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London-based wine professional and director of Big Fish Little Fish.
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Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!

submitted 14 hours ago • 475 comments

I came to Bluesky to talk wine, not politics. But I’m simply aghast at how supine Americans are. Your president has just shat over your constitution, your democracy, your history and your allies. Today, we’re not interested in your thoughts on wine. We’re interested in your thoughts on humanity.

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

What an utterly disgraceful spectacle. Putin must be laughing his head off. The democracies of Europe now stand alone in fighting Russian and US fascism. That’s now clearer than it has ever been.

submitted 15 hours ago • 0 comments

The FT is calling the US "an unabashed predator".

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Utterly disgusting. This is extortion. The US government is now a criminal operation, an ally of Russia and an enemy of European democracies.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

"Integrity, integrity, integrity"? Pay all your judges. Pay all your judges. Pay all your judges.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Utterly disgusting. This is extortion. The US government is now a criminal operation, an ally of Russia and an enemy of European democracies.

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

My first attempt at piccalilli, bottled a month ago. Doesn’t look amazing, but tastes better than any version I have bought in a shop.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Then why not allow estates to use Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien and Margaux? This just seems like a pointless compromise (like most appellation decisions, I suppose).

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Lovely wine, terrible packaging - number 249,326 in an occasional series.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We shouldn’t be surprised. Trump is just doing what the US government did in the 1930s. Observing a fascist aggressor and the countries it threatens and working out how it can make as much money as possible out of both sides. Europe needs to be absolutely solid in backing Ukraine.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Your body is a temple? Mine is a wine cellar.

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

We opened up hundreds of bottles last week for students preparing to take the MW exam in a couple of months. It was really noticeable how reticent the MWs were about tackling wax capsules!

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

“Perhaps more pertinently, given widespread public ignorance of viticulture and the (complex but still fairly straightforward) processes of natural winemaking, why is it that wine must be controlled to conform to the market’s demands, and not vice versa?” Maybe because you need people to enjoy it?

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

My current assessment of world politics.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Americans look at Trump and increasingly like what they see. Terrifying.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Remembering my thoughts when I first noticed that Pavillon Blanc de Château Margaux only qualified for the lowly generic Bordeaux AOC, I don’t think the younger me had this particular solution in mind.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Some very healthy cynicism from @simonjwoolf.com. Scores give the illusion of precision and consistency. I don’t even think they are much good for their small target market. And critics are incentivised to over-score for clout, causing further devaluation. themorningclaret.com/p/are-wine-s...

submitted 23 days ago • 9 comments

Remembering my thoughts when I first noticed that Pavillon Blanc de Château Margaux only qualified for the lowly generic Bordeaux AOC, I don’t think the younger me had this particular solution in mind.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

They make excellent, fresh and vibrant Garnachas in McLaren Vale. It's like a faraway Gredos.

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment