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Why SmartWine Matters 🍾🎁 #SmartWine #RaoulPal #BlackFriday #CryptoGifts #RWA #Tokenization #AI

“wine has a community and a shared experience” and “Wine can have it’s own personality.” - Raoul Pal SmartWine brings that experience to life, with every bottle directly connected to it's own AI. This is why SmartWine has become the ultimate gifting asset this season. And with Black Friday here, it’s the perfect time to gift something real: 🍾 A handcrafted Smart Champagne bottle 🎟️ A chance to win a $50,000 investment-grade wine portfolio 🧠 3 months of Bacchus AI 💫 A physical artifact of belief in the future Give a gift with personality. Give a gift with community. Give a gift that means something. 🎁 Secure your bottle: https://smartwine.ai/gift

How Creative Is This?!

#wine #barolo #burgundy #champagne #redwine #sommelier #winetasting #vineyard #whitewine #chardonnay #howtotastewine #winetastingparty #bestwinesaustralia #winery #wines #bestwhitewine #expensivewine #sparklingwine #winemaking #winereviews #winereview #australianwineshow #wine&spiriteducationtrust #wineknowledge #wineschool #wineeducation #tastingwine #buyingguide #wineaustralia #wineenthusiast #bestwineforfastfood #winebusiness #blindtasting

TOWTC: Old Vines Masterclass with Alun Griffiths MW

For several years, we have been geeking out with the inimitable Sarah Abbott MW about the topic of Old Vines – something we are deeply passionate about – so we knew the time had come to put on a proper tasting! For Old Vines Week, we are delighted to be joined by Alun Griffiths, Master of Wine, to go on a deep dive into this fascinating topic! - What is an old vine? - Can anything be called one? - How does the vine change over time? - How does that affect the flavour of the wine? - Why should we care about saving old vines? As usual, we taste 6 incredible wines from across the world which showcase the importance of helping preserve these amazing plants and continuing to make their grapes into wine, despite higher costs and lower yields. We are incredibly grateful to the Old Vine Conference for their support in putting this episode together. For legal compliance purposes, we are obliged to add the hashtag #Ad to this video in recognition of the support that has been given to us,

🍷 Wine Wednesday - The Smartest Gift in Wine

We’re continuing our deep dive into the world’s first Smartwine™ — the $250K Bitcoin Cuvée — and this week we’re looking at it through a new lens: why this bottle is the smartest gift you can give this season. Smartwine™ isn’t just champagne.It’s the first AI-ready bottle of its kind, with a Digital Cork™ that carries its identity on chain and an AI agent that tells its story in real time. A physical object with a digital life — equal parts wine, technology, and magic. And now, with free global shipping until December 1, anyone, anywhere can gift it.No customs chaos. No surprise fees. Just a bottle that arrives exactly where it needs to be. Inside every Smartwine™ you’ll find🍇 A physical body powered by DePIN technology🔗 A digital soul authenticated through the dVIN Protocol and RedBite’s Digital Cork™🧠 An AI mind guided by Bacchus AI Together they form Intelligent Product 3.0 — where provenance meets data, and where a bottle becomes something much bigger than what’s inside it.

THE RUNNING MAN Producers Didn't Know it Was Stephen King!

The rights to "Richard Bachman's" THE RUNNING MAN was purchased and shopped around Hollywood without the rightsholders realizing it was a Stephen King novel! Crazy but true! Part of our epic chat and wine pairing with 1987's OG THE RUNNING MAN https://youtu.be/18PxbsOLGfU

How Andrew Davis (Under Siege) Was Fired From The Running Man (1987)

Can you imagine spending $8 MILLION dollars in 8 days?!? And this was 1987 dollars! Part of our epic chat on the OG Running Man film from 1987! Which we then pair with wine, as we do. https://youtu.be/18PxbsOLGfU

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95 Points – Josetta Saffirio Barolo DOCG 2020 | Classic & Profound

95 Points – Josetta Saffirio Barolo DOCG 2020 | Classic & ProfoundSanté, James © 2025 James Melendez / James the Wine Guy — All Rights Reserved. **** Social Networks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespmelendez/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_melendez_jamesthewineguy/ WordPress: http://jamesthewineguy.wordpress.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesthewineguy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswineguy/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jamesthewineguy

Smith-Madrone Spring Mountain District Napa Valley Chardonnay '21 94 points #chardonnay #shorts

Smith-Madrone Spring Mountain District Napa Valley Chardonnay '21 94 points #chardonnay #shorts Santé, James © 2025 James Melendez / James the Wine Guy — All Rights Reserved. **** Social Networks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamespmelendez/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/james_melendez_jamesthewineguy/ WordPress: http://jamesthewineguy.wordpress.com/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/jamesthewineguy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jameswineguy/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/jamesthewineguy

V. Sattui Staff Thanksgiving Picks

A few of our V. Sattui tasting room staff select their picks for Thanksgiving. #wine #winelover #napavalley #winecountry #winery #food #thanksgiving #pinotnoir #zinfandel #grenache #cabernetfranc #shorts Find us online: Website: https://www.vsattui.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vsattui/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vsattui1885

Winemaker Explains: The Magic behind Amphora Wine

Today, Julien explains how and why the ancient amphora, or clay vessel, is experiencing a renaissance among modern winemakers globally, especially those focused on natural, organic, and terroir-expressive wines. While stainless steel and oak barrels dominate, winemakers are embracing clay for three key advantages: Micro-Oxygenation: Unlike steel, the porous clay allows a slow, steady, and stable exposure to oxygen, similar to oak. This softens tannins and stabilizes color without overpowering the wine's character. Thermal Inertia: Clay offers superior thermal stability, resisting rapid temperature changes and ensuring a slow, even aging process. The traditional ovoid shape also encourages natural convection, keeping lees (spent yeast) in suspension to enhance mouthfeel. Flavor Neutrality: Crucially, clay imparts no flavor, directly contrasting with new oak (which adds vanilla and spice notes). This allows the pure essence of the grape, vineyard, and terroir to be the sole focus, res

Wine Faults: The Truth Behind “Bad Bottles” with Sietze Wijma

In this episode of the No Sediment Wine Podcast, I sit down with Sietze Wijma, a wine educator specializing in flavor chemistry, to discuss wine faults - how common they are, how to spot them, and the fine line between a true fault and a harmless flaw. We discuss why professionals notice different things than consumers, what causes wines to go “off” in the vineyard versus the winery, and why faulty bottles still happen even when prevention is possible. Be sure to check out Sietze's website https://artoftasting.nl/ and follow him on Instagram @artoftasting! Thank you @67pallmall1 for providing their amazing premises at London for filming this video! You can also listen to the No Sediment Wine Podcast episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts and Castbox. Some of the WINE ACCESSORIES I use regularly: 🍷 My Everyday Go-To Wine Glass: https://amzn.to/3OAQAcW 🥂 My Favorite Champagne Wine Glass: https://amzn.to/3qhMLRF 🥂 One of My Favorite Wine Glasses: https