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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Prompted by the new redesign, I’m excited to find that my spice draw can trace Sainsbury’s packaging history back to last century.

Sainsbury’s spices through history, with the oldest on the left having a best before date of 1999.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Liverpool’s righteous fury vs City’s indignant denialism Could be an absolute classic.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I had a small(ish) celebration for a big birthday at the weekend and brought out this trio with the cheese. Rieussec 2010 is an old favourite and incredible value at £170 per 6 in bond - seamless, perfectly balanced. Taylor 1994 elegant and perfumed. Bual 1987 one of the best wines I have drunk.

Photo of Taylor Vintage Port 1994, Cossart-Gordon Bual Madeira 1987, Château Rieussec Sauternes 2010.

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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 · 03/09/2026

I don’t know, but there used to be a lot of them. Tom seems to have gone in heavily promoting Laithwaites wines recently, which must be a bit soul-destroying.

The cover of the book Merchants of Wine by Alec Waugh.

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

How am I only just now hearing about this madness?

Caudalie
Taken from the word caudal (tail), it is the unit of measurement used to describe the length of a wine’s finish. One Caudalie equals one second. The finish of a fine wine can last up to eight Caudalies.

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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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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 · 23/07/2026

Meanwhile, lots of businesses are upset to miss out on this apparently insignificant improvement.

BBC headline: Pubs cheer business rates while other firms 'left out in the cold'.

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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 · 16/07/2026

Using the label scanner that someone posted this morning, you appear to have been released from jail. The two labels have been removed and these benign ones are all that remain

Label Scanner showing Sara's labels on Skywatch Blue

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

This is how it started, by the way, not with me lashing out at all.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I wonder if the English might have found the way to deal with fascists: laugh at them. While foreign-funded frog-faced fascist fraud Farage flees scrutiny by resigning his seat and seeking re-election before the facts are established, his only significant opponent is a man with a bin on his head.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It looks suspiciously like the photo of their rosé!

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Their current house white seems to be more in line with the market, price-wise

Glasgow Pizza restaurant Paesano’s white wine list, showing the house wine at £27 a bottle.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It’s 9 years to the day since I nipped off to the loo at Glastonbury only to come back and find our children in the care of Doctor Who.

Photo of Hannah with Matt Smith in foreground and his partner Lily James in the background.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Delighted with my Fathers Day cards. Off to see Toy Story 5 this afternoon.

My Fathers Day cards: “Father by day…beauty influencer by night” and “You’re the best in the Galaxy” with a picture of the Mandalorion.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Gen Z is the reason that this exists (provenance, authenticity and ethical stance unknown)

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

BlueSky isn't part of the ban because it isn't seen as harmful. It would be hilarious if teenagers turned it into their new preferred social media.

BBC headline: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I rediscovered my love of his work when I read this a few months ago

Front cover of “The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories” by Wilkie Collins

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I don't find myself particularly drawn to rosé in general and I would be unlikely to pay £45 retail, but I tasted this blind this morning and was massively impressed. Ripe strawberry and peach flavours, beautiful texture and perfect balance.

Château Galoupet Cru Classé Côtes de Provence Rosé

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I mentioned this article from The Economist's Christmas edition to @janetrad.bsky.social and promised to post it on here. I have no idea who wrote it but it gives interesting anthropological and metabolic perspectives. I will pull out a couple of quotes...

First page of an article in The Economist from December 2025 called "The End of a 10m-Year Love Affair" referring to the relationship between humans and alcohol.

Second page of an article in The Economist from December 2025 called "The End of a 10m-Year Love Affair" referring to the relationship between humans and alcohol.

Third page of an article in The Economist from December 2025 called "The End of a 10m-Year Love Affair" referring to the relationship between humans and alcohol.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Given that it's available in every supermarket and convenience store in the UK, this is not exactly a new discovery, but I tasted Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon blind in a large Cabernet Sauvignon line-up in April and was hugely impressed. It's got a lot going on for £8.50. 1/2

Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon bottle shot

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

“Bioenergetic winemaking” had passed me by until yesterday at the London Wine Fair. Is it a thing? Or just a Leclerc Briant thing? Lovely champagne, both sea-aged and not sea-aged.

Leclerc-Briant’s sea-aged Abyss champagne.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It’s the link in the first line of my post rather than the preview (it’s also their website).

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

The source is a post on their own account on X.

ABC News post on X: “Not seeing as many ABC News updates here as you used to? Find us on BlueSky.”

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Good to see the Greens wrest control from Lambeth Labour. Though at national level, I'm not sure I would trust Zack Polanski to run a bath. He's just splitting the vote and letting in Reform.

Lambeth council election result showing the Greens as the largest party, ahead of incumbents Labour, but just short of overall control.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The plums are growing in bunches again this year. I am going to make chutney in industrial quantities this summer.

Czar plum crop looking huge again this year.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Finally made it to a bluebell wood this spring and am now listening to Elgar while I cook.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This is enormously good news for Europe and the free world. Trump, Putin and Netanyahu have lost their man in the EU. No blocking aid to Ukraine or further EU cooperation and integration.

Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary’s election.

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

My Better Half regularly advises me on matters relating to popular culture. Today she tells me that BBC soap opera Eastenders prominently features wine drinking pretty much throughout each episode. Let’s hope we hang on to the soap market.

Claudette Hubbard, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Ellen Thomas, holding a glass of red wine.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Tim Atkin’s newsletter just dropped. Good to see some pushback on no alc wine. “My problem with these wines – or the ones that I’ve tasted from Argentina and elsewhere – is that they don’t taste nice. In fact, they are mostly thin, etiolated libations with as little character as they have alcohol.”

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Charmingly homemade back label for info.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

This is absolutely exquisite. Xavier Goodridge’s Henty Pinot Noir 2021. Pale appearance, really precise, pure strawberry fruit, piercing acidity and fabulous intensity. Sadly, I think I may have bought the last bottle in the UK.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The Turner Constable exhibition at Tate Britain is a real treat, including paintings from private collections that haven’t been on display for 170 years. It makes clear Turner’s pivotal importance as a precursor for Impressionism and modern art.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Cooking coq au vin tonight and this is the vin I chose for my coq. I do think it’s one of the best value wines out there.

La Vieille Ferme from Perrin. Or chicken wine, as it is popularly known.

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David Round MW @davidroundmw.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I was looking to mix things up a bit and found the suggestion in this book. People drink Campari and orange, so it made some sense. And yes, I found an unopened bottle behind all the sloe gins and rums we seem to have in our drinks cupboard.

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