Guy Smith
@guythegrape.bsky.social
50% of Smith and Evans, makers of fine English Wines. Ex Wine Trader now micro managing a beautiful Somerset Vineyard.
We've just one of these lovely shiny things for our 2023 Natural Ferment Chardonnay.
Which is nice.
Which is nice.
June 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
We've just one of these lovely shiny things for our 2023 Natural Ferment Chardonnay.
Which is nice.
Which is nice.
Earliest ever Chardonnay flowering in the vineyard. Are we the first in the UK for this variety??
June 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Earliest ever Chardonnay flowering in the vineyard. Are we the first in the UK for this variety??
Controversial but I think Bordeaux might just be the best value source of red wine anywhere at the moment. This 2019 from Chateau Beaumont is ridiculously good at £12.95 from the Wine Society.
April 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Controversial but I think Bordeaux might just be the best value source of red wine anywhere at the moment. This 2019 from Chateau Beaumont is ridiculously good at £12.95 from the Wine Society.
Of course this has all happened before. Back then Global Trade was a fraction of what it is today and it made a dire situation worse rather than creating its own crash.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Of course this has all happened before. Back then Global Trade was a fraction of what it is today and it made a dire situation worse rather than creating its own crash.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
Is this right, the world economy is tanking and Trump has gone to play golf?
I bet he cheats.
I bet he cheats.
April 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Is this right, the world economy is tanking and Trump has gone to play golf?
I bet he cheats.
I bet he cheats.
I think for Trump
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"
April 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I think for Trump
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"
"This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning"
I think I might be putting off retirement for a bit.
April 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I think I might be putting off retirement for a bit.
It seems American Exceptionalism might be somewhat misplaced.
April 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It seems American Exceptionalism might be somewhat misplaced.
The decline of Britain as a world power started in earnest in 1945, was confirmed eleven years later by Suez.
The USA is beating that timescale by quite some margin.
The USA is beating that timescale by quite some margin.
April 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The decline of Britain as a world power started in earnest in 1945, was confirmed eleven years later by Suez.
The USA is beating that timescale by quite some margin.
The USA is beating that timescale by quite some margin.
The one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid.
April 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
The one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid.
Given that the extra cost of tariffs get passed onto consumers, aren't they just a huge sales tax ?
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Given that the extra cost of tariffs get passed onto consumers, aren't they just a huge sales tax ?
Will Trump's tariff day be his Truss moment?
April 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Will Trump's tariff day be his Truss moment?
First Canada and Greenland. What will the USA want next? Somewhere oil rich, has A nuclear base,Trump has a golf course and it has a big beautiful wall (in need of repair). There's even an snippy political party to co-opt that sees themselves as ruled by a foreign elite.
Scotland, you're next 😳
Scotland, you're next 😳
March 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
First Canada and Greenland. What will the USA want next? Somewhere oil rich, has A nuclear base,Trump has a golf course and it has a big beautiful wall (in need of repair). There's even an snippy political party to co-opt that sees themselves as ruled by a foreign elite.
Scotland, you're next 😳
Scotland, you're next 😳
Wine competitions should have a special category called - divides the room. You see judges plowing through wines that are distinctly average. It's the ones that half of them love and half hate that are invariably the most interesting but they too get average scores.
March 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Wine competitions should have a special category called - divides the room. You see judges plowing through wines that are distinctly average. It's the ones that half of them love and half hate that are invariably the most interesting but they too get average scores.
How sustainable is it for the UK to have military bases on its soil that are controlled by an increasingly hostile foreign power?
March 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
How sustainable is it for the UK to have military bases on its soil that are controlled by an increasingly hostile foreign power?
I don't know much about the Canadian USA border but if I was a Canuck (I hope that's an affectionate term, I intend it that way), I'd be looking at any lake Islands, bends in the river, promontories or other features. If you're going to invent a border dispute, that's where it's going to happen.
March 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I don't know much about the Canadian USA border but if I was a Canuck (I hope that's an affectionate term, I intend it that way), I'd be looking at any lake Islands, bends in the river, promontories or other features. If you're going to invent a border dispute, that's where it's going to happen.
Having to put a 25%tariff on your competitors is basically like holding up a great big sign saying our products are really shit and this is the only way to sell them.
March 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Having to put a 25%tariff on your competitors is basically like holding up a great big sign saying our products are really shit and this is the only way to sell them.
Reposted by Guy Smith
Checkout affordable art on the Paintings in Hospitals website. Every sale helps Paintings in Hospitals support health and wellbeing in care spaces across the UK.
March 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Checkout affordable art on the Paintings in Hospitals website. Every sale helps Paintings in Hospitals support health and wellbeing in care spaces across the UK.
Same thing has occurred to me recently.
Remembering for some reason how surprised everyone was at how quickly and comprehensively the USSR disintegrated, like it had already rotted from the inside and all that was left was a facade that seemed impressive and enduring but was hollow as papier-mache.
March 21, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Same thing has occurred to me recently.
In times of financial uncertainty buying fine wine was used by wealthy people as a safe haven and prices rose accordingly. I'm not so close to the market anymore but this time it doesn't seem to be happening, the market seems flat or in decline.
Why is this?
Why is this?
March 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
In times of financial uncertainty buying fine wine was used by wealthy people as a safe haven and prices rose accordingly. I'm not so close to the market anymore but this time it doesn't seem to be happening, the market seems flat or in decline.
Why is this?
Why is this?
So, should Canada join the EU?
March 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
So, should Canada join the EU?
I mean, I quite like a cat but, every other post I see on bluesky is a picture of somebody's unremarkable pussy.
Is it just me or are the enemies of JD Vance taking over the world?
Is it just me or are the enemies of JD Vance taking over the world?
March 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I mean, I quite like a cat but, every other post I see on bluesky is a picture of somebody's unremarkable pussy.
Is it just me or are the enemies of JD Vance taking over the world?
Is it just me or are the enemies of JD Vance taking over the world?
Did I dream it or did Cary Grant really come back to his hometown of Bristol once a year and ride around in an open top carriage with a deserving child?
March 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Did I dream it or did Cary Grant really come back to his hometown of Bristol once a year and ride around in an open top carriage with a deserving child?
Any restaurant that supplies a small table for the wine list because it's so big can't be all bad.
March 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Any restaurant that supplies a small table for the wine list because it's so big can't be all bad.
Spaghetti Vongole. Tomato or not?
March 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Spaghetti Vongole. Tomato or not?