The VinePair Podcast: How Do Wine Programs, Sommeliers, and AI Interact?
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March 23, 2026
Artificial Intelligence has reached its newest frontier: taste. And there’s been no shortage of media discussions about how AI has infiltrated food and beverage spaces. This week alone, The New Yorker published a gripping essay on what it means when tech bros and chatbots become tastemakers, and The New York Times reported on AI interfering with the sommeliers’ careers. Sommeliers have noticed customers consulting ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini for recommendations. Others have seen that consumers don’t necessarily turn to these tools to choose a bottle but to receive questions they should ask their servers about the wine list.
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