Emma Bentley
@emmabentleyvino.bsky.social
My husband makes wine, I drink and write about it. Based in the Veneto, in northern Italy. Grow most of my own vegetables. Hope it's sunnier over here.
Maybe it was the fact that everyone else had gone to bed thus, for the first time all day, there was silence but this beer hit the spot last night.
August 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Maybe it was the fact that everyone else had gone to bed thus, for the first time all day, there was silence but this beer hit the spot last night.
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There will never be another Anthony Bourdain but we can certainly learn from him and spread his message of humanity.
He’s known for defending international street vendors, immigrant restaurant workers and cooks no matter what country he is in bc he sees everyone as equal. #OnYourSide
He’s known for defending international street vendors, immigrant restaurant workers and cooks no matter what country he is in bc he sees everyone as equal. #OnYourSide
July 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There will never be another Anthony Bourdain but we can certainly learn from him and spread his message of humanity.
He’s known for defending international street vendors, immigrant restaurant workers and cooks no matter what country he is in bc he sees everyone as equal. #OnYourSide
He’s known for defending international street vendors, immigrant restaurant workers and cooks no matter what country he is in bc he sees everyone as equal. #OnYourSide
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I've always said that I'm a fair-weather gardener. I put a few veggies in the ground in the autumn and harvest whatever comes up.
But, let me just say, 30+ degree heat is not fair-weather gardening conditions either! 🥵
But, let me just say, 30+ degree heat is not fair-weather gardening conditions either! 🥵
June 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I've always said that I'm a fair-weather gardener. I put a few veggies in the ground in the autumn and harvest whatever comes up.
But, let me just say, 30+ degree heat is not fair-weather gardening conditions either! 🥵
But, let me just say, 30+ degree heat is not fair-weather gardening conditions either! 🥵
Reworking our wine labels today, so putting it out there: what do or don't you like about wine labels?
Natural wine needs a funky label?
Do you like images drawn by kids? Featuring the family dog or cat?
Colour or monochrome?
Over-sharing of information or keeping it tidy with a link or QR code?
Natural wine needs a funky label?
Do you like images drawn by kids? Featuring the family dog or cat?
Colour or monochrome?
Over-sharing of information or keeping it tidy with a link or QR code?
June 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Reworking our wine labels today, so putting it out there: what do or don't you like about wine labels?
Natural wine needs a funky label?
Do you like images drawn by kids? Featuring the family dog or cat?
Colour or monochrome?
Over-sharing of information or keeping it tidy with a link or QR code?
Natural wine needs a funky label?
Do you like images drawn by kids? Featuring the family dog or cat?
Colour or monochrome?
Over-sharing of information or keeping it tidy with a link or QR code?
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I wish I could write about wine the way this person writes about ABBA’s music. @dgalasinski.bsky.social where are you when we need you.
ABBA was never able to shake a faint odor of the unhip in its time. How did the group become cool?
The World That ABBA Made
It once seemed unlikely that four Swedes in sequins would become global pop icons. A new biography describes how the band became ubiquitous.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I wish I could write about wine the way this person writes about ABBA’s music. @dgalasinski.bsky.social where are you when we need you.
2013 Chinuri from Iago. Delicious! The Goldilocks amount of skin contact maceration, but which I mean complexity, age-worthiness and ability to play nicely with food, without dominating.
Bottle drunk at Spinechile* in the Veneto.
Bottle drunk at Spinechile* in the Veneto.
June 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
2013 Chinuri from Iago. Delicious! The Goldilocks amount of skin contact maceration, but which I mean complexity, age-worthiness and ability to play nicely with food, without dominating.
Bottle drunk at Spinechile* in the Veneto.
Bottle drunk at Spinechile* in the Veneto.
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Sad news from Marsala today as word of Sebio De Bartoli's passing reaches our ears. 47 is too young. We will miss him. 💚
June 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Sad news from Marsala today as word of Sebio De Bartoli's passing reaches our ears. 47 is too young. We will miss him. 💚
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We don’t talk about suicide as often as we should.
This piece about a man gone too soon raises difficult, important issues about mental health. It’s carefully and beautifully written.
The world is on fire and things are loud. The conversations, in the midst of it all, are hard.
Have them anyway.
This piece about a man gone too soon raises difficult, important issues about mental health. It’s carefully and beautifully written.
The world is on fire and things are loud. The conversations, in the midst of it all, are hard.
Have them anyway.
CW: Suicide, depression
Thank you @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social for this important, carefully covered story.
Don't suffer alone. If you are in the UK, The Samaritans can offer support on 116 123. In the USA you can contact Kevin’s Song on 313-236-7109.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Thank you @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social for this important, carefully covered story.
Don't suffer alone. If you are in the UK, The Samaritans can offer support on 116 123. In the USA you can contact Kevin’s Song on 313-236-7109.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Between the Bars — On Alcohol, Suicide, and Depression in the Beer Industry — Pellicle
Content Warning: This article makes frequent and detailed references to suicide and severe depression, therefore reader discretion is advised. No one should struggle with their mental health alone....
www.pelliclemag.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We don’t talk about suicide as often as we should.
This piece about a man gone too soon raises difficult, important issues about mental health. It’s carefully and beautifully written.
The world is on fire and things are loud. The conversations, in the midst of it all, are hard.
Have them anyway.
This piece about a man gone too soon raises difficult, important issues about mental health. It’s carefully and beautifully written.
The world is on fire and things are loud. The conversations, in the midst of it all, are hard.
Have them anyway.
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Eric Asimov tastes non-alcoholic wines so you don't have to.
"Most of them I found unpleasant. Many were cloyingly sweet. Others were out of balance or incomplete, as if the middle had been hollowed out. One was punishingly acidic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/d...
"Most of them I found unpleasant. Many were cloyingly sweet. Others were out of balance or incomplete, as if the middle had been hollowed out. One was punishingly acidic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/d...
Why Is It So Hard to Find a Good Nonalcoholic Wine? (Gift Article)
Extracting the alcohol from a wine can also remove richness and body from the finished product. But these 10 producers have cracked the code.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Eric Asimov tastes non-alcoholic wines so you don't have to.
"Most of them I found unpleasant. Many were cloyingly sweet. Others were out of balance or incomplete, as if the middle had been hollowed out. One was punishingly acidic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/d...
"Most of them I found unpleasant. Many were cloyingly sweet. Others were out of balance or incomplete, as if the middle had been hollowed out. One was punishingly acidic."
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/d...
It still amazes me how food can grow from nothing. I planted these broccoli plants in November or December. They were giving them away because it was the end of the season. I did nothing all winter (apart from cover them when the temperature dropped) and now I know what we're having for lunch today.
March 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It still amazes me how food can grow from nothing. I planted these broccoli plants in November or December. They were giving them away because it was the end of the season. I did nothing all winter (apart from cover them when the temperature dropped) and now I know what we're having for lunch today.
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Elbows up, Canada.
March 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Elbows up, Canada.
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I'm a firm believer that writing can change lives. Do take the time to read this piece - it's an eye-opener. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I'm a firm believer that writing can change lives. Do take the time to read this piece - it's an eye-opener. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I remember the cystic fibrosis patients I took care of 20 years ago.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
March 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I remember the cystic fibrosis patients I took care of 20 years ago.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
I also remember the dedicated HIV wards in the hospitals, and that Princess Diana made headlines for shaking hands with AIDS patients.
Progress has been incredible.
Miracles are where you choose to see them.
Two years ago, almost exactly to the day, I was 8 months pregnant.
One night my ankles had been itchy. Strange, I thought, it's too early in the year for insect bites.
The next morning, at the end of my weekly prenatal "gym class", I asked the instructor, "is it normal that my ankles are itchy?"
One night my ankles had been itchy. Strange, I thought, it's too early in the year for insect bites.
The next morning, at the end of my weekly prenatal "gym class", I asked the instructor, "is it normal that my ankles are itchy?"
March 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Two years ago, almost exactly to the day, I was 8 months pregnant.
One night my ankles had been itchy. Strange, I thought, it's too early in the year for insect bites.
The next morning, at the end of my weekly prenatal "gym class", I asked the instructor, "is it normal that my ankles are itchy?"
One night my ankles had been itchy. Strange, I thought, it's too early in the year for insect bites.
The next morning, at the end of my weekly prenatal "gym class", I asked the instructor, "is it normal that my ankles are itchy?"
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay to women around the world who believe in equality & celebrate the achievement of women.
(Enablers of governments full of fascist, backward-ass misogynistic pigs, felons, & sexual assaulters excluded.)
#TakeBackYourPower
www.internationalwomensday.com/History
(Enablers of governments full of fascist, backward-ass misogynistic pigs, felons, & sexual assaulters excluded.)
#TakeBackYourPower
www.internationalwomensday.com/History
History of International Women's Day
Learn about the history of International Women's Day, its campaign themes, and why all activity is valid, that's what makes IWD inclusive
www.internationalwomensday.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy #InternationalWomensDay to women around the world who believe in equality & celebrate the achievement of women.
(Enablers of governments full of fascist, backward-ass misogynistic pigs, felons, & sexual assaulters excluded.)
#TakeBackYourPower
www.internationalwomensday.com/History
(Enablers of governments full of fascist, backward-ass misogynistic pigs, felons, & sexual assaulters excluded.)
#TakeBackYourPower
www.internationalwomensday.com/History
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Reminded this evening- I was at a department store looking for a bra and this 60 ish year old guy came up to me. I braced in dread, but really softly he asked, “Can I ask you for some help? My wife just had a mastectomy and I want to get her something that will make her feel pretty but is soft.”
March 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Reminded this evening- I was at a department store looking for a bra and this 60 ish year old guy came up to me. I braced in dread, but really softly he asked, “Can I ask you for some help? My wife just had a mastectomy and I want to get her something that will make her feel pretty but is soft.”
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"Solidarity my arse" well done @emmabentleyvino.bsky.social for speaking up about sexual harassment in the wine world #internationalwomensday
Accelerate Action for International Women's Day
Adding my voice to the wine industry's 2025 Co-ordinated Campaign Against Harassment.
open.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"Solidarity my arse" well done @emmabentleyvino.bsky.social for speaking up about sexual harassment in the wine world #internationalwomensday
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Wine industry: Young people are stopping drinking because they’re more concerned about their bodies and health living, what are we going to do?
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Generation K: The disturbing rise of ketamine abuse among young people
Increasing numbers of young people are using the drug, experts say. The health impacts can be catastrophic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wine industry: Young people are stopping drinking because they’re more concerned about their bodies and health living, what are we going to do?
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oh. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you're into #wine, you might want to read about how the 2024 vintage went down in Italy. It was a year that most winemakers want to abolish from their memory.
I just clicked publish on this tale of two halves:
emmabentleyvino.com/2025/02/25/t...
I just clicked publish on this tale of two halves:
emmabentleyvino.com/2025/02/25/t...
The 2024 Vintage across Italy
The 2024 vintage in Italy proved to be more challenging than 2023 for winemakers, particularly in the Veneto region. Cold temperatures and increased rainfall hindered grape development. While north…
emmabentleyvino.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
If you're into #wine, you might want to read about how the 2024 vintage went down in Italy. It was a year that most winemakers want to abolish from their memory.
I just clicked publish on this tale of two halves:
emmabentleyvino.com/2025/02/25/t...
I just clicked publish on this tale of two halves:
emmabentleyvino.com/2025/02/25/t...
Who wants the last frittella?
(Fried ball of sweet dough & raisins, very common during Carnevale.)
(Fried ball of sweet dough & raisins, very common during Carnevale.)
February 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Who wants the last frittella?
(Fried ball of sweet dough & raisins, very common during Carnevale.)
(Fried ball of sweet dough & raisins, very common during Carnevale.)
If previously my answer to "what do drink with BBQ?" was lager, I can now confirm that Amarone works really darn well too!
February 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
If previously my answer to "what do drink with BBQ?" was lager, I can now confirm that Amarone works really darn well too!
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New blog: Wine's search for new drinkers: the wine trade is fretting about losing young drinkers, so I held a tasting for my daughter and her twenty-something friends to see if I could convert the next generation. Plus: what I've been drinking this week aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/wines-sear...
Wine's search for new drinkers
I held a tasting for my daughter and her twenty-something friends to see if I could convert the next generation to wine. Plus: what I've been drinking this week
aviewfrommytable.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
New blog: Wine's search for new drinkers: the wine trade is fretting about losing young drinkers, so I held a tasting for my daughter and her twenty-something friends to see if I could convert the next generation. Plus: what I've been drinking this week aviewfrommytable.substack.com/p/wines-sear...
I have the kind of interphone that as soon as someone rings, it picks up what I'm saying in the house.
Unfortunately, I happened to be listening - and singing along - to Ceelo's "F*** You" just now.
I owe the delivery driver an apology. 🙈
youtu.be/pc0mxOXbWIU?...
Unfortunately, I happened to be listening - and singing along - to Ceelo's "F*** You" just now.
I owe the delivery driver an apology. 🙈
youtu.be/pc0mxOXbWIU?...
CeeLo Green - FUCK YOU (Official Video)
YouTube video by CeeLo Green
youtu.be
February 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I have the kind of interphone that as soon as someone rings, it picks up what I'm saying in the house.
Unfortunately, I happened to be listening - and singing along - to Ceelo's "F*** You" just now.
I owe the delivery driver an apology. 🙈
youtu.be/pc0mxOXbWIU?...
Unfortunately, I happened to be listening - and singing along - to Ceelo's "F*** You" just now.
I owe the delivery driver an apology. 🙈
youtu.be/pc0mxOXbWIU?...