Katie Mather
@katiematherkm.bsky.social
Deputy Editor and Wine Content Lead, Pellicle. Drinks writer!! A Place To Be zine out now: https://www.pelliclemag.com/shop/a-place-to-be-a-zine-about-drinking-in-liminal-spaces-by-katie-mather
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Con Altura — Making Wine and Preserving Culture in Tenerife’s Vineyard Heartland — Pellicle
By the edge of Puerto de la Cruz’s tiny harbour in northern Tenerife, a seafood grill operates out of a converted shipping container. Boys fish from the harbour walls, and girls jump into the choppy w...
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Here it is, the story I've been burying myself in for months. The Canary islands are special to me but in Tenerife I found La Orotava, and local wine, and I fell in love all over again.
But can I go back knowing tourism is destroying, has destroyed, so much?
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But can I go back knowing tourism is destroying, has destroyed, so much?
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We love @anahlcq.bsky.social because she brings the reality of modern France to our clichéd notions of Frenchness.
In her latest piece for Pellicle, Anaïs looks at the politicisation of French culture, French wine, and the French far right.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
In her latest piece for Pellicle, Anaïs looks at the politicisation of French culture, French wine, and the French far right.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Tradition is a Lie — French Wine’s Place in France’s Far-Right Gastronationalism — Pellicle
The wine that French presidents choose to serve during official visits is far more than a drink. It’s a way of expressing their political beliefs, and their taste has long been scrutinised and documen...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We love @anahlcq.bsky.social because she brings the reality of modern France to our clichéd notions of Frenchness.
In her latest piece for Pellicle, Anaïs looks at the politicisation of French culture, French wine, and the French far right.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
In her latest piece for Pellicle, Anaïs looks at the politicisation of French culture, French wine, and the French far right.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Anaïs has the best ideas for stories and a thoroughness in her research I admire, and editing this piece was a dream.
French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it.
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French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Tradition is a Lie — French Wine’s Place in France’s Far-Right Gastronationalism — Pellicle
The wine that French presidents choose to serve during official visits is far more than a drink. It’s a way of expressing their political beliefs, and their taste has long been scrutinised and documen...
www.pelliclemag.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Anaïs has the best ideas for stories and a thoroughness in her research I admire, and editing this piece was a dream.
French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
French wine, gastronationalism, the French far-right, colonialism, and food as a cultural weapon. Go read it.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
New from me on the @the-independent.com - my trip to South Tyrol 🍽️🏔️📸
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South Tyrol has some of the most exciting winter food spots
In search of something luxurious at Christmas, Katie Mather finds fluffy dumplings, local wines and Michelin stars in Italy’s mountains
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December 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New from me on the @the-independent.com - my trip to South Tyrol 🍽️🏔️📸
www.independent.co.uk/travel/europ...
www.independent.co.uk/travel/europ...
Bailey's protein shake
December 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Bailey's protein shake
Doing my self-assessment as though I'm not too clever and beautiful for this
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Doing my self-assessment as though I'm not too clever and beautiful for this
An awful moment today when we walked to one of our favourite shops to realise it was gone. Burned down last year, almost to the day. I had totally forgotten, everything was still there in my mind. Met by a gap in the world, and the memory of the owner who passed away in the fire. Here's to you, Ben.
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
An awful moment today when we walked to one of our favourite shops to realise it was gone. Burned down last year, almost to the day. I had totally forgotten, everything was still there in my mind. Met by a gap in the world, and the memory of the owner who passed away in the fire. Here's to you, Ben.
Looking at Niels Vandeputte like, does putting any man in a lycra Deceuninck top transform them into a chiselled god?
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Looking at Niels Vandeputte like, does putting any man in a lycra Deceuninck top transform them into a chiselled god?
Dinged copper table, janky live blues, local beer, sports memorabilia from the previous century. I'm in a great pub.
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dinged copper table, janky live blues, local beer, sports memorabilia from the previous century. I'm in a great pub.
Last night my dream included my Garmin alerting me that I was ready for my race. Both cool and sexy.
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Last night my dream included my Garmin alerting me that I was ready for my race. Both cool and sexy.
Rambo is a Christmas film
The Godfather is a Christmas film
Goodfellas is a Christmas film.
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Rambo is a Christmas film
The Godfather is a Christmas film
Goodfellas is a Christmas film.
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The Godfather is a Christmas film
Goodfellas is a Christmas film.
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Goodfellas is a Christmas film.
Fuck Labour
December 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Fuck Labour
Reposted by Katie Mather
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Don’t check the cricket score. Turn off the TV or radio. Read this instead. Tales of smuggling beyond the iron curtain, mud wrestling Hell’s Angels and Paraguayan thrash metal
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Under the Bridge — A Definitive History of Wychwood Hobgoblin — Pellicle
My love affair with pubs started in Staines. It’s where I found my tribe—the pub as an expression of individuality, an alternative to bland Britain. But I was afraid at first. In 1996, my British-Asi...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This article has been widely shared, and rightly so. We’re only able to produce journalism like this because of the support of our subscribers. If you’d like to support our work and contributors you can do so by signing up here:
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Reposted by Katie Mather
Related: I once interviewed an ‘author’ who was later found out to have plagiarised their book.
I never ran their interview because of this discovery, but was also quite relieved not to, since their answers were dull as hell and the whole thing was like pulling teeth.
I never ran their interview because of this discovery, but was also quite relieved not to, since their answers were dull as hell and the whole thing was like pulling teeth.
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Related: I once interviewed an ‘author’ who was later found out to have plagiarised their book.
I never ran their interview because of this discovery, but was also quite relieved not to, since their answers were dull as hell and the whole thing was like pulling teeth.
I never ran their interview because of this discovery, but was also quite relieved not to, since their answers were dull as hell and the whole thing was like pulling teeth.
Reposted by Katie Mather
Premier Tech joins Alpecin as title sponsor for Mathieu van der Poel's team in 2026 after leaving Israel-Premier Tech www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
Premier Tech joins Alpecin as title sponsor for Mathieu van der Poel's team in 2026 after leaving Israel-Premier Tech
Belgian WorldTour squad becomes Alpecin-Premier Tech as Canadian company signs three-year partnership
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December 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Premier Tech joins Alpecin as title sponsor for Mathieu van der Poel's team in 2026 after leaving Israel-Premier Tech www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...
The asthma riddle continues. Doctor says I can't have a blue inhaler because they have changed the way they medicate asthma. I said that's fine, but I basically have acute rather than chronic asthma. I just need a reliever for exercise. Hmm, they said. That's a tricky one.
Then they sent me home.
Then they sent me home.
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The asthma riddle continues. Doctor says I can't have a blue inhaler because they have changed the way they medicate asthma. I said that's fine, but I basically have acute rather than chronic asthma. I just need a reliever for exercise. Hmm, they said. That's a tricky one.
Then they sent me home.
Then they sent me home.
Let me be your forever chemical 💐
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Let me be your forever chemical 💐
Reposted by Katie Mather
This year's #SustainabilityinDrinks event provided the platform to see how far #RegenerativeViticulture is being adopted by winemakers and the wine trade . Leona Pasquale argues the story of soil may be the most powerful story wine has left to tell. www.the-buyer.net/insight/why-...
The Buyer | Why regenerative viticulture is the soil story winemakers need to tell
Leona De Pasquale went to the Sustainability in Drinks (SID) conference in October with a clear mission: to understand what regenerative viticulture really is and what it is not. More importantly, h...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
This year's #SustainabilityinDrinks event provided the platform to see how far #RegenerativeViticulture is being adopted by winemakers and the wine trade . Leona Pasquale argues the story of soil may be the most powerful story wine has left to tell. www.the-buyer.net/insight/why-...
Reposted by Katie Mather
GB News is nothing short of a hate-filled propaganda arm for the far-right
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
GB News is nothing short of a hate-filled propaganda arm for the far-right
Ooohhhhh it's a full moon. I get it
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ooohhhhh it's a full moon. I get it
Someone just called the extremely posh and expensive local Catholic boarding school BTEC hogwarts in the group chat
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Someone just called the extremely posh and expensive local Catholic boarding school BTEC hogwarts in the group chat
Reposted by Katie Mather
The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The article explicitly notes WI had had a trans-inclusive policy *since the 1970s*!
Reposted by Katie Mather
For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
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"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Under the Bridge — A Definitive History of Wychwood Hobgoblin — Pellicle
My love affair with pubs started in Staines. It’s where I found my tribe—the pub as an expression of individuality, an alternative to bland Britain. But I was afraid at first. In 1996, my British-Asi...
www.pelliclemag.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Christmas gift ideas for the Katie Mathers in your life
The desk J.R.R Tolkien used during his tenure at Merton College as Professor of English Language and Literature is up for auction at Christies, with an estimate of £50,000. It was subsequently owned by Dame Iris Murdoch and John Bayley.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Christmas gift ideas for the Katie Mathers in your life