Blogging about wine at winetext.net (formerly at fromblackpooltobasel.blogspo…); translating for a living.
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Simon Jones retweeted
13 Aug 2019
One of these drinks is the UK’s favourite alcoholic drink and is in more of our fridges than butter. But it’s seen tax on it rise twice as fast as the other since 2010.
Stand with Hilda Ogden and #cutbackwinetax
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10 Jul 2019
Looking across the fields to our new home in the beautiful county of Suffolk. instagram.com/p/Bzvjj1snSDA/…
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4 Jun 2019
Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup.
#cwc19 #afgvsl @ Sophia Gardens instagram.com/p/BySMhLVHQEt/…
23 Mar 2019
Friends' reunion, football, beer. #sechzig @ Städtisches Stadion an der Grünwalder Straße instagram.com/winetext/p/BvW…
15 Mar 2019
Last weekend of revision (before my WSET Level 3 exam) starts here. Rutherglen Muscats anyone?
#wsetlevel3
#wine
#winetext @ Bath, Somerset instagram.com/winetext/p/BvC…
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19 Dec 2018
Oliver Zeter, Sauvignon Blanc Fumé 2016. winetext.net/2018/12/19/fume… Latest blog post.
14 Aug 2018
Hoof! Bath City 3 Gloucester City 0 #onetouchfootball #bathcity @ Twerton Park instagram.com/p/BmeUTjjBXnp/…
16 Jul 2018
"E Stange, bitte..." #restauranteintracht #basel #feldschlösschen #whistlestopvisit #offtotheairportnext @ Restaurant Eintracht instagram.com/p/BlSmp3eBbPu/…
26 Jun 2018
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Simon Jones retweeted
2 Jun 2018
I have a cartoon in the current issue of @PrivateEyeNews. Please do buy a copy.
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Simon Jones retweeted
24 May 2018
God I love German AGMs.
Shareholder: Mr Achleitner, all you want is for people to lose their minds.
Achleitner — do you support the notion or not?
Shareholder — stop interrupting me, I would’ve been done long ago! Shall I switch to Bavarian or Austrian so you can understand me?
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