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A wine geek's idle thoughts. #CSW, #WSETDiploma. Manager of @VirtualWineEvts acct & site http://virtualwineevents.com Co-founder @eWineCoaching

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After nearly 20 years of having this dream, I’m an #MWStudent Don’t knows how long it will take but I’m going to savor every moment that will be a part of this journey. Lots of heartfelt thanks to many mentors & inspiration including @LizGabayMW who wrote my endorsement

SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. After nearly 20 years of having this dream, I’m an #MWStudent

Don’t knows how long it will take but I’m going to savor every moment that will be a part of this journey. 

Lots of heartfelt thanks to many mentors & inspiration including @LizGabayMW who wrote my endorsement

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Calling all @WSETglobal Diploma Students! The beautiful @annemchale has asked me to join her for a webinar, so come and join Anne & Anne for a #Germany Masterclass! Register here: annemchale.com/guest-expert-s…

AnneInVino's tweet image. Calling all @WSETglobal Diploma Students! The beautiful @annemchale has asked me to join her for a webinar, so come and join Anne & Anne for a #Germany  Masterclass! Register here: annemchale.com/guest-expert-s…

I bought a pair of inexpensive tulip flutes for travel and I'm marveling at the "Customers who bought that also purchased items like these" recommendations from Amazon.

SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. I bought a pair of inexpensive tulip flutes for travel and I'm marveling at the "Customers who bought that also purchased items like these" recommendations from Amazon.

I know these were A LOT of work to put together but, man, I do miss these awesome Real Business of Wine zooms that @robertjoseph and @mme_hammond used to do. Was reminded of these while studying En Primeur and this terrific one with @janeansonwine youtube.com/watch?v=VoMFy-…

SpitbucketBlog's tweet card. Bordeaux - Beyond En Primeur, with Jane Anson

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As someone with limited mobility, a big appeal to online orders is having heavy boxes of wine delivered for me. But when @YodelOnline delivers my @waitrose order to the wrong address making me need to somehow retrieve & transport multiple cases, that really dampers things a bit.


Trying to come up with a good visual image for why vines need enough "sinks" to funnel energy for balance. I gave Dalle AI the prompt "Digital art of a toddler on a sugar rush going crazy next to a leafy grapevine with a large canopy" Think I need a different metaphor...

SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. Trying to come up with a good visual image for why vines need enough "sinks" to funnel energy for balance.

I gave Dalle AI the prompt "Digital art of a toddler on a sugar rush going crazy next to a leafy grapevine with a large canopy" 

Think I need a different metaphor...
SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. Trying to come up with a good visual image for why vines need enough "sinks" to funnel energy for balance.

I gave Dalle AI the prompt "Digital art of a toddler on a sugar rush going crazy next to a leafy grapevine with a large canopy" 

Think I need a different metaphor...
SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. Trying to come up with a good visual image for why vines need enough "sinks" to funnel energy for balance.

I gave Dalle AI the prompt "Digital art of a toddler on a sugar rush going crazy next to a leafy grapevine with a large canopy" 

Think I need a different metaphor...
SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. Trying to come up with a good visual image for why vines need enough "sinks" to funnel energy for balance.

I gave Dalle AI the prompt "Digital art of a toddler on a sugar rush going crazy next to a leafy grapevine with a large canopy" 

Think I need a different metaphor...

I always find it baffling when promotions for wine dinners don't give any indication of the menu. The menu is the big selling point over attending just a tasting or masterclass with the winemaker, and presumably, a big factor in the increased cost. So why neglect posting it?


Just got an email from @TheWineSociety highlighting aged "anniversary wines" they have from 2013, 2003 & 1998 vintages & I have to say that is some really savvy marketing! Don't have a 10, 20, 25th anniversary to celebrate this year but I'm still clicking to see what's offered!


A lesson learned from the Rust S1 MW seminar is that I need to be practicing with better glassware than the small ISO glasses I used for Diploma. So I got @JancisRobinson’s universal glass. They look beautiful but hopefully all 12 make it to exam day!

SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. A lesson learned from the Rust S1 MW seminar is that I need to be practicing with better glassware than the small ISO glasses I used for Diploma. So I got @JancisRobinson’s universal glass. They look beautiful but hopefully all 12 make it to exam day!

Amber @ SpitBucket.net reposted

5/10 wine education The 2022 Institute of @mastersofwine stage one assessment (S1A) exam questions are available online. mastersofwine.org/news/2022-mw-e… I asked #ChatGPT to answer questions 1 and 2 of the theoretical MW questions. How do you think artificial intelligence did? 🧵

mikeratcliffe's tweet image. 5/10 wine education

The 2022 Institute of @mastersofwine stage one assessment (S1A) exam questions are available online. mastersofwine.org/news/2022-mw-e… 

I asked #ChatGPT to answer questions 1 and 2 of the theoretical MW questions. How do you think artificial intelligence did?

🧵
mikeratcliffe's tweet image. 5/10 wine education

The 2022 Institute of @mastersofwine stage one assessment (S1A) exam questions are available online. mastersofwine.org/news/2022-mw-e… 

I asked #ChatGPT to answer questions 1 and 2 of the theoretical MW questions. How do you think artificial intelligence did?

🧵
mikeratcliffe's tweet image. 5/10 wine education

The 2022 Institute of @mastersofwine stage one assessment (S1A) exam questions are available online. mastersofwine.org/news/2022-mw-e… 

I asked #ChatGPT to answer questions 1 and 2 of the theoretical MW questions. How do you think artificial intelligence did?

🧵

Have to chuckle when you're listening to a podcast while researching a TAMS topic and the #MWStudent hosting the podcast asks your exact TAMS Q during their expert interview. Great Paper 3 stuff from @big_vin_theory and @DeWetOfficial podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sur…


Hey #WineTwitter, if you have roughly a 24-hr layover in Auckland (early Jan), what would you do?


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2/2 But I guess what helped me pass was the active learning strategy. For every article I read, I would write a paragraph. Every morning I would wake up and outline/write an essay based on a previous paper. I would teach my dog about nematodes. All based on the learning pyramid.

AleEsteves7's tweet image. 2/2 But I guess what helped me pass was the active learning strategy. For every article I read, I would write a paragraph. Every morning I would wake up and outline/write an essay based on a previous paper. I would teach my dog about nematodes. All based on the learning pyramid.

I was searching on Amazon for a particular enology textbook and....I don't quite know what to make of these branded notebooks they're recommending. It's like those weird t-shirt ads on FB combining random things scrapped from your profile. "Just a girl from Missouri with a cat"

SpitbucketBlog's tweet image. I was searching on Amazon for a particular enology textbook and....I don't quite know what to make of these branded notebooks they're recommending. 

It's like those weird t-shirt ads on FB combining random things scrapped from your profile. "Just a girl from Missouri with a cat"

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