David Round MW

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Master of Wine, Director at Big Fish Little Fish. #wine #music #events
It’s December! Has anyone else begun thinking about wines for Christmas? I’m looking forward to drinking this.
@wineisconfusing it’s an interesting and complicated area. But we do need to make more of a move away from glass (and I say that as someone who currently mainly buys wine in glass bottles).
@wineisconfusing I don’t know about buzzwords but I think the next thing we all need to talk about is sustainable packaging in wine.

Hi. It would help me a lot if I could get a HEAP of responses to this poll. The goal is to get a decent enough sample so results are predictive of the wider user-base right now. I dislike asking for boosts but this is SCIENCE... or something. (Thanks.)

How do you use Mastodon MOST of the time?

On a phone, or other touch screen device?

OR

On a device with a keyboard like a laptop or desktop computer?

(If it's half and half choose the middle option.)

I mostly use mobile/tablet
60.3%
It's within a margin of error of an even split
19.2%
I mostly use desktop/laptop
19.9%
don't want to vote, but want to see poll results
0.7%
Poll ended at .
@SLBriscoe I probably worry too much about best before dates, but those sultanas will need using up!

A pronunciation guide to #French #wines from 1950.

#wine #France

Doing a quick store cupboard stock-take in advance of making a Christmas cake has revealed that I have about 9 years’ worth of sultanas, half of which is three years past its best before date. I need to find more uses for dried fruit.
Central London was absolutely packed yesterday, busier than I have seen it for years. But my frustration at every single restaurant being booked out at 6pm was massively tempered by the knowledge of what a tough time the industry in general is having.
#food #wine
@megmaker @wineisconfusing yes, I find the division between progressive and reactionary voices in wine is clearer than any difference between, for example, generations.

So #wine folks and #WineWriters I wrote a piece about a woman who intersects wine making, saving indigenous food, Russian imperialism/occupation, and tourism to address sexism in the #WineIndustry and specially #femicide in her community. Seems wild, I know, but I can't find a home for it. If any editors are interested, let me know. I would post on my blog BUT I think her story deserves a wider audience than I currently have. I have articles in The Feiring Line, Fodor's, Wine Guild, Pipette, Thrillist, USA Today, Romeing, The Drop, etc. #winelover #WineCommunication #WomenWhoWine

Here is a photo of my cat Flora. She 15 and the queen of the house. #Cats #CatsOfMastadon