I can’t slap my head hard enough without potential serious injury.🤯 It’s something new and vile everyday. I hope someone is keeping track, because it’s fucking exhausting.

This map is completely wrong. Where do they get this stuff?

I’m wondering if the sierrawineguy and grapylyle have ever met. Their writing style is very similar.

A moral stand because he didn’t think of the grift first.

Mitch McConnel is likely in a state of rigor tortoise. Not my line, but I’ll steal it anyway.

My nephew’s first releases as winemaker at Beaux Frères are being well received.

A few ruts are preferable to a giant pothole in the sunken depths of their souls. These people are nauseating.

We have no need for this in Geneva. We already have excellent burger joints here using excellent Swiss beef and they don’t come with Bible-thumping preachiness and tax-avoiding owners.

The dude can’t help himself. He lives in a fantasy world where lies are the currency of the realm. When will this monster be held to account?

Very happy with last night’s wines.

On my way.

I’ve tasted every one of these wines, some like Jayer and Leroy in several iterations, and some in verticals, but there is one that has escaped me. Can you guess which?

For those who don’t know Paolo Basso, he was the winner of world’s best somm in 2013. As you might expect his own wines based on Merlot from Ticino, his home, are perfectly rendered. Savory Merlot to get the juices flowing is just what this boy needs tonight.

No wonder Swiss winemakers are pissed.

Wine Industry Professionals: such a tiny nebula in the Bluesky galaxy.

Tell me what you really think, Ollie.

My dog just ate half a ripe Vacherin Mont d’Or. This is the most brazen of her several food thefts. I’m not looking forward to the potential consequences. Does she look guilty to you?

You’re more likely to find reductively made chasselas from outside Switzerland. Here’s an example.

What?

Great natural wine spot in Stockholm.

At the venerable Tygge & Sessil in Stockholm enjoying a glass of Krasna Hora Pinot Noir from Moravia.

Five years ago a “thought leader” in the wine trade predicted fake meat would be ubiquitous today. Here’s the 5 year chart of the segment leader, Beyond Meat.

Stockholm: 16:30.

I'm always delighted to find an excellent gamaret. They are not always to my liking. artisanswiss.com/2020/03/22/s...

Thanksgiving apéro. Delish.

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Inside the Palais Fédérale they are anxiously awaiting the USSC ruling on Trump’s tariffs. Helga the boxer could care less.

Works for canned wine too.

Fait accompli. Long awaited, hard earned. A delightful day.