
Co-founder of @TheBuyer11 https://xitter.cf/t.co/rsXYD1Qatb for on-trade & drinks industry decision makers. Loves LFC & Laurel & Hardy https://xitter.cf/t.co/LIfugDZroG
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Norway’s @NikolaiSvorte has been crowned #ASIBestSommelieroftheWorld. @mrvinosaurus was there for @TheBuyer11 to take in the whole experience. He talks to the 29-year-old winner as well as the UK’s entrant, Maria Boumpa, who came 8th in the semi-finals the-buyer.net/people/sommeli…
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Levantarse a las cuatro de la mañana.
Salir de casa siendo de noche.
Llegar al mismo autobús de siempre y sentarte en el mismo sitio.
Charlar del viaje a Austria con los que fueron y los que no.
Mirar como amanece desde el autobús ya de camino a Londres.
Parar en una estación de servicio y ver a los del Ipswich de camino al norte yendo a Manchester mientras nosotros vamos al sur y empatizar plenamente con su día.
Acercarte a Londres mientras las carreteras se amplían y el tráfico aumenta. Comerte un sándwich y poco más.
Llegar al estadio y ver a policías y stewards ya preparados antes del partido.
Buscar el mismo pub al que has ido las últimas dos-tres temporadas y saber en qué barra te sirven más rápido por pura experiencia.
Ver las alineaciones en el móvil 75 minutos antes del partido y alegrarte porque vuelven Isak y Szoboszlai cuando casi nadie lo esperaba.
Apurar lo máximo posible antes de dirigirte al estadio.
Entrar e ir directo hacia la grada.
Y, ahí, ahí empieza la magia.
No existen los problemas del trabajo. Nadie percibe el pasado ni el futuro. Tan solo lo que vivimos en ese instante. La consciencia en su máximo exponente.
Te quita un penalti el VAR. Te vas al descanso 1-0 abajo pero con un jugador más.
Hay fé. Hay convicción. Hoy puede pasar algo bueno.
Y pasa. Remontas. Se desata la catarsis. La locura. El balón toca la red y se desencadena el estallido de ese córner del estadio donde solo hay alaridos, saltos, brazos en alto y un sinsentido que, a la vez, dota a todo el resto de sentido.
El madrugón, los kilómetros en el autobús, la estación de servicio, el sándwich y las horas de trabajo que has necesitado para pagar todo esto.
El partido sigue. El partido se acaba. El partido se gana.
Hay alivio. Hay alegría. Y hay coherencia. Hoy la moneda ha salido cara.
Volvemos al autobús. Vuelve a aparecer la realidad. La distancia a casa. Y los problemas del pasado y el presente.
Cinco horas de autobús para arriba. Te vuelves a encontrar a los del Ipswich en la misma estación de servicio (que han perdido 3-2 en Manchester). Y vuelves a empatizar con ellos.
Llegas a Anfield. La calle está en obras. Tienes que coger el autobús tras veinte minutos de camino para llegar a casa.
Qué poco importa. Hoy todo ha valido la pena. Hoy todo cae bien. Hoy todo funciona.
No cambiaría estas experiencias por nada en el mundo.
Volvemos en dos semanas. Entonces tendremos Estambul y Londres en siete días. Una locura y la vez una maravilla.
It’s a way of life.
Brentford. Away.
#AwayDays
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I’m trying not to write about City. But some things need to be said. tonyevans92a.substack.com/p/…
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This stuff is in my mind way too much. This is a great conversation on the City Subject
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Good to see Graft Wine reporting a 20% lift in on-trade sales - down to a business model focused on small, low intervention winemakers and a list of esoteric wines mixed with classics. How they do it plus 14 wines that should be on your radar. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/g…
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Lance & Caroline Whitehead have followed the dream to start an English winery and spirits business from scratch at what has become the Calancombe Estate and Dartmouth Distillery in Devon. Here Lance shares the ups and downs of their story on The Buyer the-buyer.net/people/produce…
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Historic wine regions like Burgundy are having their regional typicity threatened by climate change – wrong rootstocks and traditional winemaking techniques compounding the problem. Terrific chat with Pedro Parra, the world’s leading terroir consultant. the-buyer.net/opinion/pedro-…
Here I share the key takeaways from the inaugural Coravin Symposium that was held last week that looked to give sommeliers the business and career advice they need that will hopefully become an annual fixture in any leading sommelier’s diary. the-buyer.net/insight/coravi…
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Bikram Gautam head sommelier at @smithwollensky in Kuala Lumpur passed his CMS Advanced exam this year & is now waiting to take the final Master Sommelier exam. He looks back on in a profession v removed from a small village in Nepal where he's from the-buyer.net/people/sommeli…
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Richard Siddle retweeted
The #OldVineRegistry has introduced the OV Seal to give producers the chance to promote on their label how old their vines are & help promote the importance and significance of old vines. @vinography explains what he hopes the new seal can achieve. the-buyer.net/insight/what-i…
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Anselmi vs Trimbach and Drouhin vs Fontanafredda were just two of the fascinating 'clashes of the classics' that took centre-stage at Enotria's latest portfolio tasting in London. Click the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/e…
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To celebrate its 20th vintage, Gusbourne, the English sparkling wine producer, held a masterclass that gave a fascinating insight into how two decades of vineyard and cellar experience led to the growth of English sparkling wine as a serious new category.
the-buyer.net/tasting/wine/g…
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A younger Jeffrey Archer would be much more successful in politics in a post-truth age
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Here @Helenfarnold met up with @Fortnums senior wine buyer Edwina Watson to find out how she’s gone about breathing new life into its wine category and developing its recently launched own label ranges & how it's using the power of the Fortnums brand.
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Here's the MoS story as it appears in the paper. And to be clear, it was a minority section of Man City's support who invoked Helen's death in their attacks against me. I rarely even referred to her illness before she died.
The human cost of reporting on Man City’s cheating for 15 years. It’s on the Mail website today and will be in the MoS paper tomorrow (Sunday) but they backed my reporting 100%. That reporting continues on my Substack. Google it for details. dailymail.com/sport/football…


































