Which is why my translations are so authentic #lol

The joys of grape picking #harveststories

Note to self. Must buy a bottle of Benedictine.

Never be ashamed

What a load of tripe

"Neurotic, sickly, gay, cork-lined room, guy tastes a bit of cake and thinks up an endless book filled with interminable sentences, etc.—" On translating Proust

Well the deed is done. Have wrestled with wifi password, and printed my documents. Impeccable.

Moonstruck.

My printer has just died. Just when I have important documents to print. Ah well, a hurried purchase tomorrow it is.

Le #Loiret est enfin disponible en #PosterCarto Toutes les infos sur mon site ici 👇 le-cartographe.net/publications...

"excusez-moi, aimeriez-vous être premier ministre de la France"

Here we go again 😐

Shades of Bluesky

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

You know you're getting old when the Champagne Chef de Caves start looking young #Ruinart

So. Tonight's wine. I found an Assyrtiko! (even though it's only 60%) to go with my fish, a little hake with pan fried potatoes and stir fried pak choi with almonds.

"everyone can see that it’s the place where quality sparkling is being produced." #corpinnat reporting by @hudin.com

"So in 1966 [Soviet cosmonaut] Yuri Gagarin comes back to earth and as a treat, the Kremlin sends him to the wine tunnels of Moldova," he tells me. "He goes into these cellars of méthode wines which are, like, 250km long. And he has quite a few drinks and they lose him." Brilliant stuff!

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How can I possibly resist trying a cuvee called Capricious Euphoria....

The 'Riyadh Comedy Festival' reminds me of the story of Freddie Starr performing in the Middle East, under instruction not to swear or refer directly to Prince Hussein. He came on and said 'Which one of you fuckers is Prince Hussein?' and the curtain immediately came down.

"no more superficial individual expression"

I know there's no such thing as bad publicity but not sure the Chesterfield company will see it that way.

Ahhhh...

"No more soldiers in dresses? Well cripes Captain B, that's a dashed blow to the old company morale"

Today's essential information

In Banyuls they don't only make wine. They also make excellent vinegar.

👋 #4am

The Cahier des Vacances is a bit of an institution in France. It's basically a 'fun' booklet for revising school work in the holidays. Parents buy it, kids hate it. I found this Adult version in the book exchange. A taste of their own medicine if you like. Guess what - none of it was completed. 😆

Well that's a definite follow back from me......

All rosy in the wine world

WINERIES: If Petrus can sell for $4500 in a bottle weighing 550 grams there's NO F*CKING plausible excuse for bottling your wine in glass weighing 950 grams. It's a big middle finger to the environment, & speaks volumes about your ego. Thank you for your attention on this matter.

Problems now, bigger ones ahead.

*the one that got away* This is what happens when you don't de-sucker your vines properly. The bottom shoots produce fruit that is too low to be caught by the grape picking machine and it gets left. Often someone will pass with secateurs and a bucket, but this year their hearts are not in it.

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Something to think about

Nothing like a walk on a blustery day to admire the old seafront villas. They knew how to build in those days

Finally

"Prior Art", surely? 🤔

Kimmel: "This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this."

Good to know for my next first class flight out of Dubai.

Please make it stop

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Looking forward to trying another Bramaventu wine, VentuVentu, which is a sparking Grenache Macabeo, dosed at 3g with Passito old vine Macabeo (showing its Italian influence).

👋 #4am

It's good mushroom weather

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