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Heading Into Holiday Barrel Like…
Wherein I examine Holiday Barrel wine tasting weekend through the lens of my personal cats, AI and internet culture, not having an office job, and how it all relates to writing.
Numbers or Words: What’s the Best Way to Review Wine?
I’m averse to a lot of the ways wine is written and talked about. Is it because I’m bad at math?
No Wine Before Its (Also: It’s) Time
Peeling back the layers of Paul Masson’s famous expression, by proxy of a Proustian prompt.
Make Wine Normal Again
Back from vacation. It all boils down to what I think wine and Seinfeld have to say about human culture. And because I am so bad at social, pics galore!
An $800 Wine From Washington State?
Washington state sees its first $800 bottle of wine. Thoughts on what this signifies, the state’s existential wine crisis, and inclusivity in wine.
What Makes the Wine Business Sustainable?
How are we thinking about the sustainability of the wine business, and about the long-term systems that connect the layers of social, cultural, and economic life in wine communities?
WWCC E & V at 25, Part III: Graduates Lift Off
The WWCC E+V series concludes. Ironically, so does Canvasback! Naturally, this leads me to thoughts about the Pope, Jolie Holland, and pigeons.
On the Absence of Culinary Plant-Based Representation in Wine
A metal-tinged entreaty concerning the miracle of my existence.
Notes From a Fellowship
As I prepare to hand over the Allen Shoup Fellowship to the next recipient, some thoughts.
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Gwendolyn Elliott 