Adam Lechmere
@adamlechmere.bsky.social
Wine journalist and publisher of The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide (Académie du Vin Library), contrib ed to Club Oenologique. London
I love these Flamingo editions: 2001 retro eds of 60s titles, so from here they're double retro. Rather appropriate for Ballard somehow... (found in @oxfamgb.bsky.social bookshop Herne Hill)
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I love these Flamingo editions: 2001 retro eds of 60s titles, so from here they're double retro. Rather appropriate for Ballard somehow... (found in @oxfamgb.bsky.social bookshop Herne Hill)
I'm reading After Midnight, the new Daphne du Maurier collection from Stephen King. What mastery of storytelling & effect. When I was growing up in the 70s, boys didn't read du Maurier, they read Alistair Maclean and Desmond Bagley. Probably a good thing as she'd have scared our socks off
October 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I'm reading After Midnight, the new Daphne du Maurier collection from Stephen King. What mastery of storytelling & effect. When I was growing up in the 70s, boys didn't read du Maurier, they read Alistair Maclean and Desmond Bagley. Probably a good thing as she'd have scared our socks off
I know the feeling...
October 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know the feeling...
Lawks. A bit different to the cuddly beasts in Trafalgar Square
October 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Lawks. A bit different to the cuddly beasts in Trafalgar Square
Ridiculous "snub" headline with deliberate image echo of George W Bush's "America is under attack" moment - implying the decision is a threat to American values on a par with 9/11: the Nobel committee as Al-Quaeda
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ridiculous "snub" headline with deliberate image echo of George W Bush's "America is under attack" moment - implying the decision is a threat to American values on a par with 9/11: the Nobel committee as Al-Quaeda
Straitjacket. First horror movie I ever saw
October 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Straitjacket. First horror movie I ever saw
Is this a tautology or not?
September 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Is this a tautology or not?
A venerable pair - both still very fine. Not tired but just thinking about settling down for a rest
September 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
A venerable pair - both still very fine. Not tired but just thinking about settling down for a rest
This picture will be THE iconic - and infamous - image of 2025
September 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This picture will be THE iconic - and infamous - image of 2025
1966 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon followed by 69, 74 and so on to 2000. The 66, the year it all started, fresh as a daisy, a really lovely wine, six decades old and with at least two more before it elegantly begins its slow decline.
September 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
1966 Robert Mondavi Winery Cabernet Sauvignon followed by 69, 74 and so on to 2000. The 66, the year it all started, fresh as a daisy, a really lovely wine, six decades old and with at least two more before it elegantly begins its slow decline.
I do like a simple witty ad. Body Shop.
July 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I do like a simple witty ad. Body Shop.
Love the reactions of these locals. Basically: "We can't see what all the fuss is about, but at least it gets us on the telly"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Love the reactions of these locals. Basically: "We can't see what all the fuss is about, but at least it gets us on the telly"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This from @roisinlanigan.bsky.social in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social. Odd that they didn't update - the new Pope was elected days before it went to press
May 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This from @roisinlanigan.bsky.social in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social. Odd that they didn't update - the new Pope was elected days before it went to press
"weirdos" - on the Barclay bros in the @lrb.co.uk
April 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"weirdos" - on the Barclay bros in the @lrb.co.uk
Nothing like fighting a nice liar on a winter's night
March 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Nothing like fighting a nice liar on a winter's night
The colour of this sky
March 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The colour of this sky
Imagine getting this sort of praise from this collection of writers
March 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Imagine getting this sort of praise from this collection of writers
1993 to 2017. The first (and last - there were only 400 halves of the 93 and it's almost gone) full vertical of the extraordinary elixir Royal Tokaji Essencia. Story to come on @cluboenologique.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
1993 to 2017. The first (and last - there were only 400 halves of the 93 and it's almost gone) full vertical of the extraordinary elixir Royal Tokaji Essencia. Story to come on @cluboenologique.bsky.social
Wine Paris kicks off in style w a heaving party at the Automobile Club. Dme Faiveley, Williams Selyem, Pol Roger outdoing each other with torpedo-sized bottles of splendid vintages. This pair from Dme de Chevalier proving that, at any level, the Graves has some of the finest white wines in the world
February 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Wine Paris kicks off in style w a heaving party at the Automobile Club. Dme Faiveley, Williams Selyem, Pol Roger outdoing each other with torpedo-sized bottles of splendid vintages. This pair from Dme de Chevalier proving that, at any level, the Graves has some of the finest white wines in the world
Every one a winner... The Difese, entry level, £25, just as accomplished in its way as the big fellas
February 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Every one a winner... The Difese, entry level, £25, just as accomplished in its way as the big fellas
Friday lunch at Andrew Edmunds, gossiping with Victor Urrutia over a most shimmering bottle of Viña Real 94. ¡Olé!
January 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Friday lunch at Andrew Edmunds, gossiping with Victor Urrutia over a most shimmering bottle of Viña Real 94. ¡Olé!