David Round MW
@davidroundmw.bsky.social
Head of Taxonomy at wine start-up Pour Now. Director of events business Big Fish Little Fish. London-based.
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David Round MW
@davidroundmw.bsky.social
· Aug 14
My Concise Guide To Food And Drink Matching: drink what you like and eat what you like, when you like. If you like.
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The most trusted news source in the US is The Weather Channel. The second most trusted is the BBC.
The US is just going to destroy everything that is good in the world. I hope the BBC shows a bit more backbone in the face of dictatorial extortion and censorship than US media has managed so far.
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The US is just going to destroy everything that is good in the world. I hope the BBC shows a bit more backbone in the face of dictatorial extortion and censorship than US media has managed so far.
It’s brilliantly ironic that the right wing Conservative BBC director-general Tim Davie is resigning over perceived anti-Trump bias at the BBC. Maybe we’ll get less gushing wall-to-wall coverage of Nigel Farage, Elon Musk et al from now on?
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s brilliantly ironic that the right wing Conservative BBC director-general Tim Davie is resigning over perceived anti-Trump bias at the BBC. Maybe we’ll get less gushing wall-to-wall coverage of Nigel Farage, Elon Musk et al from now on?
A parable for our times.
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A parable for our times.
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
“Friends traced Watson’s smartest-guy-in-the-room attitude, and his disdain for experts, to 1953…He saw his double-helix discovery as proof that outsiders, unburdened by establishment thinking, could see and achieve what insiders couldn’t.”
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
Nice wine story on the BBC News home page.
'Every London borough is represented in this wine' www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Every London borough is represented in this wine' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Community winemaking uses grapes from every London borough
The Urban Wine Company has been bringing together grapes grown in gardens and allotments since 2009.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Nice wine story on the BBC News home page.
'Every London borough is represented in this wine' www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Every London borough is represented in this wine' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gah! Spent the whole day avoiding spoilers for Celebrity Traitors because I couldn’t watch it until this evening and then caught a newspaper headline in Sainsbury’s.
Not my usual thing but this was brilliant television.
Not my usual thing but this was brilliant television.
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gah! Spent the whole day avoiding spoilers for Celebrity Traitors because I couldn’t watch it until this evening and then caught a newspaper headline in Sainsbury’s.
Not my usual thing but this was brilliant television.
Not my usual thing but this was brilliant television.
And the winner is…
Sandwich Guy Beats the Wrap!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
And the winner is…
Happy as a pig in...
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Happy as a pig in...
I’m sure they will find a buyer for such an important, trailblazing estate, but this is so sad for the family who created it back in the 90s.
Ridgeview Estate Winery, one of England’s most prestigious sparkling wine producers, has entered administration but will continue trading while a sale is completed, according to administrators FRP Advisory.
‘Business as usual’ for Ridgeview as English sparkling wine producer enters administration
Ridgeview Estate Winery, one of England’s most prestigious sparkling wine producers, has entered administration but will continue trading while a sale is completed, according to administrators FRP Adv...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m sure they will find a buyer for such an important, trailblazing estate, but this is so sad for the family who created it back in the 90s.
"In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light”
Well done Zohran Mamdani.
Well done Zohran Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"In this moment of political darkness, New York will be the light”
Well done Zohran Mamdani.
Well done Zohran Mamdani.
Unfortunate timing but I hope it’s a success for them. They really need this.
Berry Bros. & Rudd has unveiled its long-awaited US debut, opening a flagship Washington DC store, a dedicated US website and a private client service.
Berry Bros. & Rudd crosses the Atlantic with US launch
Berry Bros. & Rudd has unveiled its long-awaited US debut, opening a flagship Washington DC store, a dedicated US website and a private client service. The move, its second major international expansi...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Unfortunate timing but I hope it’s a success for them. They really need this.
It really doesn’t matter how much money Musk loses on Twitter as long as he still has enough useful idiots to keep posting on there to give him influence. And the useful idiots include the entire machinery of the UK government and a load of wine people who I unfollowed on here last night.
He never got over how Tony Stark made him look pathetic in Iron Man 2.
I still don't understand how Twitter stays around as I have to assume it's losing as much money as AI.
I still don't understand how Twitter stays around as I have to assume it's losing as much money as AI.
November 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It really doesn’t matter how much money Musk loses on Twitter as long as he still has enough useful idiots to keep posting on there to give him influence. And the useful idiots include the entire machinery of the UK government and a load of wine people who I unfollowed on here last night.
Anyone still posting on Twitter is directly supporting this pustule on the backside of humanity and should be shunned by decent people. I’m going to unfollow them on BlueSky.
Americans: time to deal with your own steaming pile of trash because the rest of us are sick of the stench.
Americans: time to deal with your own steaming pile of trash because the rest of us are sick of the stench.
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 2, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Anyone still posting on Twitter is directly supporting this pustule on the backside of humanity and should be shunned by decent people. I’m going to unfollow them on BlueSky.
Americans: time to deal with your own steaming pile of trash because the rest of us are sick of the stench.
Americans: time to deal with your own steaming pile of trash because the rest of us are sick of the stench.
The racist right’s flagging movement
Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.
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manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The racist right’s flagging movement
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October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Oof
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Oof
Authenticity, TikTok, child-like labels, sustainability and selling it really cheap, apparently.
All completely coherent.
Via @janetrad.bsky.social
How Old Wineries Are Courting Young Drinkers
www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/indu...
All completely coherent.
Via @janetrad.bsky.social
How Old Wineries Are Courting Young Drinkers
www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/indu...
www.wineenthusiast.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Authenticity, TikTok, child-like labels, sustainability and selling it really cheap, apparently.
All completely coherent.
Via @janetrad.bsky.social
How Old Wineries Are Courting Young Drinkers
www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/indu...
All completely coherent.
Via @janetrad.bsky.social
How Old Wineries Are Courting Young Drinkers
www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/indu...
It’s been another terrible weekend of football (from my point of view). Maybe Lando Norris can salvage something…
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It’s been another terrible weekend of football (from my point of view). Maybe Lando Norris can salvage something…
«Je ne le connais pas, a déclaré le photographe. Je ne sais pas s’il est français. Peut-être est-il un touriste ? Peut-être est-il anglais.»
Braquage du Louvre : le mystère de l’enquêteur-dandy, ou l’histoire fausse d’une vraie photo
Braquage du Louvre : le mystère de l’enquêteur-dandy, ou l’histoire fausse d’une vraie photo
Le cliché d’un homme habillé chiquement aux côtés de policiers sur les lieux du crime a affolé les réseaux sociaux outre-Atlantique, note le «New York Times». Au point que le photographe a dû prouver qu’il s’agissait d’un vrai.
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October 26, 2025 at 8:37 AM
«Je ne le connais pas, a déclaré le photographe. Je ne sais pas s’il est français. Peut-être est-il un touriste ? Peut-être est-il anglais.»
After seeing me admire this glass, the lovely @hannahsaunders101.bsky.social contacted The Nightjar to find their supplier and bought 6 of them for me. I’m a very lucky boy!
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
After seeing me admire this glass, the lovely @hannahsaunders101.bsky.social contacted The Nightjar to find their supplier and bought 6 of them for me. I’m a very lucky boy!
An absolute classic.
My most popular cartoon by a long chalk is also oddly niche, in that it mostly appeals to a generation who remember the song it refers to and enjoy the nostalgia for their youth. I can draw one for you if you like.
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
October 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
An absolute classic.
I think this captures it pretty well.
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I think this captures it pretty well.