OpenAI’s ChatGPT continues to confound with its seemingly endless scope – including passing three levels of the infamously tricky Master Sommelier exam, reports Christian Smith in the Drinks Business. 

Alder Yarrow considers the impact of ChatGPT on the wine industry. “What the doctor learns in residency, what the sommelier learns on the floor, and what wine writers learn in the vineyards can’t be equaled by simply ingesting more data. The fact that GPT-4 can pass the second-most rigorous written theory examination in wine (I’m sure the MW exam will be next) does make me wonder, however, the weight we place on the ability to regurgitate facts when it comes to wine education and its attendant certifications.”

In Wine-Searcher, Barnaby Eales looks at the decline of organic certification in French vineyards.

Robert Joseph offers his two cents on Silicon Valley Bank’s failure in Meininger’s.

“Château Latour 2015 was released for the first time yesterday (14 March), as part of the Pauillac first growth estate’s well-established strategy of eschewing Bordeaux’s annual en primeur campaign in favour of releasing vintages after several years of ageing,” reports Chris Mercer in Decanter.

On JancisRobinson.com, Julia Harding explores Slovak wines.

In Wine Enthusiast, Christine Chitnis explores the Lake Michigan wine scene.