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Courtney Schiessl

@takeittocourt

Wine journalist, consultant, content creator. Former sommelier. Senior Editor at @SevenFiftyDaily. WSET Diploma. Tweets infrequently.

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Winter is here, friends. Are you ready? Stock on these #GameofThrones beverages before next Sunday! #GameofThronesSeason8 #GameofThronesPremiere forbes.com/sites/courtney…

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"In just a few years, English sparkling wine has risen from obscurity to land on the tips of industry tongues and the tops of trend lists." Courtney Schiessl examines the category's history and challenges: bit.ly/UKSparkling

"In just a few years, English sparkling wine has risen from obscurity to land on the tips of industry tongues and the tops of trend lists." <a href="/TakeItToCourt/">Courtney Schiessl</a> examines the category's history and challenges: bit.ly/UKSparkling
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PLEASE take a moment to read this powerful article by @amybesscook in SevenFifty Daily with brave insights from Lauren Friel Victoria James Hope Ewing 🐑💸 and others #womensupportingwomen daily.sevenfifty.com/why-women-in-t…

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"The rapid evolution of this category points to the opportunities for this new winemaking country." Courtney Schiessl reports on English sparkling wine: bit.ly/UKSparkling

"The rapid evolution of this category points to the opportunities for this new winemaking country." <a href="/TakeItToCourt/">Courtney Schiessl</a> reports on English sparkling wine: bit.ly/UKSparkling
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"While the world is dark and terrible, there are good people in it. I still feel that way. I don’t want to forget it." Sam Sifton's NYT Food newsletters always manage to feed my soul.

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This is BIG: Larkmead and Spottswoode are planting experimental vineyards with grapes like Touriga Nacional and Alicante Bouschet, anticipating that they won't be able to grow successful Cabernet at their Napa Valley vineyards within 20-30 years. sfchronicle.com/wine/article/N…

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Wish you could have worked on this with me longer, @joeybear85, but can’t thank you enough for the help you gave me in the beginning!

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This is the tip of the iceberg. There are far more women who haven’t been able to come forward for fear of reprisal. And rumors about inappropriate behavior are far too common to allege that the The Court of Master Sommeliers-Americas board had no idea. nytimes.com/2020/10/29/din…

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I appreciate this piece from @simonjwoolf about his journey into wine writing for so many reasons. It's beautiful; thank you for sharing these words. themorningclaret.com/2021/ten-years…

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Also, I thought @simonjwoolf summed up the #wineinfluencer debate well here: "Influencers are the new bloggers – as reviled by the traditional wine press as bloggers used to be in 2011." Let's stop hating on wine influencers as a whole; many do it well.