'Bacchantian maiden, parching for wine'. Words @timesluxx @travelleisure @foodandwine, award-winning book The Wandering Vine, book on @michelin coming 2026

London & Burgundy
Joined September 2009
Very happy about this. 🌟 🌟 🌟 #Michelin #RoadToTheTable #VautLeVoyage
Une des meilleures tables, vaut le voyage ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The definitive cultural history of Michelin (the guide, the tire, the rarefied restaurant) coming from the brilliant @ninacaplan @BloomsburyPub @AevitasCreative!
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So @Wix is going to start charging me 10% more for AI I actively dislike and want no part of. No option to just opt out. Any recommendations for better platforms that won’t do this? @squarespace maybe?
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In case anyone wonders how this panned out: a meaningless logged complaint and a suggestion that the seller claim on insurance. Mistakes happen but the lying bugs me: they invented a safe place that doesn’t exist, and left a valuable parcel outside my front door.
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Well done @RoyalMail - agreed you’d delay my delivery as I requested, sent email confirmation , and instead have dumped it on my doorstep claiming that’s my nominated safe place - it is no such thing. Chaotic and dishonest.
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Raffles at The OWO is a hotel and 'gastronomic palace' in one of London's most historic buildings. @ninacaplan discovers a luxurious and eclectic range of wine and spirits to please fictional spies, legendary politicians and the ordinary drinks lover cluboenologique.com/story/ra…
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Featuring @penfolds and the inimitable Peter Gago, by me
ISSUE 17 OUT NOW celebrating #whisky in its modern glory 🥃 📍The Scotch Whisky Report 2024 📍Kentucky travel, rye whisky & an intro to the indie bottling scene 📍Penfolds, Walla Walla & Beaujolais for the cellar 📍Plus: Champagne, Martinis & caviar 🎉 ➡️ cluboenologique.com/shop/iss…
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I’m actually going to start specifying to companies that if they use @UPS_UK I won’t buy from them. The service is just so bad…
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If anyone who follows me here is on Bluesky, I’m now dabbling there…
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Booking my stepdaughter a regional train, reminded once again that in France everyone under 26 is automatically half price… #NationalisedRailways @SNCFConnect
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[PRESS 🗞️] Really proud of being part of this @ninacaplan story. “It was his ancestor Josep Raventós Fatjó who, in 1872, after a trip to Champagne, decided to create a sparkling wine". issuu.com/illustratedlondonn… July @Sphere_Life
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Many of the great Bordeaux châteaux now have luxury experiences that match the quality of their wine. @ninacaplan visits eight esteemed properties that double as hotels and offer something unique to overnight guests cluboenologique.com/story/be…
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