Niki Blasina

@FTWeekend #FTGlobetrotter mostly focused on city/food/wine travel. Previously world news @WSJ @FT. ‘90s boy band enthusiast. Owned by a dachshund.

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Magnificent autumn scenes

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My latest: exploring Italy’s answer to Champagne — Franciacorta — which produces some 20mn bottles of the eponymous world-class sparkling wine each year and remains relatively under-the-radar for international visitors and consumers 🍾🥂

https://t.co/fD8nVEQGgJ

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@JFK_America @FT thanks JFK!

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Postcard from Italy: the Ferrari you can drink but not drive 🍾
https://t.co/wToiI831fq

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Is this the world's most sustainable supper club?

'Our Farm', the 12-acre farmstead belonging to the trailblazing chef Simon Rogan is welcoming guests this summer a delicious peek behind the scenes of what feeds one of the best restaurants on the planet:
https://t.co/Qdc22d2lRj

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Excuse me sir can I see your ID

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This week’s @ftweekend is a banger, with loads of gorgeous travel journalism that will inspire many a getaway, including our summer in Rome special! On newsstands today/tomorrow (and online at https://t.co/R28ot6CbS9) 📰🇮🇹

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The filmmaker is opening up his French retreat to guests — while George Lucas and Guy Ritchie are also branching into hospitality: https://t.co/qwMNMa3v8F

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(with a bottom page dispatch from Guy Ritchie's Wiltshire property, which is hosting very fun supper clubs all summer, because I've been really working the filmmaker estate beat)

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My latest, with Ridley Scott, who has just completed top-to-tail renovations of three (gorgeous) luxury guest villas on his Provençal property

Online now and in this Saturday's @ftweekend 📰
https://t.co/ZVlYGjJW5W

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It is impossible to have a bad time here https://t.co/TvgfUhQ2yv

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One of my favourite commissions of late: @milesellingham explores what's behind the rise of London's most fashionable pint — Guinness (and still manages to write thoughtfully about it after the professional requirement to drink several)
https://t.co/63eo5b92hD

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FU money, explained

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You're a seasoned pub quizzer. You might even score the occasional win. But have you got the etiquette right? https://t.co/Cvk5bZqjAt

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The FT won the Weekend Newspaper of the Year at last night's Newspaper Awards 2024 - congratulations to the @FTweekend team

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Your 20s / your 30s

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London Riviera Dachshund (est. 2019)

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Drinks inspo 🍸
https://t.co/AaiEQ45kX0

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The NYT continuing its mission to destroy diplomatic relations with Italy

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Finally some truth in the mainstream media 😏