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RE: New Maps!

Kent Benson — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 01:45:32 GMT

Great work! Thank you! For those of us who like to download, it would be very helpful if future additions could be first published separately, or grouped together, to avoid the difficulty in determining which maps have already been downloaded and which have not, since the thumbnails do not contain a published date.

RE: New Maps!

Ira Harmon — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:40:12 GMT

great job Greg!

RE: New Maps!

Mark Fusco — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:52:15 GMT

Only had time to look at a few of these, but I'm somewhat familiar with the project before it went behind a paywall. Very similar concept to what I've been doing in Google Earth Pro (GEP) the past few years. Some of which I've uploaded in the past. These look way more polished than mine :) But I'm also able to manipulate the world so it's just a different way to do things.

These kinds of maps absolutely address the biggest issue I've have had for decades with wine maps. They look amateurish. I've even commented that some look like a 4 year old drew them in crayon. Yes, more recently others are putting out accurate maps, but it's been a long time coming.

As a fellow mapmaker, I can attest to the tedious work for long hours to get the information. Some of it is easy to obtain and download AND is frequently updated (cf. TTB's datasets), others require you to literally draw the boundaries because no one has access to the data. Or they don't know who does. Plus much of the data isn't free or is technically subject to copyright (even ones from a government agency). And don't get me started with the descriptions from Italy.

Anyway, I look forward to checking them out and downloading the lot for myself! The days of me using GEP are numbered due to support being dropped both by Mac OS in the future and Google themselves not putting out more updates at some point in the future as well. There are other ways obviously to do my versions, I just lose certain flexibility and creativity for free.

RE: New Maps!

Keith Mattrick — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:04:21 GMT

The maps themselves look great and I think they will find a highly appreciative audience here. That being typed, a few observations:
1. I would hope the old GuildSomm maps would not disappear, even if only to be delimited to an archived section. Out-of-date maps can be enormously informative to trajectories and understanding historical trends, and every map prioritizes something at the expense of something else. To the degree GuildSomm (and GuildSomm subscribers) has already invested in the development of the previous maps, it doesn’t make sense to just make them disappear.
2. The new maps appear only to allow zooming in if you download them. This is another choice, and may best fit the overall needs for the GuildSomm membership, but I personally find that cumbersome, especially if I want to check a good map for an important detail quickly.
3. Please please please find a less haphazard way of presenting them. I think the hierarchical-geographical tree of the Compendium makes sense, but recreating this scrolling-and-uploading-as-you-scroll-but-you-can’t-search plopping them in to be a way to throw amazing content behind a screen of thorns. Right now this keeps everything that was unfortunate about the last way of presenting. And it’s entirely possible there is actually a much better way of sifting through these than I am aware of, if so say it loud and say it proud. I’m not unwilling to admit my ignorance and I’d love to be able to navigate this content with greater command.

Thanks for keeping the content coming!

RE: New Maps!

Nathan Gregory Hooper — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:25:33 GMT

Love the SommGeo content! Thank you so so much [mention:b58b62aff81e4163b71322784a04164c:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] for contributing to the Guildsomm community in such a big way!

RE: New Maps!

Nathan T. Prater (NTP3) — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:22:02 GMT

BRAVO!

The maps are 'tip-top'!

RE: Review Quizzes – ALL NEW!

Maximilian Gregor Glatz — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:11:15 GMT

Hi - just want to let you know that there is a question from Champagne & Sparkling wine section with the following phrasing: "What is Champagne’s mean temperature in degrees Celsius? " -> but the possible answers are written in °Fahrenheit

RE: Review Quizzes – ALL NEW!

andrew amirr — Sat, 02 May 2026 18:10:16 GMT

I was expecting a lot more range and quantity of questions for burgundy. each expert quiz is ~80% the same and after 2-3 turns you've basically seen all of the possible questions. I'm not seeing any difference in terms of catalogue depth. just a refresh of questions from old to new with the same relative range (specific to burgundy)

RE: GuildSomm and Ruinart Select Sommelier Challenge Winners in the US

Jenny Hemmer — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 19:51:46 GMT

Congrats to the winners and all the participants! It was great meeting many of you last week! [emoticon:ff89408106ef44d88b5547087a183b9a][emoticon:d5ac99f1a8464e999c9e9e23dc0abe89]

RE: Jenny Hemmer Named GuildSomm Executive Director

Mark Shipway — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:36:29 GMT

Congratulations and welcome Jenny! Great to have a professional of your calibre take this role

RE: Jenny Hemmer Named GuildSomm Executive Director

Mark Thostesen — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 19:11:27 GMT

Congratulations Jenny! We look forward to the changes you will make!

RE: Jenny Hemmer Named GuildSomm Executive Director

Kathleen Apodaca — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 15:30:48 GMT

Congratulations, Jenny!!!

RE: Jenny Hemmer Named GuildSomm Executive Director

Brandon Anderson — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 22:30:46 GMT

Congratulations, Jenny!

RE: Jenny Hemmer Named GuildSomm Executive Director

Georgie Davidson-Brown — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 04:02:56 GMT

Absolutely thrilled! Congratulations Jenny, I'm so excited to see such an amazing woman lead this fantastic community!

RE: Jenny Hemmer Named GuildSomm Executive Director

Matthew Selva — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:49:10 GMT

Congrats and welcome to Guildsomm!