Simon J Woolf 

@simonjwoolf@epicure.social
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Writer and journalist. Mostly wine, mostly natural.
Books: Foot Trodden (2021), Amber Revolution (2018/2021)

Blogging weekly at https://themorningclaret.com

Admin of https://epicure.social - a food & wine focused Mastodon instance.

Ex-tech. Geek, also into food, coffee, art, and music/DJing.

Decades long Linux user. Passionate believer in FOSS, free speech and privacy.

#food #wine #viticulture #naturalwine #coffee #cookery #mastodon #writing #publishing #selfpublishing

Websitehttps://themorningclaret.com
My first bookhttps://amber-revolution.com/
My second bookhttps://foot-trodden.com/
LocationAmsterdam, NL
Simon J Woolf Aug 8

Hi Epicureans, our cloud server provider experienced a short outage this morning, resulting in this instance being offline for about an hour.

Normal service now resumed.

Simon J Woolf Apr 28

Hi Epicureans, we had a disk space issue that resulted in Epicure Social being offline for the last 24 hours or so, Apologies for this, of course I was travelling and took my eye off the ball!

It's now resolved, we're back as normal.

I will be taking steps to make sure that disk space issues like this do not reoccur.

Simon J Woolf Mar 19

Continuing the wine guides at The Morning Claret. Especially proud and pumped about this one.

Low Intervention (AKA natural) red wines from Bordeaux.

https://themorningclaret.com/p/tmc-guide-low-intervention-red-bordeaux-part-1

TMC Guide: Low Intervention Red Bordeaux, Part 1

37 red wines tasted and rated by our panel, including Tire Pé, Château Mangot, Château de Piote, Peybonhomme-les-Tours, Château Grolet, Clos Puy Arnaud

The Morning Claret
Simon J Woolf Mar 7

This piece about how a seemingly tiny mistranslation might have spawned a monster (natural wine!) has invited some serious discussion in the comments . . .

https://themorningclaret.com/p/how-a-false-friend-created-natural-wine

How a False Friend Created Natural Wine

Did a mistranslation spawn an entire subculture?

The Morning Claret
Simon J Woolf Feb 28

Both parts of themorningclaret.com 's first ever wine guide are now online!

We blind tasted through 44 orange wines from Collio (= every producer & nearly every orange currently made in the region).

We've recommended wines for every palate, with tasting notes, plus our overal favourites and three faves from each taster. Check it out now!

https://themorningclaret.com/p/tmc-guide-collio-orange-wines-part-1

https://themorningclaret.com/p/tmc-report-collio-orange-wines-part-2-radikon-paraschos

#wine #orangewine #italy

TMC Guide - Collio Orange Wines, Part 1

44 skin fermented whites from Friuli Collio, tasted and rated by our panel

The Morning Claret
Simon J Woolf Jan 29

Rather huge news, that has been quietly reported in a few organs over the last few weeks: Consorzio Collio has voted to create an orange wine classification as part of DOC Collio.

I took a detailed look and asked main man Saša Radikon for his input.

https://themorningclaret.com/p/call-me-by-your-name-orange-wine-collio

#wine #naturalwine #orangewine #friuli #collio

Call Me by Your Name - Friuli Collio finally approves an Orange Wine Category

DOC Collio finally approves an orange wine classification. TMC talks to Saša Radikon to get the lowdown.

The Morning Claret
Simon J Woolf Jan 29
PsySalJan 29

I say this a bunch but one of the sheer joys of Mastodon is simply boosting stuff you like. I mean it's so silly but here, you get to be the algorithm. If you don't boost, it don't get boosted. So... whatever your reasons, boost, boost, boost!

Drop that goddam shyness that the other sites somehow programmed into you, as if your own stuff will get punished if you help others' along.

Also boost is nice word.

Simon J Woolf Jan 22

Nice to see a few more people posting on epicure.social -I guess the eXodus prompted that....

If you enjoy Epicure.Social, please consider making a small donation to our hosting costs. So far five kind people donated, but it would be nice if a few more of the regulars reached into their pockets.

Here is the link, which works with any form of credit or debit card and many other magical payment methods besides (it's Stripe FYI)

https://donate.stripe.com/aEUbKxb4ug8A3Kg5kk

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Simon J Woolf Jan 16

Thank you to the four people who already donated to epicure.social's hosting costs! Two of whom are not even on this instance (never expected that!)

$90 is enough to keep the good ship Epicure afloat for approximately four months!

I hope a few more of the regulars here might feel like putting something in the pot.

Here is the link:

https://donate.stripe.com/aEUbKxb4ug8A3Kg5kk

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Simon J Woolf Jan 15

Hey everyone, if you'd like to make a small donation towards epicure.social 's hosting and admin costs, I would appreciate it.

Here is a payment link to make a one-time donation. You can choose the amount. I set the minimum at $5, I hope that is OK.

If 10 people all donated $25, that covers one year's hosting and storage costs.

https://donate.stripe.com/aEUbKxb4ug8A3Kg5kk

Theoretically I could make alternative links available in other currencies if that is required. Just let me know!

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