The Cork Connoisseur
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Hi, I'm Alec, creator of Cork Connoisseur.

My mission? Making wine culture approachable, fun, and inclusive.

Follow for Wine reviews, pairing tips, travel stories, and the occasional meme.

Here to connect, sip, and chat about wine.

Let's uncork some conversations! 🍷
Agree! If I’m out for a nice dinner the last thing I want to do is have an excuse to pull out my phone
That does resolve a lot! Always a way to make sure you have what you want 😊
Love it! As long as they don’t put it all behind a QR code I’m good 😂
Restaurant wine lists are slimming down and it's actually a good thing 🍷 Shorter menus = less intimidating choices and friendlier vibes at dinner. What do you think - relieved or missing the encyclopedia-sized lists?
Restaurant Wine Lists Are Getting Much Shorter
In an effort to engage their customers with wine, restaurants are trying friendlier, less intimidating ways to present their selections.
www.nytimes.com
🎄 Post-Christmas Wine Stories! 🍷

Santa's gifts are unwrapped, but we're curious... which wine gift stole the show this year? Or maybe there's a special bottle from holidays past that you'll never forget?
Florence's 500-year-old 'wine windows' (buchette del vino) are making a comeback! These tiny hatches once let merchants serve plague-era Chianti through palace walls. Now they're reopening across the city as a result of Covid-19. Who knew social distancing could be so delightfully Italian? 🍷
Why Florence's historic wine windows are making a comeback
For nearly 500 years, visitors to this romantic Renaissance city have sipped Tuscan wines from buchette di vino, tiny openings in the walls of palazzos.
www.nationalgeographic.com
Cheers 🍷 Wine will always make for a good evening!
California vineyards face bitter harvest: 50 acres left to rot as global wine demand plummets 3.5B bottles, forcing painful vine pullouts amid shifting tastes and rising prices. 🍇📉 #WineIndustry #California
Wine vineyards are ripping out their fields because there isn't enough demand
Some growers are forced to downsize as declining wine sales lead to an oversupply of grapes.
www.cbsnews.com
Some great news in the world of wine 👏
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Looks like a great bottle 👏
That's unfortunate about the disrupted travel plans, I am as well hoping the people of Georgia can overcome the current situation and instability there so many more like yourself can experience the amazing wine culture there firsthand.
Me too! It’s amazing how much of the culture and processes such a Qvevri they’ve been able to continue
Always amazed by Armenia's incredible wine renaissance since breaking free from Soviet control. They're rebuilding centuries-old winemaking traditions, reviving indigenous grapes that survived against all odds.

#Wine #Armenia #UndiscoveredGems​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Three Decades After Breaking From the Soviet Union, This Country’s Wine Industry Is Making a Comeback
Armenia has a wealth of indigenous old vine grapes which allow producers to create wine unlike anywhere else in the world. Despite historical hurdles, they've only just begun.
www.foodandwine.com