Treat of the season: burying my face in these lilac blossoms 🌸 and inhaling their gorgeous scent. Almost here a month earlier than last. #garden #simple but true #pleasure

My absolute favourite German compound word is the term for Scottish bagpipe - it is - no shit - Dudelsack! I could not love a word more!

#Janosch #Wochenende

That's as it should be. Congratulations to both of you and well done xxxxx

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Lovely news for once via The Drinks Business
thedrinksbusiness.com/2024/04/couple…

I am a big fan of The_Buyer and I was delighted to be asked to write this feature on the Power or PR. I hope it helps producers identify the uniqueness in their products and people. 🍷🥂 🥃

Always such a pleasure to taste with Mathieu @mrbillecart !!!! Today he launched the #2012 founders' cuvées of #ElisabethSalmon2012 #rosé and #LouisSalmon2012 #blancdeblancs
Tasting notes soon in World of Fine Wine @champagne_billecart_salmon

And this is why I love Clematis montana beyond all other fancy hybrid Clematis....abundant flowers at this time of year, gorgeous if subtle scent and such generosity, abandon, joy and vigour! #gardening #

I reposted this great article by Karen MacNeil via Guy Woodward (thanks Guy, for flagging it!) And here my friend Sean Sean P. Sullivan had more thoughts worth reading northwestwinereport.com/2024/04/whats-…

This - from Karen MacNeil - was originally a presentation, for UC Davis. It’s without doubt the most compelling, incisive overview of wine writing I’ve read for quite some time…

winespeed.com/blog/2024/04/n…

So delish, so translucent, so fragrant, so savoury...beautifully tender #PinotNoir from #CentralOtago grown by my friend and original gangster duncan forsyth in the foothills of the Pisa Range and made by the lovely @mrbglover of @thecoterie.nz for @spokewines #Aotearoa

Perfect little gardening lunch with #fizz and my new FELCO snips - sharp, lightweight and perfect for my small hands! #weekend #gardening #fizz forever

For the first 16 years of her life, she shared the pastoral aesthetic of her fellow German brews. In 1972, the team at Rothaus decided to give her a cubist makeover, and aside from slight alterations to the tint, they haven’t changed a single thing since. vinepair.com/articles/rotha…

Well done Paula Redes Sidore #silvaner

Santé & S'gilt! The latest Vinous #Alsace White Wine Report is out! #Riesling VinsAlsace @alsace @alsacecrusterroirs #AlsaceRocks

Britain’s Brexit wine duty regime is ‘unworkable’, industry warns on.ft.com/3TUg88m

'For the most part, vintage 2022 in Alsace was both warm and dry. The region was lucky to escape the extreme heat and drought that plagued much of the rest of France.' Read Anne Krebiehl MW's article, Alsace 2022 Whites – A Lucky Escape, on Vinous now.
vinous.com/articles/alsac…

Congratulations!!

My book in Foyles!