Oli Gauntlett

The most upsetting thing to me is the lack of any urgency or any direct communication whatsoever from those investigating, despite my many messages and calls. This has sadly made me feel the only way to get grievances heard is to call them out publicly 3/3

A full stocktake involves 24 hours of work & the issue has caused lots of stress, time chasing, as well as throwing out our stock levels, affecting our orders. All I’ve been offered is 1 month free subscription as compensation, this doesn’t get close to the costs involved. 2/3

Appalling service from our till software Epos Now.
They accidentally, remotely deleted 4 hours of transaction records on a busy Friday Evening, & took 11 days of constant chasing to finally investigate & admit to it! A full stocktake now appears the only way to fix it. 1/3

Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Sundar Pichai of Google and Elon Musk of Mars at the inauguration of Donald Trump of Bullshit

"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power"

Benito Mussolini

If a man can’t give a Nazi salute at a party for a racist convicted fraudster and proven sex offender, then what kind of sick world are we living in, I ask you.

The market for wine is about to get a lot messier and more problematic thanks to Tory reforms that will kick in in February, which Labour should have repealed (on grounds of sanity, frankly) but haven't.

Daniel spells it all out. He's an industry expert. Remember those?

Good morning! I had tried searching for you before, but there appears to have been an issue with the search. Good to see you here…

It’s that important wine trade day again… The third Thursday in November means it’s time for Bojo Novo! Look what we have in store… What to expect from it this year? Banana? Bubblegum? Red berries?

And The Wine Merchant Magazine, who once were active on Twitter, but I believe left too due to the toxic atmosphere. Surely they’ll migrate here eventually

‘LADA RIVAner’

Thanks for this Donalde, you’ve helped a lot of us migrate here. Happy to be added too

Made a (quite short to begin with) wine people starter pack. I feel like the wine world is a bit under represented here so please point me in the direction of folk I ought to know / be adding.
go.bsky.app/FhogrfS

Taxing times for wine lovers Alcohol duty and how it affects the way wines taste – and are made

Taxing times for wine lovers

Alcohol duty and how it affects the way wines taste - and are made

David Williams brilliantly describes - within each of his Wines of the Week - how the UK is heading towards some shocking wines on the shelf.

#CaptheWineTax

www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

UK cheeses miss out on international prize after getting stuck in customs At the World Cheese Awards in Portugal, British entries were conspicuous by their absence after failing to clear import controls

Another Brexit benefit? If only there was a way to make all this red tape dusappear... www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

Anyone who is interested in wine and wants to keep a wide choice of interesting wines should join this protest, as should anyone who wants to rebuild trading relationships with the EU!

I’m not against alcohol duty at-all, but the complex Tory shake up that Labour are implementing in February favours large business over small, creates more barriers to trade with the EU and will mean less choice & higher prices for UK wine drinkers whilst raising less tax revenue, it makes no sense!

If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.

RT and reply to this post and add each other.

No fun speaking to yourself.

Taxing times for wine lovers Alcohol duty and how it affects the way wines taste – and are made Equilibriste Chenin Blanc, Loire, France 2023 (£8.99, Waitrose) I’m not sure if Rachel Reeves is a wine lover. And given the fuss she’s made of the straitened circumstances of the public…

Taxing times for wine lovers

A bunch of wine friends is trying to stop the February duty hike. To join the protest send a capsule or screwcap to Rachel Reeves c/o HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ. Please urge the government to #capthewinetax. Our petition goes live soon. We’re aiming for 10,000 signatures.