This is me.

Hi, I figured I should say a quick word about what I’m doing here.

I’m a retired university professor with a Ph.D. in cognitive and developmental psychology. I taught cognition and education starting in 1984. In retirement I decided to take wine seriously, and I’ve been using AI to help me learn faster and create better.

I’ve also learned you can’t just ask AI one question and call it done. For me, an essay usually takes a bunch of iterations. I create a draft, then I check accuracy, hunt for gaps, revise the structure, and do it again until the piece feels coherent and useful.

I try to create these as stories because that’s the format that sticks for most of us. Facts land better when they have a sequence and a few turning points.

Since I’m putting the work into creating these, I figured I might as well share them.

If you read any of these, I’d love comments. Corrections are welcome. So are notes on what feels unclear or what you wish I’d covered. Let’s build a community here. I think that many of you know more about wine than I do. Help me fill in the gaps. Even suggest topics for additional posts. Also, please introduce yourself.