One last look at Niersteiner’s finest vineyards relaxing in the October sunshine after a challenging but thrilling harvest-then home-to Manchester!! I’ll be presenting Wine Alive at Manchester Cathedral this Friday (6-9) and Saturday (1-4,5-8.)Hundreds of wines. Come and say hi!

WineAlive Oz Clarke thanks for a great day all things wine at Manchester cathedral yesterday

RIP Prunella Scales. Your portrayal of Sybil Fawlty in Fawlty Towers will forever be iconic

A couple of years ago I was watching a few episodes of Great Canal Journeys with Tim and Pru at their home in Wandsworth when all of a sudden Tim nudged me and said, "Watch this, Pru's amazing". Nail on the head! God bless Pru xx

An icon of #BritishComedy #RIPPrunellaScales

Claude Monet, The Magpie

RIP Prunella Scales. Much as i love Fawlty Towers i'll remember her most for those wonderful Tesco adverts she did with Jane Horrocks in the 90s and 00s.

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written💖 JE NE REGRETTE RIEN - (I don't regret anything)

Peter Hall has been hailed as Britain’s first true vigneron and the first great English winemaker. On the day of his memorial service at Breaky Bottom, friends and colleagues share memories of his 51 years making world class sparkling wine. Click the-buyer.net/people/produce…

Claude Monet

Elvis Presley - Don’t Be Cruel (1957)

The First World War miraculously produced all sorts of high culture. But every year on this day it is worth watching the ending of the greatest sitcom, which somehow managed to catch the tone of remembrance exactly, perfectly right.

Sunrise in the beautiful Llanerch vineyard as I get ready to judge the Welsh Wine Awards

One of the greatest pieces of music ever written💖 Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien - (I don't regret anything)

I’ve just spent a fascinating time at the beautiful Llanerch hotel this week (that’s sunrise from my bedroom window. Me?? Sunrise??) judging Welsh wines.The progress in the last 5 years is startling and exciting. 2025 Red harvest finished only last week. 13.7% natural!! Honest!!

Just tasted Sugrue’s Crouch Valley Pinot Noir 2022. Remarkable wine. Searingly, soaringly English with a whisper of Gevrey Chambertin in its soul. It’ll age like no other English Pinot has aged before. It will be the Pied Piper of a new generation of brilliance for English reds

🎶🎸Andrés Segovia: Bach - Gavotte from 4th Lute Suite for guitar 💥Segovia's recording of this Gavotte is one of the works that introduced classical guitar to millions of people around the world throughout the 20th century.

Tom Holland The Rest Is History An unforgettable image from that tragic day