A big scandal in Vinho Verde, reports The Drinks Business. This is quite a spectacle. #wine #vinhoverde

Well, this triggered an industry PTSD flashback.

I’m afraid 0% alcohol wine will be perfected just about the time when nobody wants it. www.the-buyer.net/insight/anal...

I honestly think that many people don't know what their public libraries offer besides books. I think that everyone should go on a public library treasure hunt in 2026. Go explore what your library systems offer at no cost to you. Report back to me :)

Well, that’s me out of Whamaggedon. It was worth it.

My brother just clarified something about academic research: Do you want to do it? You have to want to do it. As are a necessary but not sufficient condition.

Damn few.

Anaïs has the best ideas for stories and a thoroughness in her research I admire, and editing this piece was a dream. French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...

I've said this before, but there are two kinds of people in the world. - People who have suffered or been traumatized by something, and think it's unfair unless everyone else also suffers - People who have suffered or been traumatized by something and don't want anyone else to experience that.

Also worth noting that we know the solutions for these problems, and we have a large amount of extremely strong evidence proving that they are very solvable issues, but we choose to let corporate interests and the super rich keep us from living better lives

What if we lived in a world where 'accommodations' weren't something provided on sufferance but simply made available to anyone who needs them for any reason without question. (Literally what my email sig says!)

Truly, his wine tastes exactly like this photo looks.

I now so desperately want to hide away for a healthy stretch with good soup and high-acid whites.

This is no commentary on the wine below, but I’m pretty sure JamesSuckling.com has given 93 points to a bottle of mouthwash at least once.

This is one of the most depressing things I've ever read, and I read that poem your boyfriend wrote

Or as Confucius said, and I quote, "if your version of a phrase is the one that actually gets remembered, you've won. Big ups to you, Zizek."

Golly.

Listen people to the Queen of Sherry. If you're telling people sherry is difficult YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!

Former Washington Post contributing columnist here — let’s help the Onion smash the Washington Post!

💕 Can we please make this a thing? A vastly superior option to fighting crowds or online traffic to buy unnecessary stuff that was never its non-sale price, anyway.

Exactly. I semi-confidently predict any AI-generated Alberta Whisky Act will be a hot mess one way or another.

Counterpoint: The UCP government has no understanding of nuance anyway… let’s see how this goes

we have to go back. to warn them.

The Alberta government (not known for its wisdom) is using AI to draft the Alberta Whisky Act. The entertainment possibilities here are, frankly, enticing. globalnews.ca/news/1154415...

I am a little tired of being yelled at for this but apparently not tired about: heroin addiction is not RFK’s problem. He’s a sociopath. Most addicts aren’t. Honestly, walk into an NA meeting, grab the first person with a few years to be head of HHS and they’d probably do a better job than Bobby.

Ontario’s grocery chains have evil down to an art. www.thestar.com/politics/ont...

This offer goes for me too, but only if I get to specify the wine.

Neat.

Fossil fuel enthusiasts keep arguing that we need to increase our exports of LNG and oil to address energy poverty in the developing world. I call bullshit — and I bring my receipts. #abpoli #cdnpoli www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/25/o...

Hell is other people's Wordpress sites.

There I was drinking decent pinot noir, waiting for a show to begin at 4 PM on a Sunday, and feeling every one of my years upon this planet. Then Hawksley Workman broke into "Maniacs" and I wouldn't give a second of them back. Utterly magical.

Turning on AI by default in a bookkeeping system is annoying but making it practically impossible to turn off is sus.

This might act be the perfect fate for a celebrity branded Lambrusco but I will not be finding out first hand.

Clients who know when early-morning meetings can be an email instead 🫶

Serious question: With the resurgence of Canadian nationalism, how has this *absolute banger* not become our de facto anthem? I want to hear it every time I'm boycotting U.S. lettuce at the grocery store. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnRI...

Triple no thank you.

Belatedly sharing this study on the rapid rise of manslaughter charges in Canada against people alleged to have shared or sold drugs that led to an accidental overdose death. Police agencies are quietly changing investigative procedures to recast medical emergencies as homicide scenes. #drugsky

This is very entertaining but also was said about millennials back in the day. When are we gonna learn that the vast majority of generational generalizations are lazy and so often grift?

One academic study showed that “the average number of gambling references per broadcast minute was 2.8” in Ontario during sporting events.

This dude has more sense than NDP supporters.

Up at this hour with only Foucault and Taylor Swift for company is either fabulous or a tragedy. Only time will tell.

Right now, I’d settle for a viable thesis. (Which is why nobody recites odes to academic writing.)

“There was a clear understanding that unsophisticated consumers prioritise things that are ‘yummy’, whereas knowledgeable consumers move beyond the obvious sensory pleasures of ‘simple wines’ to appreciate complexity and terroir.” 🫥 Counterpoint: Yuck.

JFC, please no.

Starbucks workers in the US are on strike. Think twice before you pop in to grab a peppermint mocha. Respect the picket line and help workers secure a fair deal. Worker rights anywhere are worker rights everywhere. jacobin.com/2025/11/star...

I really believe category dynamics in Canada have shifted long term. www.winelaw.ca/2025/11/14/i...

Nostalgia about neighbourhood retail is not a strategy — the City's heavily compromised decision on neighbourhood retail may result in no new neighbourhood retail, writes senior editor @johnlorinc.bsky.social. spacing.ca/toronto/2025...

Fuck — and I cannot stress this enough — Doug Ford. His aw shucks populism is less flashy than the version getting headlines down south and so he somehow gets a pass but it’s still literally killing people.