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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 41m

No civilised country should be killing citizens - even convicted criminals. Not even having the competence to carry out the execution is just another reason for not doing it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt after two injections

Her lawyer says she is being given "life-saving measures" in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A care home in the UK can cost over £100k per year, because shareholders expect returns. If you don’t have the money, you have to sell your house. If you don’t have a house, the council pays. Not surprisingly, the NHS is choked with elderly people whose needs are not being met by rotting in wards.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Russians now quietly support or actively endorse all of the nationalists in Great Britain: Reform, the SNP and Plaid Cymru. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov questions UK's future

In response, Plaid Cymru said Wales' future was "not for the Kremlin to endorse, oppose or exploit".

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a very good Syrah but I think it has been massively over-hyped. You can get this quality at less than half the price in Côte-Rôtie. I regret buying 6 bottles.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just ran a rave for 1,000 people at fabric. In case you’re wondering what I get up to at weekends. Which you obviously weren’t. #fabric #rave #bigfishlittlefish

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wine isn't complicated. Some people just like to make it seem so. And some people like to de-mystify it. They are often the same people.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s just crazy how dangerous it has become to eat basics like lettuce, eggs, chicken and pasta in the US. That’s about 50% of my diet. Throw in some sort of yoghurt contamination and I would probably starve over there. www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/p...

nbcchicago.com

Pasta sold nationwide at Walmart recalled over possible listeria contamination

Pasta sold nationwide at Walmart stores is being recalled over possible listeria contamination, according to a recent announcement from the FDA.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"The production side of the wine industry, which so desperately depends on wine writing and criticism, isn’t helping a bit...most of those wineries don’t even bother to subscribe to the very publications from which they are hoping to receive coverage." That's very depressing.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Will X tell users when a small-minded racist called Elon Musk forces it to limit their posts?

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I had no idea that cat ownership was not seen as masculine, but get me, with my cat-loving bucking of gender stereotypes. Also, dogs are generally unacceptable - smelly, aggressive and lacking in executive function - but I operate a friends and family exemption here.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is very good. I have been working on capturing all official regions, subregions and appellations and as many unofficial ones as possible and am at over 4,000 now. But I'm doing it for website taxonomy rather than an end in itself. And I do love a good map.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good analysis of the 67 Pall Mall controversy from Felicity Carter. But “you don’t know that and you can’t prove it” is what I would expect from a defence lawyer in The Wire rather than a spokesperson for The 67 Pall Mall Global Wine Communicator Awards. www.drinksinsider.com/p/did-a-chat...

drinksinsider.com

Did a Chatbot Just Win a £3,000 Writing Prize?

The question roiling the wine writing community

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When excessive AI use at my workplace began to alarm me, I didn’t know about the joining-a-sex-cult option for AI sceptics. Amazing thread.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is such a bad look for the world of wine. Even allowing for the possibility that it’s not AI-aided (quite a small one, it seems), the piece in question is so formulaic, anodyne and dull that it hardly showcases the best wine writing today. I just don’t know what 67 Pall Mall is doing here.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I guess I have always been a Zionist, firmly believing that the state of Israel should exist and flourish and that its security should be guaranteed. I also believe that under its current leadership it has become a rogue state and that the UK is right to do this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

UK announces sanctions on West Bank settlements prompting furious Israeli response

Britain's foreign secretary accuses settlers of carrying out the "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians, as Israel responds by shutting the UK consulate in East Jerusalem.

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Open Wine Map @openwinemap.com · 08/09/2026

Open Wine Map now covers 21 countries - the UK just landed 🇬🇧 Filters group by country (~180 regions was a lot to scroll), and PDO/PGI now sits alongside the national term: Barolo DOCG (PDO), Priorat DOQ (PDO). openwinemap.com

openwinemap.com

Open Wine Map — appellation map

Interactive map of Europe's wine PDOs and PGIs (AOC, DOCG, DOQ, DAC…), Swiss AOCs and UK GIs: grape varieties, styles and terroir from the official registers.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Impressive. The contrast with many neighbouring countries is stark. Now let’s try not to screw it up.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This Channel 4 scoop is now the top story on the notoriously cautious BBC News website. Nigel Farage and Reform are being totally enveloped by stories of their corruption. The “establishment stitch-up” defence won’t work now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Farage senior aide filmed suggesting way to avoid donations law

A film broadcast by Channel 4 shows senior Reform UK figures discussing donations with an undercover reporter.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just read a tasting note on a brand's website that described a wine's finish as lasting "roughly 16 seconds". I have questions. Who needs that level of accuracy? Is that level of accuracy even possible? How is 16 seconds framed as timing it "roughly"? Why am I even bothering asking these questions?

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Europe is adapting to the new reality. “DNB (Dutch central bank) said that gold that is held with the Bank of England "is regarded as the world's most easily tradable gold," and therefore more readily available in a crisis than if it was still in the US or Canada.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move

The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Corporate America enthusiastically backed fascism by supplying the German war effort against Great Britain up to late 1941, so the only people who can be surprised at the continuation of this pattern of behaviour must have no grasp of the history of the past century.

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Rod Smith @rodwsmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

How narrowly, if at all, can I escape ‘Pseud’s Corner’? This actually started as a poem (with the word ‘incarnadine’), so there is hope! 20 works of art and the wine I would drink with them. www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/wwc...

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Sad to hear the news that Dolly Parton has died. She was an amazing woman, not least for managing to write nailed-on classics Jolene and I Will Always Love You on the same day. A huge talent and an all round good egg.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I'm barely on Instagram but when I do have a peak, my entire feed is about cortisol, shifting belly fat, chair tai chi and military calisthenics. I feel both seen and offended.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The only country that tried to invade Canada was the USA. The less said about that, the better.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Will the under-16 social media ban stop this madness? I doubt it. Almost all these are idiots older, some much older. Governments must hold social media platforms accountable for the harm they enable in all age groups. It just requires a bit of bravery and principle. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

PCs killed in wrong-way A66 crash were heroes, say families

PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died when a car driving the wrong way on the A66 near Middlesbrough struck their vehicle.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

More significantly, people all over the world are paying the price for Americans’ choice of President.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hitting the sloe gin tonight. We seem to accumulate the stuff from relatives and then drink far too much about once a year.

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Nick King @kingy61.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Absolute filth

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I was once hit badly with salmonella, so I find this reassuring from the FSA: “Infants, young children, pregnant people and older adults should only eat runny or raw eggs if they have a British Lion mark or are produced under the Laid in Britain egg assurance scheme." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

One dead and hundreds ill in UK salmonella outbreak

Most of the cases were in England in recent weeks, linked to eating imported eggs, experts believe.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Guess the village where I’m staying tonight, wine people.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

On the homeward leg of our trip now and on the suggestion of our son we visited this extraordinary unfinished castle folly built by the unfortunate King Ludwig II of Bavaria from 1869 until his sudden death in 1886. Neuschwanstein Castle is quite a thing.

Neuschwanstein Castle near Füssen, Bavaria

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

In Trento this evening and really wanted to avoid this kind of meat overload scenario. I hopefully won’t make the same mistake at lunch in Innsbruck tomorrow. But the wine was excellent.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A horrific, avoidable tragedy. Cambridge University arguably exploited and utterly failed this vulnerable man. They must be held to account at the highest level. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead

His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I’m so impressed that Burnham is the one finally tackling this. In my mother’s last years, care costs were £100k per year and finding a care home that would accept her complex needs (dementia) a nightmare. I hope he can create something fairer and more functional. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Andy Burnham doesn't rule out tax rises to fix social care

The prime minister holds cross-party talks as he speeds up review of social care in England.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I had never heard of a “duress password”, which may be an advantage of living in a low crime city. And a country that still respects freedom of expression.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Every tree that burns adds more CO2 to the atmosphere while simultaneously reducing the capacity to take CO2 out of the atmosphere, which increases the risk of fires. It’s terrifying to think that it may already be too late to reverse this. And that some still won’t even try.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I’m a BlueSky elder and this is absolutely controversial. Skeet makes zero sense other than as a rhyming reference to the place many of us totally rejected. Just call it a post and let’s not be weird about this.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'm hurriedly having to make taxonomical sense of gin and I had no idea that London gin is a quality / style designation and not even remotely a geographic indication (Gordon's London Gin sold in the US is made in Canada, for example). Someone missed a trick there back in the day.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Day Four of the Burnham premiership and the hospitality commentariat are already saying that he is simultaneously not helping enough while spending too much. Maybe have a day off, guys, and stop whingeing at the first PM in forever to show any interest in this industry.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I seem to have been added to the emailing list of Abatni Wines, a company I have never even heard of, let alone had contact with. Quite apart from clearly contravening EU and UK GDPR legislation, it’s such a poor quality approach to sales and marketing. And they are using my junk hotmail account.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Well done Spain. A victory for football and a defeat for cheating. Argentinians should hang their heads in shame. Messi is a disgrace.

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