European editor (rédacteur européen) Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Bordeaux, Champagne, Loire, Provence, Southwest France, Portugal. Opinions are my own.
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Michel Rolland died March 20. One of the most influential winemakers not just in Bordeaux but across the world. Created a style of wine, but as important showed the importance of vineyards and of blending.
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This kind of tweet from @Number10cat reminds me why I bother to remain on what I still call Twitter
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Inhabitants of St. Kilda in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, 1926. These islands, inhabited since antiquity, were evacuated in 1930.
The job of a government is to give the people confidence. Watching Tony Blair on @SkyNews this evening: he did it. Can Michel Barnier or Keir Starmer?
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(📣) The President of Brazil has issued a statement about Twitter:
“The world isn’t obliged to put up with Elon Musk’s far-right free-for-all just because he is rich.”
RETWEET if you agree. theguardian.com/world/articl…
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With dinner nearly every evening, we listen to In Our Time (BBC Melvyn Bragg). There are 1000+ programs. Almost all are interesting. Go find one. bbc.co.uk/programmes/profile…
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Covering car parks with solar panels is a hell of a lot more logical than plastering them over prime farmland.
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One of the greatest symphonies of all, Mahler's 9th, premiered 112 years ago today. #NowListening to a "pointless, aesthetically bankrupt" (David Hurwitz) period instrument #NewRelease, followed by Claudio Abbado (born #OTD 1933) in Lucerne, hailed by some as the greatest ever.
President Macron calls French parliamentary elections after victory of Far Right in European elections. Worry is that this will give a fast lane for Marine le Pen to assume power in France.
We often have good bottles in our room when we stay in hotels. Tonight it is Domaine Vrignaud 2012 Chablis Premier Cru Fourchaume Vieilles Vignes. Better than the hotel room service food.
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Château Montus and Château Bouscassé (red, white and sweet) from Madiran were served at the official lunch between Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping today. Great for owner Alain Brumont and to shine a light on this southwest France region.
Heavy mildew pressure right across the vineyards in south-west France. More rain today. Bordeaux risks being 100% affected. There is serious spraying going on.
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master class in the truth. Magnificent
This intervention by @radeksikorski 🇵🇱 in the 🇺🇳 Security Council today will be a classic. Not much left of 🇷🇺 after that.
Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux is planning a split from the regional grouping. Lots of possibilities: bid by Saint-Emilion to make neighbouring Castillon a satellite; or Saint-Emilion wants to create second labels in Castillon. Could just be they think they need their own promotion.