@gilescoren@LozzaFox I've been hearing for a while from certain retailers that sales of US wines are down in the UK because people are switching their buying habits for political reasons.
A smarter, funnier listen for the journey home for Christmas. It’s the Get Yourself a Glass Christmas Special. Andrew Neather and I on the things that really matter, such as good things to drink with Stilton and can AI write tasting notes? https://t.co/Q61VH9p9iq
I regret to inform you, but marmalade consumption continues to plummet in the UK.
Back in 1974 each adult, each week, ate on average 27g. It was a mere 4g in 2024 (down from 6g in 2023).
Honey, by contrast, has gone from 5g in 1974 to 9g last year.
@hwallop@timesculture What a great question. They sound like good candidates. Gotta be old-school to clock up so many weeks. Stephen Hawking? John Le Carré?
@guyawoodward@boozecolumnist Yep, as legacy media we cover those trends RELENTLESSLY...especially the chilled red one which we have on the shortest possible loop and the max mentions within pieces not specifically about temperature/chilled reds.
@Wenvoewriter I’d love to recommend more from Lidl but they don’t make it very easy - last time I spent half a day tasting their wines, of the seven I wanted to recommend they said that five they wouldn’t be selling after all….
I'm online at the Telegraph fielding questions on Greek wine. So far, the readers are mostly not keen - "Fine if you’ve got a scraper and a door that needs stripping," Come on over and beg to differ (if you do)
https://t.co/p5EJmzoOnV
@ochkenny I've circled the word viognier in my notes and written "very" next to it. Even though there's only 5% of it. You used to be able to find nearest stores with stock online but that function doesn't seem to be there for the assyrtiko
@PGPowell Impossible to pick just one. If I tasted all the new vintages I'm sure it would be a xinomavro but I wrote about affordable whites for the paper and can say the Kintonis Malagousia is lovely.
Santorini assyrtiko used to be carafe wine. Now it's one of the most expensive grapes in the world (for a generic PDO). I'll be online from 5.30pm fielding questions about affordable Greek wines. If you have one, pop it there now and I'll answer it later.
https://t.co/p5EJmzoOnV
@Masterofwhine Ah. The Times piece ended, "before anyone buys up farmland around Hull...they should consider that by the end of the next century much of the low-lying region could be underwater because of rising sea levels due to climate change." Which has been my response to much CC excitement
The most brilliant, extraordinary story of Joy Milne, who can smell Parkinson’s disease and whose work is about to change the medical world - gripping detail in this interview by ace @PlanetVictoria@Telegraph https://t.co/uBjzvBNrSz
A playground for music lovers, the listening bar is a versatile space that celebrates high-quality audio while supplying a curated list of wine and spirits. @PlanetVictoria considers the concept and questions whether drink can enhance the aural pleasure
https://t.co/iBH7RcodYa