John Sumners

Cali wine pro and journalist gone Portuguese.
📷&🧵 @grapeguzzling

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It's not about luxury. It's about prestige: that elusive and timeless essence of cultural meaningfulness. Let's take a look at how it's built, and squandered, in my latest piece for @VinePair ...

https://t.co/C1WTMHK6RR

#Drinks #Whisky #Scotch #Champagne #Branding #Marketing

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Solera-style blending and aging is becoming a buzzworthy technique for the cocktail cognoscenti, but can it catch on among the imbibing masses?

Let's see what the experts have to say about it in my latest piece for @VinePair ...

https://t.co/BH4zaYedef

#Cocktails

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There's Alentejo. Then there's Mouchão...

#Portugal #Alentejo #Wine #PortugueseWine #AlentejoWines #Tradition #Sustainability #Winery #WineCountry #Vineyard #WineTasting #Enotourism #WineTourism #Travel #PortugueseFood #CultWine

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In Europe, supermarket label wine is wildly popular. So why do US mega-grocers lag behind in this thrifty trend? Let's find out in my latest article for VinePair...

https://t.co/D5Y0DOOhWo

#Wine #Supermarket #FMCG #Europe #USA #Markets #PrivateLabel #ThirstyThursday

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Before the Judgment of Paris and the Robert Parkers of the world, there was the original hero of California wine: englishman Harry Waugh.

Come pay tribute to his crucial but forgotten legacy in my latest piece for @VinePair

https://t.co/gxV1daiyoG

#Wine #CaliforniaWine #Napa

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The restaurant landscape has changed. And with it, what it actually means to be a Master Sommelier. Let's hear from those who hold the worshipped title about the paradoxical situation in my latest piece for @VinePair ...

https://t.co/AxAm8VCGOF

#Sommelier #SommLife #Restaurant

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Don't get me wrong, wine is the best of the bevs, IMHO. But sometimes it's just that guy. Turns out, there are reasons behind that. Let's find out what they are, what wine is doing wrong, and what it's doing right in my latest for @VinePair ...

https://t.co/ZRqxvkp8iY

#Wine

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Ackley Brands has been around less than a decade, but has been scooping up winery after winery. In a declining market, what is the end goal? https://t.co/Dk88uqZLSX

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Who is this new Seattle-based competitor scooping up winery after winery? And given the current climate of panic in the industry on the whole, what’s the endgame? Let's find out in my latest piece for @VinePair...

https://t.co/SwmzLMjQsU

#WashingtonWine

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Prohibition is long gone, but the cross-border booze run tradition lives on internationally. Who makes these runs for the border? Find out in my latest for @VinePair

https://t.co/TNAroNpvLh

#Bootleg #Alcohol #BoozeRun #Smuggler #Spirits #Wine #Beer #Border #Drinks #Taxes

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Garnacha has a fresh look in Spain. Can it catch the wave as red wine drinkers trend ever more toward elegance? Let's take a look in my latest piece for @VinePair

https://t.co/OeByI8CpQS

#Spain #SpanishWine #Garnacha #Grenache #Rosé #RedWine #WineCountry #Culture

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The bad behavior of a few might ruin the tipsy at the terminal tradition for the rest of us. Let's see what's up in my latest article for VinePair.

https://t.co/s4bReydoEL

@VinePair
#AirTravel #Airlines #Airport #Airport #AirportLife #AirportBar #Drinks #FAA #AirportBeer

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Wine by the keg? That's the question for global winemakers. See what they make of the situation in my latest piece for VinePair.

https://t.co/FA1JdKsxDP

#Kegs #WineBar #Restaurant #WineTasting #Winemaker #WineBottle #Glass #RestaurantCulture #FoodAndDrink #ByTheGlass #Wine

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Let me hear your picks! Ready to start a fight and lose some friends with my latest article for @VinePair

https://t.co/4jfxeeeIVb

#California #Wine #CaliforniaDreaming #CaliforniaWine #WineWednesday #WineCountry #CaliforniaLove #WestCoast #America #Poll #FightMe

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The cross-Channel relationship has become far more complex in recent years. Let's take a look at what's bubbling now in my latest piece for VinePair...

https://t.co/CX8c0D6YdA

#Champagne #ChampagneProblems #EnglishWine #EnglishSparklingWine #SparklingWine #TraditionalMethod

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No, really. In the right hands, this goofy Brexit consolation prize just might work. See how in my latest piece for @VinePair

https://t.co/6NtqYR5Otz

#Wine #Brexit #Pints #EnglandFootball #Pub #Champagne #EnglishSparklingWine #London #WineBottle #Marketing

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@jamiegoode That fine line between useful info and marketing/media excess is a tricky one nowadays for sure...

https://t.co/2SSg2DZ3nZ

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I mean, it kinda feels like it, right? Let's see what some fellow professionals think in my latest analysis for VinePair.

https://t.co/2SSg2DZBdx

@VinePair
@Jancis_Robinson @grapechic @Whitehalllane
#Wine #FineWine #Napa #NapaValley #Vintage #WineScores #WineCritic #Marketing

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In my latest for VinePair, let's take a detailed look at the ins and outs of why the intersection of basketball and wine continues to be such a hot story. Interviews, including with CJ McCollum, reveal there's more to it than you might think...

https://t.co/3Nvb04D8mC
#Wine #NBA

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The general public's obsession with the NBA's wine culture appears to have several layers to it. https://t.co/M2ApbQwKwd