5 Really Crappy Wines You Shouldn’t Be Ashamed to Drink If You Honestly Like Them
And other lists you need to click on RIGHT NOW, today! You know, April 1st!
With all that’s going on in the world, I don’t feel very funny these days. So I figured I’d reprise this April Fool’s post from last year; after all, most of my subscribers joined since then and didn’t see it originally. And the last one, especially, still holds.
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is driving much of journalism toward listicles, articles structured around lists designed as clickbait. I confess I’m a sucker for any article offering me five new recipes for cauliflower, because I cling to a sliver of hope that someday I will learn to like it. But here are some about wine you might actually see, maybe, who knows?
5 Kosher Wines to Make Your Son’s Bris Less Awkward (This was my daughter’s idea years ago when I was grumbling about listicles and the need to write about kosher wines for Passover, which, as a lapsed Methodist, is not exactly my strong suit. I never did pitch it to my editors at The Washington Post.)
5 Vins Français to Flex Your French Pronunciation Skills (Château CwahSSAWHN!)
5 Cancers Lurking in That Bottle of Wine. (This refers to what I call The New Prohibition, the “no safe level of alcohol” crusade that is trying to turn our discussion away from moderate, responsible consumption to abstinence. More on that here and here.)
5 Warning Labels to Read Before Pulling That Cork!
5 Wine Rules You Really Don’t Need to Follow
5 Wines that Pair Perfectly with Anything You Cook in Your Air Fryer
5 Oaky Chardonnays to Drink with Your Sous Vide Grilled Cowboy Steak, Because You Know You Wanna
5 Idiotic Reader Comments to Make You Cry
5 Soulful Pinots to Drown Your Sorrows While Watching the News
This is what you get with AI, though I have to admit, I like the Bitcoin reference on the wine label. But AI needs an editor. (Hold your cursor over the image to see the alt text of my request to the image generator.)
When watching / reading the news, I transitioned from Pinot Noir to strong whiskey a year ago.
Light hearted but expressive?~ NOT. Did you try re-prompting? Sometimes it takes three or four edits/re-prompts to get what you're after. I've got a good one coming up that worked perfectly on the first try. I think the more you generate AI images the better they get.