PinnedMember-only5 Points about Wineries and Cyber SecurityLittle vineries, and little business in general, often lack the capacity to make their networks and devices safe from viruses, malwares and other bad cyber-things. Now the business is to sell more and more computers, smartphones, routers. …Cybersecurity3 min readCybersecurity3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Thomas Jefferson’s Chateau Lafite — The StoryThere are bottles that are worth remarkable prices because, in some way, they are linked to a historical fact or figure. This is the story of a bottle of wine purchased for $157,000 in 1985, a price that remained unbeaten for many years and had never been seen before. The main characters In…Chateau Lafite5 min readChateau Lafite5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe PappygateIn Frankfort, Kentuky, everyone knows each other, 25,000 people who live in the seat of Franklin County and state’s capital. Despite what you may think, the name doesn’t come from the most famous German city. The town founded in 1786 and had its name from a pioneer killed by Native…Whisky7 min readWhisky7 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Ireland’s alcoholic labelsIreland has a great problem with alcoholic diseases, mainly between its younger people. Since 2018 there’s the Minimum Price for spirits, beer and wine, hoping to dissuade many people to buy and drink them. But it isn’t enough, so Irish government in June 2022 said to European Commission its will…Wine Industry4 min readWine Industry4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyA Map to Wine TechHi, readers In 2017 CBInsight published a map of wine tech companies; this map wasn’t updated, and in 5 years (mainly in the last 2s) many things are changed. The map was this one This map wasn’t updated anymore, but was very useful for me to learn what was happening…Wine2 min readWine2 min read
Oct 19Member-onlyJay-Z e lo Champagne da 1000 sterline | Le News di Storie del VinoOrmai tutte le star hanno una loro linea di produzione di Beverage, e così Jay-Z e lo Champagne diventano un binomio da 1000 sterline a bottiglia. Non fa tutto da solo, il rapper, ma con l’aiuto di LVMH o meglio di Moët Hennessy, che nel 2021 ha acquistato il 50%…Wine3 min readWine3 min read
Sep 8Member-onlyCareful with all that cloud technologyThe more important component of the new technologies is the Cloud, the concept that Steve Jobs first introduced in our lives with name iCloud. Together this, SaaS is the other concept revolutioned our digital behavior, applications and services living in the Cloud which we can access via app or small…Cloud3 min readCloud3 min read
Sep 5Member-onlyWhat I learned making my podcastThey are 4 years since I started my Italian podcast, The Digital Wine, where I talk about wine and technology, wine news, interviews with some winegrowers, wine critics, marketers. There are until now over 260 episodes, you can listen them every Tuesday. On Spotify I’ve over 300 followers, other 980…Podcast3 min readPodcast3 min read
Sep 1Member-onlyNFT and wine: the end of the love?The initial enthusiasm has also disappeared for NFTs and now perhaps we will begin to see something interesting. Generally it always works like this, an initial period in which a lot of people throw themselves into the sea of innovation, with a lot of enthusiasm and money to spend, perhaps…Nft3 min readNft3 min read
