Aphantasia, revealing the Blind Mind’s Eye
Anywhere from 1% to 4% of the population is affected by aphantasia, meaning their mind’s eye is effectively blind.
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Tag: blind tasting
Blind Tasting with Clos de Los Siete’s Michel Rolland
A group of professional palates recently gathered for dinner at Auro, the one-Michelin-starred restaurant at the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Napa Valley in Calistoga, California, for a tasting hosted by Clos de los Siete founder Michel Rolland and managing director Ramiro Barrios to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the estate, located in Argentina’s Uco Valley.
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The Gold Standard
Studying wine without the experience of tasting it in real-world settings such as trade events and seminars is frustrating at best. One elegant solution,
developed by author and educator Evan Goldstein, MS, and his business partner, Full Circle Wine Solutions CEO Limeng Stroh, has quickly become the gold standard of study tools for professionals and consumer enthusiasts.
Big data supports expert wine tasters
In the course of developing software for predicting consumer wine preferences, a Houston-based start up, VineSleuth, shed new light on[…]
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Flash Heat Treatment Shown to Benefit Vines and Wine
Many advances pioneered by the dairy industry have improved winemaking in the cellar, but when it comes to using flash[…]
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Non-Vintage Champagnes: Rosé And Riper Styles Are Trending
Both the French and the Brits are drinking less Champagne, but America’s obsession with bubbles is growing. Sales of Champagne in[…]
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Anderson Valley’s Pinot
Many Anderson Valley Pinot Noir producers time the commercial release of their wines around the annual Pinot Noir Festival and[…]
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Rutherford Dust 2010
We’re kicking up the dust once again with the 2010 vintage presented by the Rutherford Dust Society at a blind[…]
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Grands Crus Classés of Saint Émilion 2010
It’s alive! Unlike its Left Bank counterpart, the Saint Émilion classification is indeed a living thing. The promotion of 17[…]
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