Where are these figures from? No one in the industry is reporting anywhere near that kind of performance!!??

Jessica Mason@drinksmaven.bsky.social · last yr.

Spirits and wine see sales lift, but beer wanes www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/04/spir... @teamdb.bsky.social

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

Best piece on the subject so far and it’s chilling me to the bone

James Ball@jamesrball.com · last yr.

“As Trump asked him who was ‘holding the cards’ at the moment, the Ukrainian leader – whose countrymen and women were fighting and dying against Russian aggressors even as the meeting took place – was desperately trying to make the point that none of this is a game to him.”

This is on another level. So much to unpack. Masterful. "If you want change, Art can save you, Entertainment will never be your salvation. If you really want to see a different neighborhood, or country, you’re probably gonna have to turn the TV off" youtube.com/watch?v=TgKs...

When I left Twitter I had a 1M followers and 100K tweets. You know what happen to me when it was all gone? Nothing. To the Twitter refugees who I see fretting about losing contacts and content by deleting Twitter, trust, you'll be fine. They have convinced us that we need them. Nope. They need US.

Paris wine bar, by my lonesome, on Tuesday… any recommendations?

The UK can secure significant growth of 1.7% - 2.2% through a policy of deep alignment with the EU on goods and services, while staying within Starmer's red lines. This is the approach to push for: peak ambition within the constraints Labour has set. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening

A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer

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As I scan the listening/Audiobars in Paris, it’s insane how most of them are "Natural Wine" bars. Aren’t all wines served in good bars/shops basically natural now anyway?

Some people think it's clever not to say what you really believe in. They try to look at where the "mainstream" is and situate themselves one degree beyond it. We don't. We say: rejoin the EU. The majority – over 60% of the public in polls! – are with us. So why wouldn't we? Someone needs to!

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Someone help Katie please. Tenerife hasn’t come to my wine radar yet. Maybe 2025 will solve that.

Katie Mather@katiematherkm.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wine people: Please tell me about great vineyards you visited in Tenerife. I'm going for a weekend in March (yes, it's a "Tom running up a massive hill" thing) and I'd love to do my fave thing while I'm there, aka. marvel at volcano grapes, hold lava in my hands, gaze upon black soil, etc.

Written a while back but here’s my take on how we approached 2024’s challenges and set ourselves up for the best chance to max out in Nov-Dec, what we’re looking out for in 2025 and how we’re planning to navigate these new sets of challenges. harpers.co.uk/news/fullsto...

Looking Back, Forging Ahead Q&A: Nic Rezzouk, Reserve Wines - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade News

Next up in our end of year trade talking heads is Nic Rezzouk, buyer at

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This a joke, right?

For those unaware…

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Shout out to @redwillowtoby.bsky.social here for making what has consistently been my favourite AF I have to say. @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social

Simplistic view but so long as we’ve “lost weight” in the right places (I.e. mass produced, environmentally degrading “wines”), I’m fine with that. I’m sure there’s more to that picture however.

American Association of Wine Economists AAWE@wineecon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Global Wine Production, 1960-2024. For 2024, OIV predicts wine production to be between 22.7-23.5 billion liters. The midpoint forecast is 23.1 billion liters --- the lowest production level since 1961.

Alright then, New Year, new platform, same me but… it’s the 1st year since Seb was born I feel, if I manage my time and energy right, I might be able to progress towards those elusive goals. First, I need to learn, a lot. So I’m gonna fish for as much free intel as I can. I will need your help.

Ok, I’ve arrived into this post-Twitterverse. What now? I don’t really believe that the very opposite of Twitter is the answer to what it has become. Will this be an echo-chamber for all those who don’t want a world ran by Trump and Musk?