Mastedon, Pixelfed, Bluesky - Feels like 2008 when we were all trying to find the micro blog that would take over from all the others...we fought and fought to gain traction and when we finally got it the corporations became corrupt and criminal...what platforms might win? Or is the lesson that maybe we don't need these platforms?
Looks like crickets here... :(
Twitters crumbling, reddits cut it's own head off, FB(errr...well...yeah), Mastodon seems slow and sparse, Lemmy is empty(ish), instagram is for doom scrolling...feels so strange going back to talking to people face to face and asking them how things are going.
Movie idea: A person finds that all the offers in their spam folder are legit and delivering on their promises.
#movieidea this is why we need writers #WGAStrong
If you care about saving wine traditions and helping regions to be sustainable, then this letter is worth signing onto: https://odouromerecemelhor.pt/
The Douro needs some serious change if it is to maintain it's viability in terms off Vinho do Porto.
#portwine #wine #douro #dourovalley
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I just finished a week-long tour and realized that it had a unique theme: regions/wine-making traditions that almost died but are in the process of being rescued:
Azores - Pico, recovery of pre-phylloxera plots
Lisboa - Apples for Grapes and back again
Colares - Land for hotels, and today slowly replanting some
Alentejo - Talhas that almost disappeared and are now gaining ground again.
Fun to show new people these ancient traditions and watch them get excited about discovering new flavors.
So I said I"m going to offest all travel this coming year in a first attempt as I try to limit my personal carbon footprint. @thirstforwine recommended Ecologi to do this, if you want to see what they offer, you can use my referer link: https://ecologi.com/opaz?direct=true&r=639c9500d47c5df3fdf07862
Of all the sites I have reviewed I was very impressed so far with what I see they are doing, and how they are implementing this process. #sustainability #travel
EcologiSpent the weekend with my staff at Catavino Tours up in the hills of Gerês national park here in Portugal. None of them are wine people but I filled 2 boxes with some of my favorite treats. We opened very nice wines and didn't discuss grapes, terroir, or vintages...and yet we somehow enjoyed the wines, laughed and shared stories, and had a great time. I love it when wine can be the delicious social lubricant that it is. :) The best part is that my inner geek was happy as discussion moved from topic to topic. Share more good wine with non wine people...it's worth it.
Thinking of getting an automatic coffee machine for the office to avoid funding capsules...but damn if the companies don't make it near impossible to choose. Way too many features, and micro-incremental changes from one model to the next with no good side by side info...it's a mine field. And when you think you found the right one, you find out it was a model that has been scrapped for another you never heard of. UGH
https://punchdrink.com/articles/natural-wine-flaw-mouse/
@simonjwoolf care to chime in on this article? In my efforts to first identify and now avoid mousiness this articles challenges a lot of my education.
Thoughts?
The Wine Flaw of Our Times
Mousiness in natural wine is a flaw as pervasive as it is misunderstood in modern wine culture.
