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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

According to Majestic’s CEO John Colley there is nothing to see here. Jog on.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Down Under, wine gets complicated. Shiraz isn’t really from Shiraz, Busby brought half of Europe in a suitcase and the Aussies have been bending the rules ever since. Severn cracking Ozzie wines, plus mon incroyable illustration! No sunscreen required. ♥️🇦🇺🦘🍾🍷

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Actually it’s seven cracking wines if we include the ref. And why not?!! 😗

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Let them live a free and happy life that does not have to involve pushing Lactaid sachets. Simples really isn’t it?!

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

De-mystifying wine is kinda my wine life schtick and now I’m getting new intel 👀 from Our Dear Wine Leader Tom Gilbey that it is a ‘ridiculous pursuit’. Hard arsed intel but hey ho, it is what it is. 🫡

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And yet salad work is gods work. 🫜😉

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Vin de table does not necessarily shout terroir or maybe it does these dodgier-er days? Will have to check out the website. 👀

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Apparently the gin is a terroir gin. Here’s the blurb. Sone wine peeps mates are quite excited about this potion. I’m def warming to it.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Fortunately it’s way past 5 o’clock, even here. Negroni with an English/French gin twist. Orange-tastic. 🧡🍊

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Not being funny but let’s call the rolle thing off.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thanks for clarify but a stupid business for Spurs not to have done.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Well that was great business. Wtf?

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tbf there’s a great deal of forest floor, autumnal seduction and the Judean’s peoples’ forest front of autumnal seduction. And cherry oh baby. And kirsch but just a toucheroo. Such a fabulous wine. Everything counts in small amounts.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Blackbook’s 2018 Nightjar: old Essex Pinot Noir with the lights turned down way low. Cherry, forest floor, spice and autumnal forest floor seduction. Eight years squirrelled away in my cellar have done unspeakably good things to this bottle. Pour slowly. Prepare to swoon. Oof. 🫦

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Sebastian Wocker @havivo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The 2026 Autumn edition of the Hampstead Village Voice will be on the shelves of local newsagents tomorrow 15th September 2026! Support the magazine and become a patron here: www.patreon.com/cw/HAVIVO

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#KeepSafeKate, keep posting and long live Ukraine! Слава Україні! And fuck Putin - the world’s most despicable war criminal.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Hmm.. another one of those great lies.. along with ‘the cheque’s in the post ‘ and ‘this is a very fine wine’ (prior to actually buying the bloody awful wine and tasting it)!!

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Tbh you’d think the tuna testes juice would be salty enough but oh no, it is then cooked in salted water! 😅

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Fifty Shades of Grey has a lot to answer for..

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Highly recommend this with it next time round.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Illuminating rather brilliant article which reminds me of my own potted history of the Dom and Great British Bottles! Dom P was not quite the don we are led to believe he was..

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s an Elbows Out situ with tremendous, may is say, fabulous evidence that will hopefully greatly impress the judge. I’m looking at an out of court settlement that will likely make it into case law.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I feel your pain Wilma. We’re going up against Air Canada in the UK small claims court due to them being an utter disgrace to humanity and frankly total 🔔🔚s. The trouble for them is that they have yet to meet Mrs Vin de Plume in a court room. Prisoners will not be taken.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Tesselaarsdal Pinot Noir 2018, Hemel-en-Aarde Ridge. Berene Sauls’ beautifully evolved Pinot with haunting delicacy: wild strawberry, sour red cherry & rose petals with forest floor & gentle spice. Silky, savoury & wonderfully persistent. South African Pinot at its most ethereal. Get in! ♥️🇿🇦🍷

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Fergus McKee @fergusmckee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I would argue that Postecoglou was the one that actually achieved something - against odds that would have unacceptable to other managers. Poch's main failing was a reluctance to take anything other than the PL or CL seriously. Still, it would have been nice if either had been backed properly.

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Funnily enough we have a very handsome wood pigeon that really loves the berries of my bulging laurel tree that we call Hardy. We call the pigeon The Colonel. Laurel lives next door to Hardy and is way taller but not as funny.

The point of having the US in NATO is that it gives Europe American protection - America gets a powerful alliance and influence across the Atlantic. Except apparently The Falklands. Ffs. #DumpTrump

That’s an interesting pov Mr Provspur. I think Richie was simply just not good enough. And not the greatest servant by a very long shot. He had his moments of course. I see him more as the buffoon chicken dancer. Tbf it’s an embarrassing way for him to leave the club. Not a legend at all.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

‘Drinking well now’ is not the whole story, but it’s a great start. Mature Tempranillo brings red fruit, cedar, tobacco and gentle spice. The tannins have mellowed beautifully. Like many of us of a certain age: less vigour, more charm.

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There is a god. Thank god. And thank the universe too. Ta ta Richie. Such a waste of Spurs space. Ultimately a rubbish player for our hallowed team. Stats don’t lie.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not sure what #float means but if you happen to have a spare boat that could be launched into the Pacific Ocean (not as yet the American Ocean) and not ever return could you pop this chap into the boat that may or not stay afloat? Fully angered! Maybe he’s a #cokefloat ? bsky.app/profile/thet...

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hi Tom, hope you enjoy Tarragona and do look into Pliny The Elder’s wine influencing on behalf of the mighty Roman Empire!

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s had a major naming rights upgrade. Lake Epstein Files. 😂

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Figs. Case closed. In a very good whey. Ewe you rotter. *coat gathered*

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

If you see this, post your getaway vehicle.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Currently reading John Sweeney’s ‘Killer In The Kremlin’. Deeply saddening how Bush, Blair et al just sucked up the idea of ‘working with Putin’ as a realistic proposition. Putin = Psychopath and yet here we are.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The groundsman is gonna be bitching. Let. Him. Bitch.

Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A terribly unbalanced wine. Schlepped the remnant half bottle back to London from Edinburgh and it’s absolute mush now. No surprise there really.

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Vin de Plume @vindeplume.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Saffer Syrah - punchy, spicy and obviously alcoholic at 14% - the booze pronounced on the nose and at the back of the throat 😕 - however stood up well to an aged, very juicy bacon, cheeseburger at Magnum in Edinburgh. A really lovely, historic resto off the main crazy drag of the Fringe.

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She got the look. And the patterned ting and ting. Love it!

Lol. Far too funny Mr Cowboy! 🤠

A ‘Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds’ Grenache Blanc from the mighty Ridge. If you can get hold of a bottle of this in UK, enjoy but maybe in a few years time when #BinHead can more so control space/time. Super youthful but bit of a big old banger. Mensch. Stand aside Slow Cooked Spiced Duck Legs! 🦆

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