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henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
Writing on drink & culture. Author of 'Vines in a Cold Climate' - Fortnum & Mason Drink Book of the Year 2024 & James Beard/ Andre Simon nominated & Intoxicating History podcast with Tom Parker Bowles https://linktr.ee/intoxicatinghistorypod
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Today's "Should we, in light of recent news? Yeah, fuck it" press release from an American whisky maker: 'For the [end of the awards season], we’re introducing The Cardinal’s Choice - a “Conclave”- themed cocktail inspired by the mystique and tradition of the Vatican’s papal selection...'

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I wrote a thing on Jonathan Meades henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/jonathan-m...

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D Byrne & Co is an award-winning independent wine merchant established in 1879 in Lancashire. In this episode of Vintners Tales’, filmed in 1998, Jancis Robinson MW interviews the fourth generation to run the shop, Philip and Andrew Byrne.  https://youtu.be/puowLyKCPFk

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Latest podcast looks the cult of Johnnie Walker featuring two superb drink books: Nick Morgan's A Long Stride and Lawrence Osborne 's The Wet and Dry. pod.link/1782189667/e...

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Bluesky still gathering momentum Any other English wine folk out there?

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"The tough lesson for English Sparkling Wine producers is that even good copies rarely overcome first mover advantage. I mean, why would you buy a SEAT if you’ve got a VW in the drive already?" by @atkinsonmw.bsky.social on @timatkinmw.bsky.social

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There's some great new producers in the Bibendum portfolio particularly Domaine de Meteore. Very pleased to see this old Faugeres estate on such fine form www.the-buyer.net/tasting/wine...

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Do you know a bit about Serbian wines? If you don't, you should. www.hudin.com/a-look-at-th...

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Offer ends today! Quick quick! Much cheapness!

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Latest Substack: Shameless podcast pluggery, the pressed duck at Otto’s, and some drinking suggestions from Spain and Lebanon henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/sunday-dri...

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This column will run for as long as it gets engagement. It’s the ONLY regular beer column to run in a UK broadsheet newspaper or magazine, first one for over 20 years. If you’d like it to stay there, and you can access it, please CLICK, DWELL AND COMMENT if you can. 🙏🙏

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What a blast we had on day one of FLF 2025. It's truly special to welcome back so many book lovers to Faversham. It's the biggest one yet and we can't wait to make it all happen!

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Bourbon, Scotch and the cult of Johnnie Walker - a look at the Indian obsession with whisky www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-i...

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"Cosimo’s wine fell into our glasses and I smelled at once an odor of fungus, straw and simmering insanity. It tasted even worse.” Probably the best description of a wine ever. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-accide...

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This was huge fun to record (and I hope it is to listen to). How Blue Nun turned the Anglo world onto wine. pod.link/1782189667/e...

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I loved the new Intoxicating history pod on Blue nun. In contrast to the presenters I have a bottle of Liebfraumilch, a tongue-in-cheek gift from students after class on representations of wine The call it Mary (as in Biblical Mary) wine. @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social @parkerbowles.bsky.social

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Locked in a room with 12 naked women by a KGB agent after a night at the Carlton Club - we've all been there! (from a new book by former chief whip Simon Hart quoted in the Times)

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"When Keir Starmer agonises about whether to spend 2.3% or 2.5% of GDP on defence, we’re talking about a difference of roughly £5bn. The government paid eight times that just to manage energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine."

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"we forget that Star Wars opened with an intergalactic spaceship fight, not mopey Luke Skywalker on Tatooine grousing about the Empire." Great line!

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Phone now sends me transcriptions of voicemails. Very confused by this one until I listened to it. Turns out ‘sexy literally’ is in fact ‘Specsavers Bletchley’

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"There’s a sweet spot between absolute sobriety and mild drunkenness where the best wines really seem to come alive." Interesting, this, from @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social on whether or not to spit at wine tastings. Beer tasters, of course, never spit: henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/you-cant-a...

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I wrote a thing about how it took me years to realise it but women really do like flowers! It's not jusyt something made up by Big Flower www.spectator.co.uk/article/wome...

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Intoxication is part of wine appreciation henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/you-cant-a...

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If you love beer or just beer curious, then you should sign up to this.

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¡There's a new @londonbeercity.bsky.social out tomorrow! Featuring: - New pubs that want to be old pubs - A v cool Victorian discovery - The Oz-based pilot who visited 50+ London pubs - Boozing in Bermondsey - Closed breweries, open pubs Sign up for free here: www.willhawkes.net/london-beer-...

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Don't fear the Charmat - I wrote a thing on an English wine producer with vast ambitions. www.the-buyer.net/people/produ...

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Latest The Critic looks at Sicily, The Leopard & possibly the best sweet wine I've ever had. thecritic.co.uk/call-of-the-...

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