The people of Paris bravely standing up to the EU edicts and showing their resistance to Brussels

'Dad, that rat tasted weird'
'Son, at least we could eat it outside, thanks to our Brexit freedoms'

Check out the latest episode of the Tim Atkin Cork Talk Podcast featuring Andrew Caillard MW, internationally recognised fine wine auctioneer and author of The Australian Ark. Listen here: loom.ly/-IMXVzU. Tim Atkin #theaustralianark

Has it become almost impossible for critics to give anything but very high scores to certain wines? ⁦Herne Hill Andy⁩ argues that there's more to wine writing than pandering to producers and an international elite. Link in bio. Photo by Kent Lâm on ⁦Unsplash⁩

Distribución mundial de las principales vitis viníferas #vino #viñedo #enoinfografia

“La diversidad es la verdadera tarjeta de presentación de los vinos argentinos” Tim Atkin
Nota de ~Sol~

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My latest podcast, with Andrew Caillard MW, is live. A fascinating chat about his life in wine and his brilliant, three-volume history of Australian wine, The Australian Ark. Link in bio.

Argentina, historia de una crisis interminable, por El Orden Mundial - No es el fin del mundo | Podcast on Spotify. Interesting listen open.spotify.com/episode/1e5c6q…

Proud to have been part of the Wine Writers’ Edit, recommending some of my favourite wines to try at next week’s ⁦London Wine Fair⁩. londonwinefair.com/visit/the-wine…

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…

Nice summary of xinomavro styles from Peter Pharos

Whilst the trade I work in is seriously pissed off about the the Alcohol Reform system,which is due to come into effect in February 2025, I & all my piers in industry have thus far been unable to explain to the wider public why it will be such a shit storm. I’m going to try here.

Bill Bailey, 'China and France have now agreed a trade deal which should boost pork exports by 10%'

Paul Merton, 'I know what's coming'

Liz Truss, 'In December, I'll be in Beijing, opening up new pork markets' #HIGNFY

Side note. Notice how France can do a trade deal with

⁦Tim Atkin⁩
explicó por qué le cuesta competir al vino #argentino ⁦MDZ Online⁩ mdzol.com/estilo/2024/5/…

El crítico de vinos Tim Atkin explicó por qué le cuesta competir al vino argentino
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And, as a bonus, they even did a podcast, which will save you reading 72 pages and nonsense like ‘the EU stops us from taxing wine on alcohol content’.

‘The case for reforming the UK's alcohol duty system.’ Listen from the start or, say, from 11 mins in. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/soc…

What constitutes a high alcohol wine these days? And do gatekeepers and producers care more about alcohol levels than consumers? In her latest piece for my site, Margaret Rand talks sugar, acidity, tannins and ripeness levels. Link in bio. Photo by Victor Freitas on Unsplash

‘Impatience for radical upheaval and a taste for soaring rhetoric are markers of activist-level engagement in politics. That is a niche audience.’ Superb piece by ⁦Rafael Behr⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Utterly graceless speech, by a uniquely shit candidate, reported on a profoundly inept news channel.

30 years ago this week, I joined 1000s of volunteers at a football stadium in Soweto (Soccer City) to count votes overnight in what was South Africa's 1st democratic elections. #FreedomDay

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