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Montgomerie should be ashamed of himself. Simpering suckup to Farage, realising his mistake when the party looks shot to pieces . How can any right thinking person join that rabble of racists. Reminds me of when Andrew Neil realised what GB news actually was

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 14h

How did those get loaded and tied on. Human force of ingenuity and will always make me proud.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

There is no excuse for crappy maps. and some of Miguel's examples are egregious. I was approached by someone who proudly showed me their intereactive wine map that was riddled with errors. When I quizzed them on how they made it they proudly told me Claude drew all the regions.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Miguel nails it. As an amateur wine-region cartographer, AI generated wine maps are a huge bugbear. Accurate map files for these Spanish regions are freely available for use in mapping software. For wine professionals to publish this garbage is lazy in the extreme and an insult to these regions.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I love this idea. Old vineyards are treasures

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

and no more of those images. Glorious

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is incredible amount of work. I can't believe they've actually gone and done the whole world.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Congratulations! brilliant work , it's a lovely article.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

very sad we chose this day to go to Lords. We decided not to travel in

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If it is AI it's ridiculously lazy but not lazy. There must be so many stock photos of this exact scene.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

None of them are looking at each other which is both an AI flag and also against the rules of a cheers.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My 1001 Albums generator which suggests a random album to listen to every day, has suggested Trio by Dolly Parton. I wonder if someone has been tinkering behind the scenes...

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I love these wines. And the labels do stand out. It's great to see innovation from Portugal

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I love Dambach-la-ville! I have some good friends there and in Scherwiller next door. Your grandfather's name wasn't Dietrich by any chance?

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Looks like it could be Ribeauville?

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

What a beauty. A jersey tiger moth

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Isn't that a beautiful progression of charts

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I've been playing around with Google Earth Pro (soon to RIP) to show the various subregions of Rias Baixas. Thought I would post the results. No narration - youtu.be/woTgoW7nCFU

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Galicia and Rías Baixas from Above: A Google Earth Wine Tour

YouTube video by For The Wine

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Glad to hear it! I have watched iplayer all over europe using this trick.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Have you tried the mobile tether trick? Only works if you have infinite roaming data on your mobile plan mind

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I finished this recently on holiday in the New Forest. I kept a pencil with me while readin to highlight all of the quotes I can use in my classes. So much fun to read. Great article Henry!

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I still remember "Pere Julien" red fondly. Only 10 Francs from the local campsite store. In a litre plastic bottle, a jolly monk on the label and perfect for the time and place.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I was going to Argue Rapture by Blondie but then realised you said UK artist

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 07/07/2026

We've had an influx of generative AI-created pitches lately and wanted to reiterate our stance: AI sucks. Support real writing by real people. Become a Pellicle Patreon subscriber: www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

At Pellicle we take the use of generative AI very seriously, and consider its use in the generation of copy or images to be theft, and in breach of UK copyright law. Contributors found to be using generative AI in submitted work will have that work rejected and will forfeit their right to a kill fee. Contributors found in breach of these rules will also forfeit the opportunity to work with Pellicle again.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It is really quite delicious!

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I really enjoy the Petrus Aged Pale which is a far drier acidic beer. I believe Michael Jackson had a lot to do with that one.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

And Rodenbach is all about the VA!

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

And coincidentally, Orval and some other Belgian beers is brewed with Brett! (One of the other wine conversations on here is currently about wine faults)

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Heather Anne Campbell @heathercampbell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

This is great. "If you can’t be bothered to write it, why should anyone be bothered to read it?" is spot on.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I brought back a VORS Amontillado from my visit to Serdio. An incredible wine. I’ll revisit the value discussion when I open it. Drinking it will make me feel better about the price.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Thanks for this. Lovely to read. gotta get some new music in these ears this afternoon!

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I really should watch the clip before commenting! 🤦‍♂️

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

hahaha obviously I meant the QC lab. Not the water closet

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Nice to see! I haven’t been there since my year working in the WC lab in 1998

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

really enjoying this series as Eoghan eats, drinks and wears (?) his way around Brussels according to the counties competing in the Footy World Cup. More enjoyable than much of the actual world cup

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Eoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Today's newsletter is probably the most tendentious of all 48 entries

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Nice to switch on the TMS cricket commentray for a break from politics, rumours, bad opinions and leadership speculation...........oh

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

I think we need a month-long campaign of getting everyone to make a big effort of encouragement by liking and reposting maybe a dozen or more posts a day. And following a few more people. It might create a virtuous circle of more activity and engagement being rewarded.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed the wines when we visited last month but agree the pricing was challenging.

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

An afternoon at Vinoble today after a couple of days in Jerez. It’s been inspiring to explore these fantastic wines deeper then ever. Looking forward to more tomorrow

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Sam Hill @samwesthill.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Help me out here. What’s the point you are making?

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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

ordered a curry

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