Volume 1: AI & wine Archives - Circle of Wine Writers

From the Chair: Personal taste

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Meg Maker

Meg Maker questions what makes wine writers unique in a world of automation and AI in her column and Letter from the Chair. I put off writing this Letter from the Chair. What do I know about AI? I’m not a mathematician or computer scientist. I’m not a technology researcher or academic. I did take a course in graduate school about the philosophy of mind in which I learned about the Turing Test and...

Assessing AI on the vine

Posted on May 30, 2026May 30, 2026 by Charlie Leary

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Tuning in to the tools of the AI trade

Posted on May 30, 2026 by Per Karlsson

Per and Britt Karlsson already use artificial intelligence quite extensively in their work, but certainly not to write text, nor to create images, which are two of their core vinous activities. So, how do they use AI? Here, Per takes a look at some of the areas where it can come into play. “Do you use AI?” Today, this is no longer really a question. We use AI, everyone uses AI. You cannot refuse ...

Honing the human touch

Posted on May 30, 2026May 30, 2026 by Simon J Woolf

Simon J Woolf sets out his stall on how wine writers will ultimately survive AI, and even thrive from it. While it will not make us redundant – far from it – we need to work out how it best fits into our workflows, without allowing it to do the writing, which remains our greatest strength, he opines. It takes a brave person to stand up in front of six publishers and ask them whether they would co...

How AI is advancing ampelography

Posted on May 30, 2026May 30, 2026 by Dr José Vouillamoz

From DNA to data, artificial intelligence is beginning to read the vine, according to grape geneticist and ampelographer Dr José Vouillamoz, who also explores whether it will also decide its future. The possibilities are boundless, with an electronic nose already being used to classify cultivars, and Vouillamoz, one of the world's leading authorities on grape variety origins through DNA profiling,...