Please share your thoughts about this article.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/10/27/451950106/in-soda-politics-big-soda-at-crossroads-of-profit-and-public-health?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20151028&utm_campaign=npr_email_a_friend&utm_term=storyshare

There are many views to consider, what do you think about the perspective presented here?

https://lizthach.wordpress.com/2016/02/06/state-of-the-us-wine-industry-in-2016-trends-and-statistics/

One year in the live of a vine in less than two minutes.

Vine Cycle

I came across a great app if you want to test your knowledge of wine. It is produced by the Society of Wine Educators so just search “Society of Wine Educators” in the app store you use and down-load it. It starts off easy and gets hard but also provides resources to explore the topics presented deeper. Let me know if you use it.

Below are two articles forecasting what 2016 will bring to the wine world. My predictions is that you will grow every more excited about exploring wine!

Which trend excites you?  What trend to you want to learn more about?

http://www.winemag.com/2016/01/04/experts-predict-2016s-biggest-wine-and-beverage-trends/

http://chicagoist.com/2016/01/19/sommeliers_predict_2016_wine_trends.php

The Official Armagnac website is filled with great information. Look at these two pages:

http://www.armagnac.fr/learn and http://www.armagnac.fr/distillation-and-ageing

View this stop action video for a better understanding of how Armagnac is distilled:

This semester we are flipping our studies. Work will be done outside of our classroom in preparation for group discussion and activities in the classroom. See this infographic to better learn the process: Our Flipped Classroom

http://www.knewton.com/flipped-classroom/