André Hueston Mack Wine Project Build Notes

Converted the working Mack wine research markdown into a generated bottle-card HTML page.

Made the raw research scannable, sortable, and easier to audit without losing the source file as the canonical input.

Changed cards with no individual Mack note to show ? instead of an up/down verdict, and added Mack-toned three-sentence summaries only where real note text exists.

Stopped the page from implying judgment where the source did not expose a real bottle-specific review.

Reconciled the old markdown bullet count against the generated card count and removed non-bottle source-link cards.

Protected the project from silent card loss while keeping the page focused on actual wines and bottle-like entries.

Replaced thumbs with a custom red beanie badge because Unicode does not include a true red-beanie emoji.

Gave the page a project-specific ranking signal while keeping unknown cards visibly unknown.

Removed the beanie pom-pom and added an About the Wine record block with producer, wine, region, style, Mack rating, Mack note, taster, ratings, notes/pairings, and source.

Made each card feel closer to a wine database entry instead of a loose research snippet.

Mapped beanie counts directly to Mack's captured score bands.

Turned the beanies into a consistent ranking system instead of a vague reaction icon.

Renamed the field block from Delectable-style fields to About the Wine.

Kept the useful structure without overclaiming that every card came from or matched Delectable exactly.

Added a What Others Say section and seeded verified outside notes/context for bottles where public outside material could be confirmed.

Started separating Mack's read from broader critic/community context while marking unverified cards honestly.

Removed automatic source-search chips and now only shows source-specific outside links when that wine has verified captured content in that source.

Reduced false confidence and kept outbound links tied to real findings, not hopeful searches.

Moved build documentation onto this separate build-notes page, added a live project timer, and linked it from the top of the wine page.

Keeps the main wine page cleaner while preserving the reasoning, version history, and research caveats behind the build.

Moved Mack's Thoughts above What Others Say on every card and restyled Mack's section as a red-toned box.

Makes Mack's read the primary review signal before outside context, while the red treatment visually separates it from metadata and third-party notes.

Removed the Outside notes status metadata box from each card.

Cuts duplicate context from the card grid and leaves What Others Say as the single outside-note area.

Removed the Reviewed at metadata box and moved the source link into Mack's Thoughts.

Keeps the citation attached to Mack's review while making the top metadata grid less repetitive.

Removed the Buy / Search Wine-Searcher metadata box from each card.

Keeps the card metadata focused on project context instead of shopping links.

Added verified Community / pro ratings for cards where public numeric ratings or explicit no-rating status could be sourced.

Replaces more placeholder text with accountable rating context while avoiding invented averages for wines whose public sources do not expose one.

Added Mack's spoken Alabama-through-Missouri state-wine comments as card notes and made state-prefixed wines use the state as the Region field.

Turns the first every-state episode cards from source-only placeholders into useful tasting cards with Mack's actual bottle reactions and clearer geography.

Updated the project display name and taster labels to André Hueston Mack.

Uses his full preferred name consistently across the wine cards, page titles, and build notes.

Added Instagram feed findings and wired Delectable API context into blank Community / pro ratings and Top notes / pairings fields without overwriting existing non-Delectable sources.

Expands the source surface while keeping stronger already-cited ratings intact.

Split the red-wine episode into 20 transcript-derived review blocks and added Mack's spoken regions and descriptions for each bottle.

Turns the first Bon Appetit red-wine section into actual Mack-thought cards instead of source-only bottle names.

Audited the full 36-episode Bon Appetit World of Wine run, added the missing Wine Label Red Flags and Holiday Wine Shopping bottle cards, and expanded the checked-video log for non-wine or non-bottle-review episodes.

Closes the Bon Appetit coverage gap while keeping tools, spirits, ordering, and non-alcoholic videos out of the reviewed-wine card count unless they expose a usable bottle-level wine selection.

Re-parsed the 20 White Wines Under $15 transcript into bottle-by-bottle review blocks and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 20 white-wine cards.

Makes the white-wine episode match the red-wine parsing standard: each named bottle now carries Mack's actual tasting description instead of just a source-only placeholder.

Re-parsed the 20 Rose Wines Under $20 transcript, added the six missing rose bottles, and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 20 rose cards.

Makes the rose episode match the red and white parsing standard, with one card per named bottle and no source-only placeholders in that section.

Re-parsed the 14 More Celebrity Wines transcript and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 14 second-celebrity-episode cards.

Makes the second celebrity-wine episode match the transcript-block standard without adding duplicates.

Re-parsed the Pinot Noir From 7 Countries transcript, corrected the France card to Joseph Drouhin Gevrey-Chambertin, and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 7 country-comparison cards.

Makes the country-comparison episode use one actual bottle card per named Pinot Noir, with tasting comments attached to the bottle that follows each spoken name.

Re-parsed the 16 Boxed Wines transcript, added the missing Bandit Merlot and Schplink Gruner Veltliner cards, and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 16 boxed-wine cards.

Makes the boxed-wine episode produce one card per named boxed wine, with transcript-derived tasting comments instead of source-only placeholders.

Re-parsed the 12 Sparkling Wines transcript and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 12 sparkling-wine cards.

Makes the sparkling-wine episode match the transcript-block standard, with one commented card per named bottle from value Cava and Prosecco through prestige Champagne.

Added a Mack Notes fallback for cards with no captured numeric Mack rating: clearly positive notes now show thumbs up, and clearly negative notes show thumbs down in the Mack rating field.

Keeps numeric red-beanie scores intact while making the Mack rating field useful for transcript-derived cards that only have tasting comments.

Re-parsed the first Celebrity Wines transcript, replaced generic placeholders with the real Sun Goddess and Fresh Vine labels, added the missing Armand de Brignac, LVE, and 19 Crimes cards, and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 16 first-celebrity-episode cards.

Makes the first celebrity-wine episode match the transcript-block standard despite the legacy URL slug saying 12 while the page and transcript contain 16 wines.

Changed the Mack Notes thumbs-up and thumbs-down fallback verdicts to brown hand emojis.

Keeps the transcript-derived Mack rating field visually aligned with the requested review style.

Re-parsed the Italian Wine Breakdown transcript and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 12 Italian regional bottles.

Makes the Italian-wine episode match the transcript-block standard, with one commented card per named bottle from Piedmont through Campania.

Re-parsed the Same Red Wine at 4 Prices transcript and filled Mack's Thoughts plus spoken regions for all 4 Cabernet price-ladder bottles.

Makes the four-price Cabernet episode read bottle-by-bottle, from the $18 California bottle through the $300 Diamond Creek single-vineyard bottle.

Changed visible Beanie rank labels to Rank and made each card show thumbs-up/down note verdicts before beanie ranks when both are available.

Makes the rank field useful for transcript-only cards while still preserving numeric Mack score beanie ranks when they exist.

Re-parsed six remaining Bon Appetit video sources into bottle-level comments: Montana-Wyoming state wines, Trader Joe's wines, Costco/Kirkland wines, fast-food pairings, Heitz Cellar age comparison, and Veuve Clicquot age comparison.

Fills Mack's Thoughts and Rank verdicts for the largest remaining transcript-backed not-captured sources while correcting the Heitz age-comparison vintages to match the public transcript.

Wired verified Delectable matches into the What Others Say section as outside community/pro context notes, and added Wine Industry Advisor panel-ranking context for remaining Paris Tasting cards.

Turns existing verified outside data into visible source-linked context while preserving hand-written critic notes when those are stronger.

Added a visible $ Rank to every wine card and restored a Wine-Searcher buy/search link for each bottle.

Adds a quick 1-5 price signal beside Mack's Rank while making every card actionable for bottle lookup.

Removed the left Rank Categories navigation and changed the filter bar to $ rank, beanie rank, thumbs verdict, wine type, and review source.

Makes filtering match the practical comparison fields on the cards instead of forcing browsing by the old beanie-only sidebar.

Expanded the Wine Industry Advisor Paris Tasting ranking map so every listed Chardonnay, Syrah, Chenin Blanc, and Cabernet Sauvignon card shows its Top 10 varietal placement.

Makes the panel-tasting cards usable as a ranked field rather than a flat judged-bottle inventory.

Updated the filter script so red-beanie rank sections hide themselves when no visible cards remain under that header.

Keeps filtered views clean instead of showing empty section headers.

Hardened the section filter by using the native hidden attribute, inline display fallback, and both input/change events so browser-restored filter states cannot leave empty rank headers visible.

Makes filtered views collapse empty red-beanie groups reliably across browsers and cached form state.

Inserted the red-beanie wine character image directly below the build-notes link in the hero.

Gives the project a visible mascot image at the top of the page without pushing the bottle database out of the main flow.

Added SEO/social metadata, canonical and share-preview tags, JSON-LD, editorial top-findings anchors, and a dedicated Open Graph share image path.

Packages the research as a shareable food-and-wine story instead of only a useful database.

Tightened the hero promise, shortened preview copy, renamed the methodology link, added an affiliation note, expanded schema, and prepared crawler discovery files.

Makes the page more credible to editors, clearer in the first viewport, and easier for search engines and social previews to understand.

Changed the five editorial story angles into functional preset filters that show only matching wine cards.

Turns the viral content hooks into one-click database views instead of static jump links.

Made the story-card titles activate their matching preset filters and rewrote the descriptions as story-forward editorial hooks.

Makes the preset cards more clickable and less like inventory labels while preserving the same structured filter behavior.

Moved the page stats and methodology link from the hero to a Project details block at the bottom of the wine page.

Keeps the first screen focused on the story hooks while preserving the build details for readers who scroll to the end.

Removed the duplicate preset-button lists and left the story-card titles as the single clickable preset controls.

Reduces repetition while keeping every preset filter one click away.

Removed the 'Why wine people might care' eyebrow and added a live-event link for hearing André Hueston Mack in person.

Uses the editorial whitespace for a timely, useful action without adding another repeated filter control.

Gave each editorial preset card its own unique emoji set.

Makes the five story filters easier to scan without repeating the same visual cue.

Renamed the live-event link to 'An Evening With Andre Hueston Mack.'

Makes the callout read like an event recommendation instead of a generic action link.

Removed bottle-card and story-card emoji labels, and replaced unknown beanie question marks with a no-beanie-rating label.

Cleans up the page visuals and avoids showing a question mark when the page simply has no captured Mack score.

Updated the main page description to mention that each card includes a buy-wine link.

Makes the shopping utility clear before readers reach the individual bottle cards.

Added story-section emojis back, inserted a keyword search under the live tasting link, and removed visible beanie ratings.

Restores fast visual scanning for the highlighted sections while making the guide genuinely searchable and less dominated by missing beanie labels.

Made story cards clearer as filter controls, added mobile-collapsible filters, strengthened card quick-read details, and compacted repeated note/source fields.

Improves mobile scanning and makes each card easier to judge before opening the deeper wine record.

Updated Wine Industry Advisor Paris Tasting cards to use the requested event wording in Mack's Thoughts while preserving each category rank.

Makes the panel-tasting cards read like the article title and keeps their 1-10 varietal rankings visible.

Filled country-aware regions for the Wine Industry Advisor Paris Tasting cards, changed story filter counts from cards to wines, and renamed the main section Wine Tasting Notes.

Makes the France-vs-USA context visible on the panel-tasting bottles and uses friendlier language on the highlighted filters and main results section.

Changed the mobile filter summary from Filter wines to a count-first label: 332 wines ▾ FILTER.

Makes the collapsed mobile filter bar read like a result count plus an obvious filter control.

Added a cited Find this wine source block to every bottle with mobile search links for Wine-Searcher, Wine.com, Vivino, Total Wine, Instacart, K&L, Flatiron, Astor, SommSelect, and Last Bottle.

Gives each wine a broader buying/search path while keeping ratings and tasting-note fields limited to facts exposed by verified source pages.

Redesigned wine cards around research tabs, added confidence scores, source ledgers, critic/community matrices, and a region/country filter.

Moves the page from a flat bottle list toward a research-grade mobile wine reference without inventing unsourced critic or community fields.

Removed research confidence scores, made Mack's Thoughts the primary card signal, added Mack-thought status labels, and made keyword search rank cards with actual Mack thoughts ahead of source-only records.

Keeps the research UI honest while making Mack's own read the thing readers see and find first.

Changed the top card badge to show Mack's rank/verdict instead of Mack-thought status, and added a direct source-only Mack mention filter link.

Makes the card ranking clearer while giving the missing-Mack-thought queue a shareable URL.

Removed the quick-read pill row above the Mack/Critics/Community/Region/Buy tabs.

Reduces bubble clutter and makes the card flow go straight from bottle title and Mack rank into the research tabs.

Removed the Mack-thought status pill from inside the Mack tab.

Cuts another confusing bubble while keeping the Mack note itself and the research tabs intact.

Removed Source-only Mack mentions from the visible story/filter section while keeping the direct URL preset functional.

Keeps the page's main sections focused on reader-facing wine stories without losing the cleanup queue link.

Simplified thumbs-up and thumbs-down card badges to show only the emoji.

Removes repeated verdict text from the top-right card badge while preserving panel ranks and numeric Mack scores.

Combined the Critics and Community tabs into one Critics & Community tab.

Reduces card navigation from five tabs to four while keeping critic context, outside notes, community/pro ratings, and pairings together.

Removed the Source ledger blocks from visible wine cards, including the Buy tab.

Keeps Buy focused on actual buying/search links and avoids showing internal audit metadata as if it were a source directory.

Returned wine cards to the cleaner stacked-section layout without Mack/Critics/Region/Buy tabs.

Makes each card readable in one flow: Mack's Thoughts, What Others Say, About the Wine, then Find this wine.