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Wino journalist, professional houseguest, beagler. https://linktr.ee/malcolmjolley
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What would you do if you discovered that the wine you ordered was marked-up four and a half times? malcolmjolley.substack.com/p/how-much

Toronto wine trade, students, etc.: it's not too late to register for the Tre Bicchieri tasting on Monday. Gambero Rosso International's Giovanni Silvestri explains why in this short video we shot. (No, I am not being paid to promote this - it's great show.) youtu.be/o-xIra-RWfU

it's so bleak that for years we've all be so worried about there being no venues to write when in reality the danger is that no one will be able to read anyway lol

@simonjwoolf.com pure genius

And lastly in honour the great Frank Valli's birthday Ron sings "My Eyes Adored You" RS youtu.be/zDvWJgviUHk?...

Walk around season begins,.. open.substack.com/pub/malcolmj...

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Love this... When is a Table Not Just a Table? open.substack.com/pub/lauracal...

"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power" From David Brooks www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...

Trump will reportedly end the IRS Direct File program that allowed taxpayers to file taxes for free. This comes after Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the government for years to block IRS free file. Intuit donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. See how this works?

First McDonald's Opening Year in Europe

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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration. So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives. So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory

Herb Green, RIP - lotta good photos in this obit www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/a...

malcolmjolley.substack.com/p/rain-in-so... Don't believe the song...

This is absolutely horrifying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Paul Noth. #NewYorkerCartoons nyer.cm/dE5ukWH

Why I am against anhedonia #stopanhedonia malcolmjolley.substack.com/p/against-an...

October 2024 --> March 2025

“Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies. They are our allies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends, weakening our economy, our national security and the entire free world. All while cynically waving the American flag.” ~Reagan 11.6.88

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

Today was a grim, terrible day for the United States and the cause of democracy. Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

We are all Zelensky.

Last June, I revisited the Languedoc, one of my favorite territories in France. Instead of a standard tasting report, I’ve painted portraits of six women who work in the Languedoc wine industry. Read my intro essay, then link through to the portraits: terroirreview.com/2025/02/22/s... #wine

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The one really positive thing about Trump’s firing the CJCS and Musk and DOGE attacking the Pentagon is that it’s awesome for Canada and Greenland/Denmark

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

This is our Canada, our flag is a symbol of unity and peace. #OCanada #FlagDay #Canada #CanadaIsUnited #MapleLeaf 🍁Vive 🍁 le 🍁 Canada 🍁🇨🇦🍁

I love love love the French:

News flash: I have been told by a wine producer that its wines are good for Valentine's Day. Stay tuned for more on this important story.

If you want to find a winemaker, in the run-up to harvest, this is a good place to look. (I love this photo)

Will tomorrow's LCBO ban on US booze affect the American wine industry? I asked wine economist Jens Peter Barynin what it might mean... malcolmjolley.substack.com/p/lcbo-bans-...

A take on our rapidly moving Constitutional crisis that isn't exactly optimistic, but gives some plausible reasons to resist the pull of full doomerism. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...

Because they are evil, we must stand up to them. But because they are also stupid, we needn’t be afraid to.

Instead of countervailing, Trump tariff targets, like Canada, might consider doubling down with export taxes and spiking US inflation... financialpost.com/news/economy...

Bluesky has been flooded with automated reply bots - they'll offer a sort of confrontational opinion as a reply. They're pretty convincing and we all need to train ourselves to not reflexively reply to all responses until we check Dead giveaway is new acct, few followers + original posts

My latest column for @timatkinmw.bsky.social: in a Dry January with plenty of bad news for the wine industry (neo-prohibitionists running amok etc), there are still good reasons to be cheerful: wine retains its innate ability to surprise and delight timatkin.com/reasons-to-b...