David Round MW
@davidroundmw.bsky.social
Head of Taxonomy at wine start-up Pour Now. Director of events business Big Fish Little Fish. London-based.
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David Round MW
@davidroundmw.bsky.social
· Aug 14
My Concise Guide To Food And Drink Matching: drink what you like and eat what you like, when you like. If you like.
I could manage that for a month, I’m afraid. But as a national average? For all adults? For their whole life? That’s impressive.
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I could manage that for a month, I’m afraid. But as a national average? For all adults? For their whole life? That’s impressive.
"This one captures bitterness, astringency and resentfulness"
"This one is so intense, it comes with a list of side effects"
Just getting some ideas for tasting notes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7H...
"This one is so intense, it comes with a list of side effects"
Just getting some ideas for tasting notes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7H...
Cadbury's Bournville advert | Talking Retail
YouTube video by Talking Retail
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"This one captures bitterness, astringency and resentfulness"
"This one is so intense, it comes with a list of side effects"
Just getting some ideas for tasting notes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7H...
"This one is so intense, it comes with a list of side effects"
Just getting some ideas for tasting notes...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z7H...
Cue a new raft of sociopathic think pieces explaining why this is a good thing for the wine trade.
France releases another 130 million euros for compensation to (definitively) pull up the vines, and encourages Europe to offer more subsidies for distillation.
"La France a répondu à la détresse des vignerons"… Les premières réactions au plan de "sortie de crise" l’Etat basé sur 130 millions d’euros pour l’arrachage
➡️ https://l.lindependant.fr/YgH
➡️ https://l.lindependant.fr/YgH
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Cue a new raft of sociopathic think pieces explaining why this is a good thing for the wine trade.
This is a negotiation with Ukraine and Europe on one side and Russia and the US on the other. I hope Europe and the UK can adapt to the new reality of the US becoming a direct threat to European security.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This is a negotiation with Ukraine and Europe on one side and Russia and the US on the other. I hope Europe and the UK can adapt to the new reality of the US becoming a direct threat to European security.
The downside of my children beginning to share my love of Formula 1 is that all three of us are up at 4am to watch the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The zeal of the converted.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The downside of my children beginning to share my love of Formula 1 is that all three of us are up at 4am to watch the Las Vegas Grand Prix. The zeal of the converted.
Currently cooking and playing Take That at immoderate volume.
I think my teenage children are upstairs weighing up their options: an intervention or staying at grandma’s until this all blows over.
I think my teenage children are upstairs weighing up their options: an intervention or staying at grandma’s until this all blows over.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Currently cooking and playing Take That at immoderate volume.
I think my teenage children are upstairs weighing up their options: an intervention or staying at grandma’s until this all blows over.
I think my teenage children are upstairs weighing up their options: an intervention or staying at grandma’s until this all blows over.
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Got told earlier today that as of next week, I'm losing a regular gig I've had for almost nine years. Gutted. Going to have to start sending the cats up chimneys. Seriously though, if anyone needs anything writing or my media-savvy chops in any way, hit me up.
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Got told earlier today that as of next week, I'm losing a regular gig I've had for almost nine years. Gutted. Going to have to start sending the cats up chimneys. Seriously though, if anyone needs anything writing or my media-savvy chops in any way, hit me up.
I wonder if Reform voters will ever work out that they are backing the traitors and spies who conspire with Russia (and now the US) against the interests of the people of the UK.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I wonder if Reform voters will ever work out that they are backing the traitors and spies who conspire with Russia (and now the US) against the interests of the people of the UK.
Off to bed before play starts and I’ll catch up on the final hour or so at breakfast. Ashes series in Australia are such a pain to follow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Off to bed before play starts and I’ll catch up on the final hour or so at breakfast. Ashes series in Australia are such a pain to follow.
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It’s always fun putting this list together...even if it always takes longer than I expect. No bullshit, no marketing spin, just the wines we think delivered the goods this year. It’s free to read and has something for everyone… jebdunnuck.com/2025/11/top-...
Top 100 Wines of 2025 - JebDunnuck.com
Dear Subscribers, We’re thrilled to share the Top 100 Wines of 2025, a collection of the most exciting, memorable, and impressive wines we tasted this year! As always, the list reflects a mix of quali...
jebdunnuck.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It’s always fun putting this list together...even if it always takes longer than I expect. No bullshit, no marketing spin, just the wines we think delivered the goods this year. It’s free to read and has something for everyone… jebdunnuck.com/2025/11/top-...
I was looking for ideas for writing a job advert and came across this, which looks like a great opportunity for someone wanting to get a leg-up in the wine industry in London. Good pay and benefits. Great wines. (NB: I have no connection with Noble Rot) jobs.wsetglobal.com/jobs/4597117...
Bartender (Trainee Sommelier) Job at Noble Rot Wine Bar & Restaurant in London, United Kingdom
Apply for NOBLE ROT WINE BAR & RESTAURANT Bartender (Trainee Sommelier) Job in London, United Kingdom with Salary: £44,000 to £46,000
jobs.wsetglobal.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I was looking for ideas for writing a job advert and came across this, which looks like a great opportunity for someone wanting to get a leg-up in the wine industry in London. Good pay and benefits. Great wines. (NB: I have no connection with Noble Rot) jobs.wsetglobal.com/jobs/4597117...
What perfect album came out when you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
What perfect album came out when you turned 16?
Yes, a test of patriotism but also a test of capacity for critical thinking. People who shun BBC News usually get all of their news from much more unreliable sources like GB News, X, YouTube, The Canary or Novara Media. Sources that just reflect back their own biases.
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Yes, a test of patriotism but also a test of capacity for critical thinking. People who shun BBC News usually get all of their news from much more unreliable sources like GB News, X, YouTube, The Canary or Novara Media. Sources that just reflect back their own biases.
"A democratic society cannot function without a broadly accepted body of facts. The US no longer has that: there are red-state facts and blue-state facts; Fox News facts and MSNBC facts. The Watergate scandal...would barely make a dent in today’s US...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump can get away with saying what he likes about the BBC. But Epstein? That’s his one vulnerability | Jonathan Freedland
In attacking a vital broadcaster, the US president is once again holding others to standards he flouts. But the Maga faithful might not let his links to the disgraced financier go, says Guardian colum...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"A democratic society cannot function without a broadly accepted body of facts. The US no longer has that: there are red-state facts and blue-state facts; Fox News facts and MSNBC facts. The Watergate scandal...would barely make a dent in today’s US...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Himmler had something similar.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Hitler DNA analysis reveals he had hidden disorder affecting sex organs
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Himmler had something similar.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
This is a being run by Majestic-owned Vagabond Wines.
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
The biggest urban winery in Britain is opening in southeast London
The huge space will be spread over 6,000 square feet.
www.timeout.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is a being run by Majestic-owned Vagabond Wines.
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
Yes, why not just abandon the news to the Telegraph, Times, Mail and GB News?
This is the sort of nonsensical take that extreme privilege delivers.
This is the sort of nonsensical take that extreme privilege delivers.
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Yes, why not just abandon the news to the Telegraph, Times, Mail and GB News?
This is the sort of nonsensical take that extreme privilege delivers.
This is the sort of nonsensical take that extreme privilege delivers.
I just don't get the appeal of Linkedin. The wine bit seems to have taken over from Tw*tter by being equal parts tedium and toxicity. It's 50% people hoping to catch the eye with their grand plan for wine's recovery and 50% people being snarky about them. This post is encapsulates both parts.
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I just don't get the appeal of Linkedin. The wine bit seems to have taken over from Tw*tter by being equal parts tedium and toxicity. It's 50% people hoping to catch the eye with their grand plan for wine's recovery and 50% people being snarky about them. This post is encapsulates both parts.
The BBC’s front page right now. Looks like they are not trying to be conciliatory.
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The BBC’s front page right now. Looks like they are not trying to be conciliatory.
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
The US is just going to destroy everything that is good in the world. I hope the BBC shows a bit more backbone in the face of dictatorial extortion and censorship than US media has managed so far.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The US is just going to destroy everything that is good in the world. I hope the BBC shows a bit more backbone in the face of dictatorial extortion and censorship than US media has managed so far.
It’s brilliantly ironic that the right wing Conservative BBC director-general Tim Davie is resigning over perceived anti-Trump bias at the BBC. Maybe we’ll get less gushing wall-to-wall coverage of Nigel Farage, Elon Musk et al from now on?
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s brilliantly ironic that the right wing Conservative BBC director-general Tim Davie is resigning over perceived anti-Trump bias at the BBC. Maybe we’ll get less gushing wall-to-wall coverage of Nigel Farage, Elon Musk et al from now on?
A parable for our times.
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A parable for our times.
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...