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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 3d

Razor sharp

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Alder Yarrow @vinography.com · 3d

It's time to take Mexican wine more seriously. That's my verdict, anyway, after tasting nearly 70 examples recently. Here's are my thoughts. www.vinography.com/2... #winethreads

Taking a Closer Look at Mexican Wine

Some background on Mexican wines, their quality and value, plus my tasting notes and scores for nearly 70 different Mexican wines.

www.vinography.com

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 3d

Une eau-de-vie avec des raisins aux goûts de fumée, hommage à la terre brûlée des Corbières

La cave coopérative de Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse et l’Union des Distilleries de la Méditerranée donnent une seconde vie aux raisins touchés par les fumées du vaste incendie des Corbières de l’été...

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 5d

PN from Germany. Light with garrigue.

Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 6d

Aujourd’hui, on peut les compter sur les doigts d’une main", que reste-t-il des vins primeurs dans les Pyrénées-Orientales ?

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 7d

The French city where you can eat gourmet food for €1

In Marseille, France’s most diverse city, a new wave of restaurants is redefining fine dining by blending haute cuisine with community solidarity.

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 7d

I’m on a sherry diet

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Philk282 @philk282.bsky.social · 8d

Another fabulous Steve Schapiro photograph 📸

Françoise Hardy, Gardens of Milan, Italy. September 1966🎶🇫🇷

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 9d

Blanc du Casot 2022 only getting better

Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 13d

Look what the cat dragged in

Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 13d

Never had a wine from CVNE that wasn’t nice

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wineworldnews.bsky.social @wineworldnews.bsky.social · 14d

Michelin Guide Announces Wine Ratings - After Restaurants and Hotels, Now Also Wine tinyurl.com/umzkcs9d #wineguide #winelover #winelovers #wineworldnews

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 14d

a man in a striped shirt says i can 't unsee that .

ALT: a man in a striped shirt says i can 't unsee that .

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 14d

Thoughts and prayers

Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 14d

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Wit, mousserend, ecologisch? In Slovenië kun je niet om de wijn heen

De oudste wijnstok ter wereld, wijndomeinen waar je het rijk voor jezelf hebt; reis mee naar de gemoedelijke Podravje-regio in het noordoosten van Slovenië.

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 16d

More winning

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 16d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 16d

California’s Wine Industry Is in Crisis

Changing drinking habits, falling prices, tariffs and the weather are forcing winemakers to do the unthinkable: rip up the vines.

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Gourmand 🍷🥘 @gourmand.bsky.social · 18d

New restaurant l’Epicentre in Perpignan. Three courses €34,50 so I guess they aim for the Bib Gourmand. I forgot to photograph the main course, so this is two different starters (one is vegetarian) and a dessert.