It is Texas all day for table 5 TEXSOM Awards. Great fun to taste with wine thinker (robertjoseph on Bluesky) @rodphillipswine as we get started after lunch with a flight of High Plains rosé. #texsomiwa

Final morning of tasting of judges' selections TEXSOM Awards. Some great wines today and lovely to taste with Matt Wilkin MS Sheri Morano MW petermarksmw Quite spooky unanimity on the panel. #texsomiwa

Deeply flattered to feature in this Financial Times piece on pressure cookers from the great Fuchsia Dunlop. The piece mentions beef cheeks, but the combination of @RanchoGordo beans and our pressure cooker is central to how we eat chez Percival ft.com/content/296f84…

Some personal news. Everyone is self isolating, but Bronwen Percival and I will be off the grid for a while as we welcome the new little guy. He would not be here without the superlative care that we have received from the team at Guy's and St Thomas'. We are incredibly happy and grateful.

WBWL awards will still continue. Anyone who already entered their list will be in the judging process which is not affected by the Covid-19 crisis, anyone still wishing to submit their wine list can do so till the end of April. Results will be published as usual by December 2020.

The hospitality industry currently lacks good news stories. Thank you @codehospitality for publishing the 100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality list, which includes our talented colleague and friend @browenpercival, Buying and Technical Manager.

Calling all wine communicators - entries for the last ever Roederer awards close tomorrow. And yes, it’s definitely still happening - I’ve just been reminded of my responsibilities as a judge. #LRIWWA #Roederers

It’s a really interesting read from Bronwen Percival Neal's Yard Dairy Enjoy!

The 2020 Science of Artisan Cheese Conference is going online on 18 August, with presentations on cow-calf dairying, monitoring soil health, and much more! See the programme and register for free at bit.ly/SoAC2020

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Still holiday shopping? New York Magazine includes REINVENTING THE WHEEL in a roundup of gifts recommended by cheesemongers and cheesemakers. A “beautifully written case for the importance and cultural significance of artisan cheese.” Francis Percival Bronwen Percival nymag.com/strategist/art…

🍷Tasting Notes ::: A few words from our judges Francis Percival Andrew Jefford Alder Yarrow Heidi Mäkinen MW Deadline for Category Awards is August 1st. Submit your entries now. bit.ly/WBWLA21entries2 #WorldsBestWineListsAwards2021 #WBWLA21 #WorldsBestWineLists #WineListAwards21

Genuinely wonderful staff on the Amtrak Amtrak Downeaster Downeaster 696 today. They made travel with an 18-month-old so much easier. The little man is now obsessed with trains!

Just a reminder, if you'd like to listen in on the conversation we judges (including Elin McCoy, Andrew Jefford, Francis Percival, Chng Poh Tiong, andreas larsson, and more) are going to have about wine lists this morning, here's your link: eventbrite.co.uk/e/wine-lists-w… Starts at 10 AM PT

WINNER OF THE 2021 WORLD'S BEST WINE LIST AWARDS, WINE LIST OF THE YEAR in association with @Gaggenau 🏆 Terroir Tribeca, New York, USA 🥂 CONGRATULATIONS!!! @TerroirNY #WBWLA21 #WBWLA21WineListOfTheYear

Reflections from a year with wine: Thévenet in time // For Francis Percival, a much-loved bottle of Domaine de la Bongran, Viré-Clessé Cuvée Tradition EJ Thévenet 2002 went straight to the heart and head. Link for more bit.ly/3F1Xm4w #worldoffinewine #bongran #viréclessé

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