{"id":45594,"date":"2020-05-07T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T18:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/virtual-wine-tasting\/"},"modified":"2020-05-08T08:08:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T08:08:49","slug":"virtual-wine-tasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/virtual-wine-tasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual wine tasting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I got an intriguing letter from Celliers de Sion. As a way to drum up business during the lockdown, they were offering &#8220;wine in tubes&#8221;-based sampling sets of 8 or 16 wines from their selection. The wines are tubed under controlled atmosphere so they don&#8217;t oxidize. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45532\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/virtual-wine-tasting\/wp-1588419777004\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ONEPLUS A3003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1588426668&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-1588419777004.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-600x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/wp-1588419777004.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Given that all our wine tasting events have been put on hold or cancelled, I suggested this to the wine club at work and it proved to be a popular idea. We all got our kits delivered by post and we met up online tonight. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45592\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/virtual-wine-tasting\/img_20200507_180507-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1085\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ONEPLUS A3003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1588874707&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20200507_180507.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-600x254.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-400x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-400x170.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-600x254.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-1536x651.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_180507-1-2048x868.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was the best use of corporate communication channels I&#8217;ve made all week. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45593\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/virtual-wine-tasting\/img_20200507_191355-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"675,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ONEPLUS A3003&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1588878837&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.26&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0588&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20200507_191355.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1-338x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1-225x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-45593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1-225x400.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1-338x600.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200507_191355-1.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tasty, too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I got an intriguing letter from Celliers de Sion. As a way to drum up business during the lockdown, they were offering &#8220;wine in tubes&#8221;-based sampling sets of 8 or 16 wines from their selection. The wines are tubed under controlled atmosphere so they don&#8217;t oxidize. Given that all our&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/07\/virtual-wine-tasting\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Virtual wine tasting&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[574,30,40],"class_list":["post-45594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-covid-19","tag-wine","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u9vK-bRo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45596,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45594\/revisions\/45596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flubu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}