Thanks Victoria Moore for recommending our Pinot Noir Rosé in The Telegraph at the weekend! A Rosé for Winter for sure - check out what was said here uk.news.yahoo.com/25-best-wines-…

"Given how quickly taste receptors change, to have this one receptor conserved over 460 million years, that’s pretty astounding.”

Very on board with this.

I’ve been posting this story every year since 2012, and it still makes me cry. Happy Christmas xx bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-…

Interesting read on English wine from Victoria Moore The Telegraph Let's hope English wine makers can continue to go from strength to strength🥂 GOV.UK can support our talented wine makers by making #wine tax fairer & keeping prices down for consumers. telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink…

A lot of Fawlty Towers watching, presumably.

Just received the latest in a long line of frustrating correspondence over the last year from EDF 🇬🇧 "I shall be monitoring your case until you are unsatisfied." Sounds about right.

Killing small businesses and creating pointless red tape that drives up the cost of wine - the government’s post Brexit wine regulations

Wine journo request - does anyone know who looks after PR for Les Grands Chais these days?

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Excellent from Herne Hill Andy on olive oil problems Liquid gold? Tough times in Europe’s olive oil industry open.substack.com/pub/aviewfromm…

The largest increase in excise duty on wine in c.50 years, last August, has lead to a £436m reduction in duty paid September - January year on year! and an 9% increase in average wine prices. #CutDrinksDuty and keep the excise duty system, simple with a single duty level on wine.

That's not me wearing the Chanel No. 5 btw. But is it you 🧐 ?

Gavin Quinney Victoria Moore Few people know that the original purpose of the sommelier's sabre is not sabrage, but maintaining a distance from overly perfumed tasters.

'Littering is such a tangible symbol of one person’s disdain for everyone else'. Exactly. Littering is a huge bugbear of mine, it's lazy, rude and entitled. Victoria Moore is absolutely right. telegraph.co.uk/columnists/202…

If you're in or near Ilkley check this out, it will be very good

We are delighted to share the 'Wine Writers Edit 2024' - A list of the top 30 wines to look out for at the #LWF24, handpicked by 10 of the UK's leading wine writers. To browse the shortlist, visit: londonwinefair.com/visit/the-wine…

Plenty inspiration in this ‘ultimate summer wine list’ by Victoria Moore Victoria Moore The Telegraph. A Sud de France Côtes de Gascogne star ‘pink grapefruit’ and white blossom. And an aromatic ‘honeysuckle and peach’ Coteaux de Béziers Viognier Grenache telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink…

Our Refurb Clearance Sale is now on ! ! A genuine 20% discount on over 1,000 lines in the shop under £100 ( excludes champagne & spirits ) We'll be tanking our Victorian basement and need to get everything out from downstairs by the 15 July Sale ends Saturday 13th July at 8.30pm

A good read here - as always