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Views from a Bordeaux vineyard. Wine at Château Bauduc http://bauduc.com: sold direct in UK, incl to Rick Stein, Ramsay and people at home, also🇨🇭🇮🇪 🇳🇴 🇨🇦 Whinges about duty, Brexit. #FPL geek. Vintage reports on Jancis Robinson, Livex, http://gavinquinney.com

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Nov 27

Here’s a starter pack for people who (mostly) talk about wine 🍷https://go.bsky.app/23MGG6B

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Chris Kissack @chriswinedoctor.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Guinaudeau family, of Châteaus Lafleur and Grand Village, have decided to leave the Pomerol and Bordeaux appellations from the 2025 vintage: “our decision-making and the resulting practices…are evolving much faster than what is authorised in our Appelation…system”. #lafleur #grandvillage

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Aug 14

The deadline for Fantasy Premier League is 6.30pm (UK) Fri 15 August. Register a team on fantasy.premierleague.com and contact me to join the famous Chateau Bauduc mini-league. It’s free to join and the top 10 at the end of the season win some wine. DM me or email [email protected]. #fpl #bauducfpl

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Aug 9

‘iPhone needs to cool down’. Vines too probably - Sémillon for our Crémant at Château Bauduc. #bdx25 #yearinthevineyard

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Aug 9

Strict rules for British tourists going to EU to come in within weeks

Worth reading through to the FAQ - free to read (for 7 days)

www.thetimes.com/article/50a0...

Strict rules for British tourists going to EU to come in within weeks

European border rules to demand proof of accommodation and return tickets for travelling Britons as digital scheme is introduced from October 12

www.thetimes.com

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Jul 27

Veraison in the vines, when the grapes change colour. A walk around Château Bauduc yesterday evening - this is Merlot, much of it destined for our Rosé. #veraison #merlot #yearinthevineyard #bdx25

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Jun 20

Wine shortage fears after bottling workers go on strike

Lordy. With “40% market share” Encirc “supplies all the major supermarkets and is used by 18 of the top 20 wine brands in the UK.”

www.thetimes.com/article/cef6...

Wine shortage fears after bottling workers go on strike

Staff at the Encirc factory in Bristol, which supplies all major British supermarkets, voted to walk out over the firm’s ‘mean and greedy’ pay offer

www.thetimes.com

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · May 25

Final day of the season…

… and the Château Bauduc #fpl Fantasy League. Top 50 managers (of 180) after gameweek 37, pre 38 this Sunday. A hugely competitive mini league!

Good luck all 🤞#bauducfpl

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · May 10

Last 3 games of the season…

… and the Château Bauduc #fpl Fantasy League. Top 50 managers (of 180) after gameweek 35, pre 36 this weekend.

Good luck all🤞#bauducfpl

Hanging on in there… this is one helluva competitive mini league.

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · May 7

Two incredible games and one of the all-time great semi-finals. Bravo #intfcb #ucl

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · May 6

Absolutely incredible Champions League semi-final between Inter Milan and Barcelona. Can’t remember any two-leg tie quite like it. 3-3, 6-6 on aggregate.

Now for 30 minutes extra time.
#InterBarca

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · May 5

Crucial and thoroughly enjoyable 3-1 home win for the Chels against Liverpool. Happily the deserved premier league champions Liverpool put out half a team of second tier players. Georgie Q, Naomi, Aleesa and I weren’t complaining. Cole Palmer getting his goal at the end a huge relief all round. #cfc

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Apr 26

With Sophie Chelsea Quinney, daughter no 2, at Chelsea today. (She was born at the hospital up the road in case you thought… 😉)
Important 1-0 v Everton re Champions League slot.
Day return on the train from Worcs after we’d come by car via night ferry on Thursday from Caen to Portsmouth. Bonkers 🙄

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Apr 24

Gravel and grass. #paviethedog #merlot #yearinthevineyard

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Apr 19

A good question but with London City Bond, where we ship the wine to in vol, store it and deliver from there, Scotland is prohibitively expensive for Scotland delivery. Edinburgh is zone 8 (£51 plus VAT for 1 x 12 btl case) Glasgow zone 7 (£32 plus VAT). Comp to £15 in Eng/Wal. Looking to change it.

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Apr 19

Last weeks of the season…

… and the Château Bauduc #fpl Fantasy League. Top 50 managers (of 180) after gameweek 32, pre 33.

Good luck all🤞#bauducfpl

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Apr 19

Gosh. Pole position in the Easter Saturday Telegraph and Victoria Moore’s kind words: ‘the new vintage of Quinney’s Château Bauduc Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (£13.25 in cases of six, delivery free in England… bauduc.com), has just landed. Crisp, streamlined, mostly sauvignon, excellent. Definitely a buy.’

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Apr 19

A lovely note from Victoria Moore, the Telegraph’s wine critic, for our Château Bauduc Sauvignon Blanc 2024. Even better with a headline pic in the Easter weekend edition. ‘Definitely a buy.’ Toot toot!

Good article too (‘gift’ version so hopefully no paywall):

www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/d7bdba8...

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Robert Harris @robertharrishome.bsky.social · Apr 14

Philip Larkin’s (unpublished) poem on the plight of the librarian.

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Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 27

Ange in stitches over that

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 23

Any breakdown on what types of sparkling wine? Eg Champagne v Crémant v Prosecco.

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 23

March can be underrated. #yearinthevineyard #chateaubauduc #sauvignonblanc #bdx25

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 23

We’re paying more tax than ever, so why is Britain so skint?

⁦‪Tom Calver‬⁩ in The Sunday Times. Free to read version.

www.thetimes.com/article/e1a6...

We’re paying more tax than ever, so why is Britain so skint?

The chancellor is dealing with one big expense that did not trouble predecessors such as George Osborne in the same way

www.thetimes.com

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 23

Our lives are better than ever, but negativity is skewing our brains

⁦‪Matthew Syed‬⁩ in The Sunday Times. Free to read version.

www.thetimes.com/article/f2e3...

Our lives are better than ever, but negativity is skewing our brains

We are surrounded by possibilities our forebears could not have imagined, yet we wallow in bad news

www.thetimes.com

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 16

Congratulations Newcastle United.

A pulsating final. Beating Arsenal in the semi-final over two legs and this Liverpool team at Wembley takes some doing. And 70 years… blimey. #NUFC 🥂

Newcastle United @newcastleunited.com · Mar 16

WE HAVE DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!!

Gavin Quinney @gavinquinney.bsky.social · Mar 13

Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Donald Trump threatens 200% tariff on EU wine and champagne

US president says levy on alcohol imports would be retaliation for ‘nasty’ 50% tariff imposed on bourbon whiskey