WE ARE BACK! A brief check in and hint of what’s to come in 2024. Come and join us!
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WE ARE BACK! A brief check in and hint of what’s to come in 2024. Come and join us!
It’s been a week of emotional extremes for the ABG community as we mourn the loss of one of the wine industry’s true creatives, while being grateful for the public recognition of the work and conversations that this forum continues to open up.
“Be more productive.”
That one’s got to be up there on anyone’s list of New Year’s resolutions. What if we refined it a bit, to make it just a little more accurate, a little more realistic, and a little more doable?
this week’s post has three great ideas on how to make productivity resolutions stick!
Digestive health is one of the toughest physical health aspects to manage for many wine professionals, and this week, hospitality professional turned holistic nutrition coach, Teresa Carluccio shares some ways to make it easier.
It’s a reality of our business, maybe more in the last quarter of the year than at any other time. Even if work-related travel isn’t on your agenda for the next twelve weeks, here are a few ways to find the in-between and balance to keep it together.
What does a Master of Wine love most about wine? this week we hand the keyboard to Kate McIntyre MW who shares her perspective on a career that has kept her captivated for more than two decades. Balance folks… balance…
Do you remember your first negroni? I do. The heady aromas of orange, mandarin, rose and juniper filled my senses, and the unctuous liquid hit my lips, instantly warming my insides and flooding memories of my first sip of “real liquor”. But better.
Arguably the most stressful time of the year, this week we check in with a bunch of Australian winemakers to hear what is in their tool-box to help cope with the manic months that are “vintage.”
This week, between a super quick trip to wine country and a full slate of tastings, email threads and meetings IRL, I intentionally sought out efforts by colleagues and friends who prioritize wellness in their lives.
Let’s face it. For a lot of us, travel is one of those things that really move the needle of our work lives. We travel to make an impact. We travel to expand our professional reach but travel is also one of those things that throws us off balance. Big time.
Spare time and physical exercise can be an implausible pairing when traveling for work. Disruptors such as a unfamiliar hotel surroundings, sleep interruption, time zone changes and jetlag add weight to pressing deadlines, while family commitments don’t stay behind when you leave home.
Last week’s post on the latest findings of the SevenFifty Daily gender study in wine certainly stirred the pot, and this week we wanted to pause and spotlight the community’s responses.
There are so many books out there telling us how all French women are slim and beautiful, with chic style, look ten years younger than their age, have perfect children and great sex lives, etc., etc.
September!
There’s just nothing like it, particularly for those of us experiencing the intensity and rigor of harvest. In the wine growing and winemaking worlds of the northern hemisphere, this is your busy season and the season that demands inventive “wellness hacks,” as Beck et al so helpfully outlined last week.
Last Saturday I had the tremendous honor to offer closing comments at the first-ever Bâtonnage Forum, the sold-out, gritty, stir-the-lees conference in Napa that was convened by the indomitable Stevie Stacionis and her team.. <<click image to read more>>
The Food and Wine Classic in Aspen remains the pre-eminent food and wine festival in America. After 35 years, the professionalism of the event and its offerings are as honed as the finest knife edge. But this year was different. <<click image to read more>>
Ever felt like you’re walking a tightrope? Balancing high up in the air, barely putting one foot in front of the other, with only your focus, determination, unending nerve, and a balancing pole to get you through? <<click the image to read more>>
Now you’re here, take a deep breath, and e-x-h-a-l-e…
See!
Don’t you feel better?
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I’ve lived alone for more than 15 years and it’s often a challenge to manage how much I drink when I open a bottle of wine. You know that feeling, when you come home from a long day and think, “just a glass”, then before you know it, the bottle is staring back at you near empty and you wonder how the heck you got there... (click the image to read more)