Dariusz Galasiński

@dgalasinski.bsky.social

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Immigrant. Professor (Uni Wroclaw), linguist. Research on masculinity, suicide, illness, and communication about wine. Here often comments on wine and wine communication.
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Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · Sep 7

Another text of mine on things wine. This time about the idea that wine represents a culture or a 'sense of place'. I am very sceptical.

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Dariusz Galasiński: ‘Is wine a message that extends beyond its agricultural site?’ - Decanter

Dariusz Galasiński is a linguist and professor, and has been a wine lover since 1989. Here, he explores the cultural significance of wine.

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Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a good question. And yes there’s a sh*tload of really bad wine to make it really difficult for the good wine to succeed.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 2d

Tasted a skin-contact riesling from Winnica Silesian in Lower Silesia. A new wine from them, it didn’t have a label yet. It was very very good. With theese kinds of wines Polish wine has a good future.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 2d

That was surprisingly good, possibly even very good. A clean and interesting wine. And the price makes it very accessible @simonjwoolf.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Dariusz Galasiński, Carmen M. Mangion

James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 4d

If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

The cover of Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918 (Bloomsbury Academic)

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 5d

From Here to Humility

Guest post by @bitesizetherapy.bsky.social on the foundational importance of humility in psychotherapy

At every stage, a clinician must be willing to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers

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From Here to Humility

At every stage, a clinician must be willing to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers

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Reposted by Michael McFaul, Dariusz Galasiński

Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 6d

If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.

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Angela Lloyd @angelalloyd.bsky.social · 6d

South African wine in the 1970s was highly regulated, quantity was valued more than quality. Red Tape is the story of Tim Hamilton Russell who wanted to produce world class wines, but vines were illegal where he wanted to plant.
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As things were then

The South African wine industry was nothing if not arcane in the 1970s; to some degree it still is, but nowhere near that impenetrable era. In her book, Red Tape, Bridgid Hamilton Russell tells the…

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Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 7d

It would seen plainly obvious to me.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 8d

For me it's crucial. Wine is not an intellectual puzzle, it's not a topic for a paper. It must be a source of pleasure and that's its primary and main function. I accept of course that not all wines I like, but I don't want to drink wines I intensely dislike.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 8d

I suspect my supplier likes the wine. But I think wine shops should sell what their customers like not what the owners do. Unless, of course, you don't mind narrowing customer base. I like the man, he knows wine. But his preferences get better of him. It's 3rd wine I throw away this year.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 8d

I trust my independent seller. I know his biases and he knows mine, they mutually exclusive. I won't throw away wine bc he really really likes naturals. We're up for a difficult conversation. I've been a very good customer more about 4 years but my loyalty is limited by my preferences.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 8d

My bad luck with wine continues. My supplier promised ' a beautiful low intervention' Burgundy, reasonably priced. Alas, aromas of sauerkraut gone bad are not in my spectrum of expectations of pinot noir. It's gone down the sink.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 8d

So was I. But any attempt to make it into something else failed.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

Agreed.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

A bit too expensive to be mousy.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

Second wine in a week or so with a whiff of mousiness. First wine went down the sink.the other is a bit too expensive to do.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly!!

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

The longest wine list I got had a few thousand wines. In consequence instead of choosing something new to explore I chose what I already knew as going through the list would have taken waaaay too long. I aleays prefer a well chosen 30 bottles to a few thousand of everything.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

Fantastic Portuguese wine. Portugal has breathtaking wines. I appreciate that restaurants must have other wines to offer. But they should actively promote tjeir wines in tasting menus. Burgundy will manage without them. Douro might not.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 9d

I wouldn’t complain and no, not all wines need to be on all lists. In Sept I complained in a starred restaurant in Porto that the pairing was a German riesling and a burgundy.

Reposted by Dariusz Galasiński

American Association of Wine Economists AAWE @wineecon.bsky.social · 11d

Grape varieties in the Côte d'Or, Burgundy (France) in 1957: Pinot Noir accounted for 33%, followed by hybrids (21%) and Gamay (17%). Chardonnay accounted for only 13% of the vineyard area.

Reposted by Dariusz Galasiński

wineworldnews.bsky.social @wineworldnews.bsky.social · 14d

How Old Wineries Are Courting Young Drinkers tinyurl.com/4wkh96j9 via @wineenthusiast.bsky.social #winelabel #wine #wineworldnews @wineworldnews.bsky.social

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 14d

He’s becoming a Polish winemaking star. I have had two of his wines, pinot blanc and blaufränkisch and I thought they were very good.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 14d

Just did proofs of an article in which I discuss ethnography of sommelier work.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 16d

Taste. It burns. Nothing major but at this price it shouldn’t happen.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 16d

Lovely wine, perhaps even very good. But its alcohol (14.5) stands out wrecking the balance. Shame.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 18d

As a wine lover I agree, as a researcher interested in wine narratives, I am actually very interested. wine exceptionalism is common and often counteruseful. Including calling every little talk about wine a masteclass. Wine masters will soon outnumber masterclass participants at least in PL.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 19d

It’s not about seriousness at all. It’s about dominant narratives of wine. There’s a case for wine exceptionalism narrative. But it mast have some relationship with reality.

Dariusz Galasiński @dgalasinski.bsky.social · 19d

It’s actually quite common. But yes, as I was driving I was listening to a man professing that only wine can be evoking. Utter nonsense.

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