Pete G-S

Cardinal Lawrence for pope.

Sure that photo was taken at the weekend? There was a howling storm, rain and grey skies…

Last night’s wine with pals part 2. Domaine Meo Camuzet Marsannay 2018: Combination of both cherry syrup and fresh black cherry on the nose. Rounded black cherry, and slightly mushroomy palate. Delicate tannins, crunchy black fruit finish. #marsannay #burgundy #pinotnoir #winetasting #wine

La Gerla Birba 2016: Red berry nose. Bright red cherry and red currant palate. Gentle grainy tannins. Leather, tea leaf, and pleasing red earthiness. Perhaps should’ve waited a little longer even if it’s ready to drink now. #sangiovese #tuscany #wine #winetasting

It’s required a lot of faff. How would you explain different ABVs on say a Vi1 to the label? And yes an original Vi1 is still required for re-export to the EU from the UK, which some supermarkets do.

Dr Tottenham will see the next patient please. We’re soooo losing to Fulham next week.

DM me. I’m curious! And discreet.

I completely agree with you here, and I’m surprised that they got rid of the easement. I thought that Labour were intelligent enough to get rid of the sliding duty rates for wine full stop and recognise this for the sort of unnecessary red tape that it is.

But is that really going to happen? Are some wineries really going to produce separate front labels with a falsely lower ABV for the UK market? I’m not sure that they can be bothered.

Curious to see how long it’ll take for UK wine merchants to start popping up on Bluesky. A lot (most?) of the wine writers that I followed elsewhere are already on here.

Isn’t this an annual event now? I’m sure I read about them doing this last year and the year before?

Sooo…I’ve joined the great migration from you know where. Looking for fellow wine, cycling and photography people.