Lots of Samples of California wines come through the post today. I can not wait to get through them. CaliforniaWinesUK #wine #winetasting

More thrills from #EssentialCalifornia. Delighted to see old Rhône varieties creeeping out from the undergrowth- Gallica Rossi Ranch Grenache, especially. Exciting Syrah from Jolie Laide and Donelan Family and chunky Petite Sirah from TOR and Mountain Tides. And there’s more—-

We pulled our shutter down in good faith on 24/12 Jim O'Callaghan TD Eoghan Murphy Eamon Ryan , we did not expect to be left sitting in the dark 3 moths later with zero plan or map out of this ! Your constituency hosts a huge no of hospitality businesses !

Both you and David Kermode seem very happy about that Californian beer 🤣

#EssentialCalifornia still has a few more delights to sup. Ridge Geyserville as good as ever, interesting takes on Chardonnay from Massican and great Hyde vineyard plus a ‘modern’ Mayacamas, and Cab’s not gone away, as Barnett Rattlesnake, Gallica and Hobbs Crossbarn show us...

Aww Oz Clarke miss you! I’m so glad you got your samples, tune into the event site tomorrow! X

Day 2 of #EssentialCalifornia at Home! Join Masterclasses: Other Varieties (11am) & Napa Cabernet (12pm) w/ AVA videos from ECB Mastodon: @[email protected]. Plus special recordings from John Olney Ridge Vineyards & Christiane Schleussner Silver Oak. Email [email protected] for access.

Today 3pm! Join Edouard Baijot MW, aka Edouard Baijot, to learn more about the iconic ORIN SWIFT wines from maverick winemaker มั๊กเกิลลล. Orin Swift is the second most chosen #wine brand at #EssentialCalifornia at Home. Email [email protected] for free access!

Well that is a wrap! A huge thank you to everyone for joining us over the last two days. 8 months in the making and almost 5,000 samples sent! A massive thank you to our Masterclass presenters-there was a lot of California love flying around! Right time for us to try a sample! 😉

Bravo @kkirk74 - I’m still laughing about your - ‘it’s like getting on to an escalator that is not working’ gag!

Epic tasting with Andy Smith andy smith of DuMOL Winery 🌟Estate Pinot Noir ‘13 £76: 18 votes 🍇Russian River Valley Syrah ‘13 £53: 13 votes 👌Ritchie-Lorenzo Old Vines Chloe Chardonnay’14 £59: 12 votes 🍷Montecillo Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon ‘16 £79: 8 votes #raeburnwine

Incredible opportunity for chef/somm teams to win a trip to California with CaliforniaWinesUK and cook in front of Jancis Robinson Fay Maschler Lisa Markwell Rowleyleigh and Nick Lander. 🥘🫕🍝🍷

Grateful for this whole thread

A little of American sustenance tonight ahead of #premierenapavalley2021 #pnv21 going live at 9pm tonight 🔨 ! Good luck to all the UK bidders! What amazing communities on both sides of the 🌊 ! #napavalleyvintners ❤️

“When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you’re coming. If you have a blue balloon, they might think you were only part of the sky, and not notice you. I shall try to look like a small black cloud. That will deceive them.” ~A.A.Milne

Here is my speech for The Shirley Williams Memorial Lecture, in which I lay out the reasons for my retirement from the House of Lords on 27/10/21: davidputtnam.com/viewNews/n/lor…

RIP Joan Didion. A singular genius and inspiration. For anyone who is interested see the Netflix doc ‘The Centre Will Not Hold’. Class.

46 years after The Judgment of Paris, Californian wine has its own Grand Cru classification. The California List is 51 seminal Californian wine producers, inspired by the 1855 Classification of Bordeaux & judged by a panel led by Jancis Robinson MW. Click the-buyer.net/people/produce…

The thief who took my bag yesterday. Does anyone know who he is. My passport, visa and my working phone and over £10,000 of property were stolen. Please help me Metropolitan Police #london