What We’re Crushing On This Week 4.4.20

  • The Mecca of Viticulture is not where you would guess. (Atlas Obscura)
  • Expanding on the idea of “themed tastings” should be high on our to-do list when social distancing is no longer needed. Messina Hof has a template! (Narcity)
  • Texas needs a serious approach to an annual crush report. See: Washington. (Washington State Wine Commission)
  • Vine bud freeze research. Fantastic! Note: this is touted as “Research in Plain English”, which is a good start, but still has much room for improvement. (Cornell V&E)
  • Will the online wine buying boom last? Not as long as how-to articles must end with state shipping laws maps… (Wine Spectator)
  • Drive through wine: Kiepersol edition. (County Line Magazine)
  • Covid-19 is putting Astrophysicists directly in harms way… of themselves. (The Guardian)
  • Tamagotchi. That’s a word that should bring back many a memory… (Medium)