Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

A wine geek's idle thoughts. #CSW, #WSETDiploma. Manager of @VirtualWineEvts acct & site https://t.co/aejhNiorMf Co-founder @eWineCoaching Spitbucket.net London Joined September 2016

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Anne Krebiehl MW @AnneInVino

2 years ago

Calling all @WSETglobal Diploma Students! The beautiful @annemchale has asked me to join her for a webinar, so come and join Anne & Anne for a #Germany Masterclass! Register here: annemchale.com/guest-expert-s…

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

2 years ago

I bought a pair of inexpensive tulip flutes for travel and I'm marveling at the "Customers who bought that also purchased items like these" recommendations from Amazon.

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

I know these were A LOT of work to put together but, man, I do miss these awesome Real Business of Wine zooms that @robertjoseph and @mme_hammond used to do. Was reminded of these while studying En Primeur and this terrific one with @janeansonwine youtube.com/watch?v=VoMFy-…

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

As someone with limited mobility, a big appeal to online orders is having heavy boxes of wine delivered for me. But when @YodelOnline delivers my @waitrose order to the wrong address making me need to somehow retrieve & transport multiple cases, that really dampers things a bit.

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

What a fun initiative from @WSETschool! In April, they're sponsoring edit-a-thons to increase Wikipedia's coverage of women in the drinks industry. wsetglobal.com/wset-school-lo…

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

Trying to come up with a good visual image for why vines need enough "sinks" to funnel energy for balance. I gave Dalle AI the prompt "Digital art of a toddler on a sugar rush going crazy next to a leafy grapevine with a large canopy" Think I need a different metaphor...

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

I always find it baffling when promotions for wine dinners don't give any indication of the menu. The menu is the big selling point over attending just a tasting or masterclass with the winemaker, and presumably, a big factor in the increased cost. So why neglect posting it?

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

Just got an email from @TheWineSociety highlighting aged "anniversary wines" they have from 2013, 2003 & 1998 vintages & I have to say that is some really savvy marketing! Don't have a 10, 20, 25th anniversary to celebrate this year but I'm still clicking to see what's offered!

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

A lesson learned from the Rust S1 MW seminar is that I need to be practicing with better glassware than the small ISO glasses I used for Diploma. So I got @JancisRobinson’s universal glass. They look beautiful but hopefully all 12 make it to exam day!

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FarmerMike™ 👨‍🌾 @mikeratcliffe

3 years ago

5/10 wine education The 2022 Institute of @mastersofwine stage one assessment (S1A) exam questions are available online. mastersofwine.org/news/2022-mw-e… I asked #ChatGPT to answer questions 1 and 2 of the theoretical MW questions. How do you think artificial intelligence did? 🧵

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

Have to chuckle when you're listening to a podcast while researching a TAMS topic and the #MWStudent hosting the podcast asks your exact TAMS Q during their expert interview. Great Paper 3 stuff from @big_vin_theory and @DeWetOfficial podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sur…

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

Hey #WineTwitter, if you have roughly a 24-hr layover in Auckland (early Jan), what would you do?

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Alessandra Esteves @AleEsteves7

3 years ago

2/2 But I guess what helped me pass was the active learning strategy. For every article I read, I would write a paragraph. Every morning I would wake up and outline/write an essay based on a previous paper. I would teach my dog about nematodes. All based on the learning pyramid.

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Amber @ SpitBucket.net @SpitbucketBlog

3 years ago

I was searching on Amazon for a particular enology textbook and....I don't quite know what to make of these branded notebooks they're recommending. It's like those weird t-shirt ads on FB combining random things scrapped from your profile. "Just a girl from Missouri with a cat"