Wine, beer, or spirits? Massive study finds a surprising health divide
A study tracking more than 340,000 adults for over a decade found that heavy drinking increased the risk of death regardless of beverage type. At lower levels, however, the picture became more surpris...
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