Henry Jeffreys
@henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
Writing on drink & culture. Author of 'Vines in a Cold Climate' - Fortnum & Mason Drink Book of the Year 2024 & James Beard/ Andre Simon nominated & Intoxicating History podcast with Tom Parker Bowles https://linktr.ee/intoxicatinghistorypod
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Another Gin and Tonic please for each of the Tims.
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
I wrote about declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Tweed and cords are decline in favour of James May shirts, band T-shirts and the dreaded gilet. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/keep-the-r...
Keep the Red Trousers Flying
On declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Plus a new episode of Intoxicating History.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Another Gin and Tonic please for each of the Tims.
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
A Jägerbomb for Harry and a jug full of Pimms.
Then next slip up to Twickers where the totty will swoon
And our lower limbs all slathered in a sea of maroon
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The first time I encountered le style anglais was in the 1990s when working for a Warrington gas cooker manufacturer…
We were taken over by an Italian company and their design people, men in their 50’s, came to visit - all dressed in this way. I loved it!
We were taken over by an Italian company and their design people, men in their 50’s, came to visit - all dressed in this way. I loved it!
January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The first time I encountered le style anglais was in the 1990s when working for a Warrington gas cooker manufacturer…
We were taken over by an Italian company and their design people, men in their 50’s, came to visit - all dressed in this way. I loved it!
We were taken over by an Italian company and their design people, men in their 50’s, came to visit - all dressed in this way. I loved it!
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as anyone who knows me knows, I am a firm devotee of les pantalons rouges, and so I heartily endorse this message
I wrote about declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Tweed and cords are decline in favour of James May shirts, band T-shirts and the dreaded gilet. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/keep-the-r...
Keep the Red Trousers Flying
On declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Plus a new episode of Intoxicating History.
henryjeffreys.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:33 PM
as anyone who knows me knows, I am a firm devotee of les pantalons rouges, and so I heartily endorse this message
I wrote about declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Tweed and cords are decline in favour of James May shirts, band T-shirts and the dreaded gilet. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/keep-the-r...
Keep the Red Trousers Flying
On declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Plus a new episode of Intoxicating History.
henryjeffreys.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:50 AM
I wrote about declining sartorial standards in the wine trade. Tweed and cords are decline in favour of James May shirts, band T-shirts and the dreaded gilet. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/keep-the-r...
New episode of Intoxicating History looks at how cider went from the drink of lords to the drink of tramps. Features West Country legend James Crowden. podcasts.apple.com/bg/podcast/a...
An Apple a Day Kept Britain Going
Podcast Episode · Intoxicating History · 23/01/2026 · 54m
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January 27, 2026 at 9:39 AM
New episode of Intoxicating History looks at how cider went from the drink of lords to the drink of tramps. Features West Country legend James Crowden. podcasts.apple.com/bg/podcast/a...
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My friend Patrick Matthews and his wife is being evicted by the City of London from running their cafes favour of a chain called Daisy Green. Please take a look at this petition. c.org/r2TpwdP8Xr
Require the City of London to retain current cafe operators
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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January 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM
My friend Patrick Matthews and his wife is being evicted by the City of London from running their cafes favour of a chain called Daisy Green. Please take a look at this petition. c.org/r2TpwdP8Xr
My friend Patrick Matthews and his wife is being evicted by the City of London from running their cafes favour of a chain called Daisy Green. Please take a look at this petition. c.org/r2TpwdP8Xr
Require the City of London to retain current cafe operators
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:18 PM
My friend Patrick Matthews and his wife is being evicted by the City of London from running their cafes favour of a chain called Daisy Green. Please take a look at this petition. c.org/r2TpwdP8Xr
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'Once you have mastered the basics of wine, knowing that sauvignon blanc smells of cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush or how to swirl your glass without spilling any on your shirt, you’re ready to move on to the next stage, correcting other people’s mistakes' by @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
How to be a wine pedant
"On a point of information, I must point out that, in the original novel, Frankenstein was not, as is commonly supposed, the monster, but rather the inventor of that monster."
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January 23, 2026 at 5:14 PM
'Once you have mastered the basics of wine, knowing that sauvignon blanc smells of cat’s pee on a gooseberry bush or how to swirl your glass without spilling any on your shirt, you’re ready to move on to the next stage, correcting other people’s mistakes' by @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social
How to be a wine pedant. Some top advice here for impressing your fellow wine bores. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be a wine pedant
"On a point of information, I must point out that, in the original novel, Frankenstein was not, as is commonly supposed, the monster, but rather the inventor of that monster."
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January 23, 2026 at 12:04 PM
How to be a wine pedant. Some top advice here for impressing your fellow wine bores. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
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Latest from the Propel archives - me on those darned perpendicular queues at the bar: www.philmellows.com/PhilMellows_...
January 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Latest from the Propel archives - me on those darned perpendicular queues at the bar: www.philmellows.com/PhilMellows_...
Free to read on my blog: the most controversial wine book.... ever! henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/wine-snobb...
Wine Snobbery revisited
A look at one of the most controversial wine books ever published, Andrew Barr’s ‘Wine Snobbery’. Plus a plug for new podcast episodes and the Faversham Literary Festival.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Free to read on my blog: the most controversial wine book.... ever! henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/wine-snobb...
Allan Massie pens his last review for the Scotsman. Really sad to hear that he's got cancer. As well as a critic, he's also a underrated novelist. A Question of Loyalties is one of the best postwar British novels IMO. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
The end of an era: Allan Massie reflects on 50 years as literary critic for The Scotsman
After 50 years and thousands of reviews, Allan Massie, The Scotsman’s chief literary critic, is calling time on a love affair with the paper that began in 1976. Now 87 and suffering from ‘wretched can...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Allan Massie pens his last review for the Scotsman. Really sad to hear that he's got cancer. As well as a critic, he's also a underrated novelist. A Question of Loyalties is one of the best postwar British novels IMO. www.scotsman.com/arts-and-cul...
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"Whatever else happens, we shall remain stupid." (Gustave Flaubert)
I ranked the best works of fiction by the arch-Flaubertian, and very far from stupid, Julian Barnes:
I ranked the best works of fiction by the arch-Flaubertian, and very far from stupid, Julian Barnes:
Sex, death and parrots: Julian Barnes’s best fiction – ranked!
As the Booker prize-winning author prepares to publish his final novel at 80, we assess his finest work
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January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
"Whatever else happens, we shall remain stupid." (Gustave Flaubert)
I ranked the best works of fiction by the arch-Flaubertian, and very far from stupid, Julian Barnes:
I ranked the best works of fiction by the arch-Flaubertian, and very far from stupid, Julian Barnes:
I wrote a thing on how wine got caught up in the 18th century culture war between Whigs and Tories. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/port-versu...
Port versus claret/ Whig versus Tory
The rage of the drinks party
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January 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I wrote a thing on how wine got caught up in the 18th century culture war between Whigs and Tories. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/port-versu...
latest post looks at a classic wine book Angels Visits by David Darlington from 1991. It's all about zinfandel. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-myster...
The mysteries of zinfandel
A review of a classic wine book Angels' Visits by David Darlington. Plus a new episode of ‘Intoxicating History’.
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January 13, 2026 at 1:06 PM
latest post looks at a classic wine book Angels Visits by David Darlington from 1991. It's all about zinfandel. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-myster...
There's a new series of Intoxicating History First episode looks at drinking in the White House from George Washington's Madeira to Nixon hoarding Chateau Margaux. open.spotify.com/episode/5oMP...
American Presidents: What they drank and why it mattered
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January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
There's a new series of Intoxicating History First episode looks at drinking in the White House from George Washington's Madeira to Nixon hoarding Chateau Margaux. open.spotify.com/episode/5oMP...
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FAVERSHAM! I am talking Tasting Notes and blowing minds with how music changes the flavour of beer (or rather, your perception of it) on 20th Feb with @favlit.org and @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social. Info and tickets here! Lots more events coming up. www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...
Pete Brown
Pete Brown started pairing his favourite beers and songs as a joke, then discovered that scientists at Oxford University were doing something very similar, and taking it really seriously! He talks...
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January 8, 2026 at 12:47 PM
FAVERSHAM! I am talking Tasting Notes and blowing minds with how music changes the flavour of beer (or rather, your perception of it) on 20th Feb with @favlit.org and @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social. Info and tickets here! Lots more events coming up. www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...
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'Not funny or clever: changing attitudes to drunk driving' | @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/not-funny-...
Not funny or clever: changing attitudes to drunk driving
"I assure you I'm not, officer, I've only had a few ales"
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January 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM
'Not funny or clever: changing attitudes to drunk driving' | @henrygjeffreys.bsky.social henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/not-funny-...
Another drinks investment firm goes under. If only there was some way of telling that these people weren't entirely kosher.
December 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Another drinks investment firm goes under. If only there was some way of telling that these people weren't entirely kosher.
How to get through Christmas Day while remaining reasonably sober henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to get through Christmas Day while remaining reasonably sober
"Rather than sit around finishing off the port, go for a bloody walk."
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December 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
How to get through Christmas Day while remaining reasonably sober henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
Might be a bit late for Christmas day but there's some great sparkling wine tips here for NYE. thecritic.co.uk/issues/decem...
Sparkling season | Henry Jeffreys | The Critic Magazine
Last month Jo Bartosch of this parish asked my advice for a good sparkling wine that wouldn’t break the bank.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Might be a bit late for Christmas day but there's some great sparkling wine tips here for NYE. thecritic.co.uk/issues/decem...
I wrote a thing about the compromises almost all wine writers have to make these days to commercial interests. We have to be our own editors, agents, advertising departments and somehow not have any conflicts of interest. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ea...
It isn't easy making a living from writing about wine
"I've done things that seemed unthinkable before the war."
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December 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I wrote a thing about the compromises almost all wine writers have to make these days to commercial interests. We have to be our own editors, agents, advertising departments and somehow not have any conflicts of interest. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/it-isnt-ea...
If you're looking to spend £30-40 on champagne this Christmas, I'd seriously recommend going English instead. All of the wines I've plugged here are from small producers and far better than any grand marque at the price. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/english-sp...
English sparkling wines from small producers
Basic Wednesday post with some good wines to buy for Christmas and New Year.
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December 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If you're looking to spend £30-40 on champagne this Christmas, I'd seriously recommend going English instead. All of the wines I've plugged here are from small producers and far better than any grand marque at the price. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/english-sp...
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This is all A1 advice. I shall only add Bonfiglioli's Hangover Cure: "A pint of bitter, on the flat side, which must be swallowed at one draught. If you can keep it down, you see, you feel wonderfully better; if you cannot keep it down, why, you also feel wonderfully better for the stomach-shampoo"
It's that time of the year so posting a guide to dealing with a crippling hangover at work. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-dea...
How to deal with a hangover at work
Party season is upon us so here’s a foolproof guide to dealing with work after a heavy night out.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is all A1 advice. I shall only add Bonfiglioli's Hangover Cure: "A pint of bitter, on the flat side, which must be swallowed at one draught. If you can keep it down, you see, you feel wonderfully better; if you cannot keep it down, why, you also feel wonderfully better for the stomach-shampoo"
It's that time of the year so posting a guide to dealing with a crippling hangover at work. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-dea...
How to deal with a hangover at work
Party season is upon us so here’s a foolproof guide to dealing with work after a heavy night out.
henryjeffreys.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It's that time of the year so posting a guide to dealing with a crippling hangover at work. henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/how-to-dea...