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Libation Legacy🍸 @libation-legacy.bsky.social · 3d

A worthwhile watch, and it's available on Youtube (link in article).

Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 7d

Wrote a thing about the brilliant doc on from Chateau Chunder. Despite only being from 2012, it seems like it comes from another age. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/chateau-ch...

Chateau Chunder revisited

"It used to be double tequilas that could prise off the pants of sheilas but now they won't give it away, no way!, for less than a large chardonnay."

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 6d

I have just heard some really sad news that Peter Hall from Breaky Bottom, one of England's greatest winemakers, has just died. Wrote a little thing on the great man here: henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/a-tribute-...

A tribute to Peter Hall

A legend of English wine died on Wednesday at 82. I didn't know him well but loved the unique wines he made at Breaky Bottom in Sussex and was fortunate to meet him a few times.

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 7d

Ah well, sorry to disappoint.

Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 7d

Wrote a thing about the brilliant doc on from Chateau Chunder. Despite only being from 2012, it seems like it comes from another age. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/chateau-ch...

Chateau Chunder revisited

"It used to be double tequilas that could prise off the pants of sheilas but now they won't give it away, no way!, for less than a large chardonnay."

henryjeffreys.substack.com

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 7d

I am delighted to have been asked to write for Jancis Robinson's website. First up a review of a classic book on Zinfandel: Angels' Visits by David Darlington. www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/boo...

Book review – Angels' Visits

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Tom Nelthorpe @nelthorpe.bsky.social · 9d

Something not at all extremely depressing jmarriott.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...

The dawn of the post-literate society

And the end of civilisation

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 10d

I am watching it now!

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 10d

Upsetting the vibrant water sommelier community, K-Pop Demon Hunters and subscriber news. Plus some wine recommendations. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/sunday-dri...

Sunday Drinking: 28 September

Water sommeliers, K-Pop Demon Hunters and subscriber news. Plus some wine recommendations.

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 10d

Drinking port, fox hunting, voting Conservative.

The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 15d

What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?

Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 12d

There's no such thing as leftover wine, at least not for British drinkers. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/coravin-sc...

Coravin sceptic

Is the world's cleverest wine gadget an answer to a problem that doesn't exist?

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 13d

Why less choice is better on a wine list. www.spectator.co.uk/article/hell...

Hell is a wine list

Wine lists give me the fear. I can still recall the prickle of adrenaline when my father handed me the leather-bound menu when I was in my early twenties because I had started working for a wine merch...

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 15d

I was in Tokay a couple of months ago!

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 15d

“at 6am we were bundled into a transit van along with a motley crew of Romanians, Syrian refugees and students, and put to work on the treacherous slate slopes picking Riesling on a cold, damp October morning. For six hours. I don't think I have ever worked so hard in my life.”

Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 16d

With death and scandals in Champagne and immigration raids in California, is there a global grape picking crisis? www.internationalwinechallenge.com/Canopy-Artic...

The great grape picking crisis

Henry Jeffreys explores how labour shortages, migration policies and mechanisation are reshaping the harvest.

www.internationalwinechallenge.com

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you for sharing!

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Anya Spethmann @anyaspethmann.bsky.social · 15d

Worth reading on wine and labour availability.

Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 16d

With death and scandals in Champagne and immigration raids in California, is there a global grape picking crisis? www.internationalwinechallenge.com/Canopy-Artic...

The great grape picking crisis

Henry Jeffreys explores how labour shortages, migration policies and mechanisation are reshaping the harvest.

www.internationalwinechallenge.com

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 15d

Listening now thanks, that lady really has the podcast vocal fry voice, doesn't she?

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 16d

Londoners! I'm doing the Chelsea History Festival on Wednesday 24 September at 6pm. Please come! chelseaheritagequarter.co.uk/chf/how-booz...

How Booze Built Britain - Chelsea Heritage Quarter

Join award-winning drinks writer Henry Jeffreys for a spirited exploration of how alcohol has shaped, mirrored and even made history.

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Henry Jeffreys @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social · 16d

With death and scandals in Champagne and immigration raids in California, is there a global grape picking crisis? www.internationalwinechallenge.com/Canopy-Artic...

The great grape picking crisis

Henry Jeffreys explores how labour shortages, migration policies and mechanisation are reshaping the harvest.

www.internationalwinechallenge.com