Imagine Xinomavro making love to Syrah on a bed of blueberries, or loganberries. That'd be Persan, of which there is, in toto, only 15ha. #Savoie

Was putting this Attican wine in the fridge when I noticed the bottle number... should I even be opening this? #Greece

I thought Yvonne's Folie was great, but this, their grand vin, is off the scale. I give it 105 points. #Loire

So I did open it, and, blind, you might well have thought it was an Assyrtico—showing the potential of Savatiano. x.com/BlindTasters/s…

At 6 years old, this Syrah blend from a small grower in Puechabon, #Languedoc is the perfect mélange of mouthwatering fruit and savoury old brick. Bon weekend!

Betel nut cutter, Sri Lanka, c. 1850 British Museum

Feuerberg, 'Fire Mountain', the name says it all. Now, if I were the VDP, I would consider upgrading this vineyard from Erste Lage to Grosse Lage. #Kaiserstuhl #Spatburgunder #Baden #Bercher

Japanese ale brewed with an ancient red rice normally used for sake. Somewhat bitter and somewhat sweet, with notes of strawberry and cherry, refreshing acidity, and a smooth, umami finish. Paired with tempura-ed salmon futomaki. A nice alternative to my usual Asahi!

Made a Riesling, saffron, and iberico risotto. It works.

Join me and Bob Paulinski MW for a challenging and fun blind tasting! Follow along in our video with our deductive reasoning as we blitz through six wines. The process of learning – and of being humbled – never ends. #wine Bit.ly/3yWhUhM

❤️ this wine! Made in NZ by a Japanese couple, and more like a Chambolle than anything from Central Otago.

A good grower champagne from the Côte des Bar, and almost a blanc de noirs (90% Pinot Noir). Fun fact: being closer to Chablis than to Reims, the Côte des Bar (or Aube) is mostly planted to Pinot Noir. x.com/NHashmiDeputyP…

The biodynamically farmed Riecine vineyards are in the northern zone of Gaiole in Chianti, where the altitude and rockier Albarese soils make all the difference.

—Do you have any dietary requirements? —Yeah, good wine.

Bodega chica pero con estas vistas, lujo.

Winston Churchill and Nancy Astor debating disguises for a fancy dress party: "Winston, why don't you go sober?"

A very substantial and profound Beaujolais, owing to old vines that root through the deep topsoil and into the granitic base. Great value.

Anyone seen this yet?

Home-made crab spaghettoni with red chillies & rose petals

Alcoholism prevention poster, France, circa 1954: 'Health, sobriety: never more than a litre of wine a day'. Two years later, in 1956, the consumption of alcohol was outlawed in schools for children under 14.