😮 Now that's one beast of a beetroot...

📷 'Beetroot' by Diana Kowalczyk, Shorlisted, @tenderstem Bring Home the Harvest, 2024

#beetroot #vegpatch #vegetablegarden #growyourown #photographer

Cracking 2021 vintage of Kanonkop Kadette Pinotage. New #wineoftheweek joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… @KanonkopWineEstate @Waitrose where there’s currently 25% off any 6 or more bottles of wine and fizz #Pinotage

Last shout for these two vintages of Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Riesling before my next #wineoftheweek tomorrow. Eden Valley classics joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #aussiewine #Riesling Yalumba Fells Wine Importers

Dry Riesling double act – 2 vintages of Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Riesling #wineoftheweek joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #aussiewine #Riesling Yalumba

Breakfast wines…

Last shout for this cheerful, affordable Italian Sangiovese before my next #wineoftheweek joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #Sangiovese #vino

A friend's grandfather, writing to his Club in 1974 (50 years ago!), about the 'ludicrous prices that avaricious and greedy growers' had asked for the 1972 vintage. He was writing in the teeth of an oil crisis and the collapse of demand/ prices for Bordeaux wines. #bdx23

Three vintages of the century and counting. Exquisite Brunello do Montalcino 2010–2019 from Poggio di Sotto joannasimon.com/post/poggio-di… #BrunellodiMontalcino #PoggiodiSotto

Inexpensive, tasty Italian Sangiovese – new #wineoftheweek joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #Sangiovese #vino

It's hard to stand out in a field as crowded as New Zealand Sauvignon but this does. Last shout for it before my next #wineoftheweek tomorrow joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #nzwine #SauvignonBlanc #sustainable

Brilliant NZ Sauvignon for International Sauvignon Blanc day tomorrow – and every other day. Single vineyard, sustainable Vineyard Productions collaboration between Ben Glover of Zephyr Wines and Liam Steevenson MW joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t…
#nzwine #SauvignonBlanc New Zealand Wine

Last shout for this high-altitude unoaked Valle de Uco Malbec Zuccardi ValleDeUco before my next #wineoftheweek tomorrow joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #Malbec #ValledeUco Hatch Mansfield Wines of Argentina

Simply stunning 🤍

📷 'Italian Oyster Mushroom' by Lynn Karlin, Shortlisted, HotelArtGroup Cream of the Crop, 2024

#stilllife #stilllife photographer #oystermushroom #mushrooms

Three vintages of the century and counting. Exquisite Brunello do Montalcino 2010–2019 from Poggio di Sotto joannasimon.com/post/poggio-di… #BrunellodiMontalcino #PoggiodiSotto

Talk by Robin Simon full of original research and his usual brilliant insights. Obviously I’m not biased

🍷 Suzanne Becker Bronk's photo captures a dramatic silhouette in sun rays & fog over a vineyard above the Alexander Valley, California.

📷 'Gabriel at Dawn' by Suzanne Becker Bronk, Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year (Errazuriz Wines)

#winephotographer #winephotography

Malbec isn't only for World Malbec Day and it isn't only for steak. Try Zuccardi ValleDeUco Q Malbec with confit de canard. New #wineoftheweek , joannasimon.com/post/wine-of-t… #Malbec #ValledeUco #winepairing

Last shout for this delicious pink pet-nat from Slovenia before my next #wineoftheweek joannasimon.com/post/doppler-p… House of Townend #petnat #fizzz

Confit de canard began as a way of preserving pre refrigeration, but it's so delicious it's still a way of life in SW France. Best wines to pair with it and tips for making it in my latest At the Table piece World of Fine Wine worldoffinewine.com/wine-food/best… #WFWatthetable #winepairing