Katrina

Huge thanks to Nicolas @Eurostar for such great service on train 9902. A lovely way to start our holiday 😃🇫🇷🍷

@leilaonwine Congrats Leila! 👏👏👏

@leilaonwine Rest well Leila and take care of yourself xx

“European Commission data for the year to June shows that wine consumption has fallen 7% in Italy, 10% in Spain, 15% in France, 22% in Germany and 34% in Portugal, while wine production across the bloc - the world's biggest wine-making area - rose 4%.” And US ⬇️ by 9%! 🚨🚨🚨

Excellent piece written by @AnnaSpooner all about MW study in @FT Wishing you all the best for 15th Sept xxx ft.com/content/bad753…

3 weeks ago a female thief walked in to Brackenbury Wine Rooms and stole Eva’s phone, which cost her £1300. She tried again 10 days ago. And tonight. I chased her down the street but she was picked up by her handlers in a family car MA64AUU. If you see it please post.

Wine GB forum today 😂

@j_merrylees @BalfourWinery @Brenman_Scott has created some wonderful vinescapes for me. Drop him a line 🥂

@dnkrbywine Just on the thread of potential upcoming questions 😵‍💫

@dnkrbywine Or maybe “What makes a great winemaker?” This would encompass quality of product, philosophies, integrity and skill set I.e. being able to problem solve/overcome issues.

P5 - Q1; What is a winemaker?

@jamiegoode @AnnaSpooner St John!

@AnnaSpooner Bala Baya is fun

Restaurant recommendations for tired post-exam MW students in London in a couple of weeks?! Looking for something to look forward to! #restaurant #london

@RaimesSparkling Can’t wait to visit next week! 🎉🥂🌞

Soak up the sun on our terrace or relax in the cool barn, enjoy a bottle of your favourite Raimes fizz and beautiful vineyard views. A pretty perfect afternoon. We have moved to our new barn located in Hinton Ampner. Open every Thursday, Friday and Sat… instagr.am/p/CsW0GuTNdvc/

@dnkrbywine @AnnaSpooner I think so. I was trying to find something on Casella, but nothing online about having their own glass production. Although did find out that they bottle 36k bottles of wine an hour 😳

@kat_km @AnnaSpooner You’d probably think they’re one of the only producers big enough to warrant their own production?

Anyone?

@dnkrbywine @AnnaSpooner You’re right Anna, Gallo Glass is part of E & J Gallo Winery 🥂

@dnkrbywine @AnnaSpooner Probably not 😂 am having a look to see what else I can find. FWIW, I understand that creating an initial glass mould is incredibly expensive, and then the cost of production, staffing and running a factory (energy prices/set up costs) would be huge.

@AleEsteves7 Best of luck Alessandra, you’ve worked very hard and deserve every success! Go for it! 🙌

With just a little over a month until the Master of Wine exam, I will disconnect from social media so I can fully focus and concentrate. This year, I'm only sitting for the Practical portion, which involves blind tasting 36 wines. To my fellow MW candidates: BE BRAVE!

“Condense, simplify and speak as briefly as possible. Have the courage to speak in grade-school language” Carmine Gallo on the benefits of brevity

@jamiegoode Excellent, thank you for clarifying. Makes sense!

@kat_km wine fermented to dryness and then blended with grape juice concentrate to the required sweetness level. Would be impossible to do anything else at scale.

Looking at winemaking methods and struggling to find technical sheets for bulk entry level styles I.E. yellow tail that has 7g/l RS. Is the wine sweetened after blending to achieve final RS, or are wines with different RS levels blended to achieve final style? Help 😵‍💫 #mwstudy