Rod Smith
@rodwsmith.bsky.social
Master of Wine.
Teacher. Writer. Consultant.
Teacher. Writer. Consultant.
Interesting news from Bordeaux.
August 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Interesting news from Bordeaux.
Reposted by Rod Smith
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
August 6, 2024 at 12:36 PM
The Dickin Medal is the highest award that can be issued to animals in British military service. Bearing the words "We Also Serve" it has been awarded 75 times since its creation in 1943.
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
Only one cat has ever received the award.
This is the story of Able Seacat Simon, of HMS Amethyst. 🧵 1/25
A Giro d’Italia in 32 excellently chosen and delicious wines, courtesy of WineWise Benelux.
Diploma D3 Italy - done!
Diploma D3 Italy - done!
May 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
A Giro d’Italia in 32 excellently chosen and delicious wines, courtesy of WineWise Benelux.
Diploma D3 Italy - done!
Diploma D3 Italy - done!
My Bordeaux 2024 Report is published and available to buy and download from Tim Atkin's site.
timatkin.com/product/bord...
Please help spread the word if you can!
#GrandsCrus #Bordeaux #2024 #EnPrimeur
3,218 kms. €384 petrol, €192 motorway tolls, 15 days away from home, 3 weeks. 581 wines.
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Please help spread the word if you can!
#GrandsCrus #Bordeaux #2024 #EnPrimeur
3,218 kms. €384 petrol, €192 motorway tolls, 15 days away from home, 3 weeks. 581 wines.
May 9, 2025 at 7:31 AM
My Bordeaux 2024 Report is published and available to buy and download from Tim Atkin's site.
timatkin.com/product/bord...
Please help spread the word if you can!
#GrandsCrus #Bordeaux #2024 #EnPrimeur
3,218 kms. €384 petrol, €192 motorway tolls, 15 days away from home, 3 weeks. 581 wines.
timatkin.com/product/bord...
Please help spread the word if you can!
#GrandsCrus #Bordeaux #2024 #EnPrimeur
3,218 kms. €384 petrol, €192 motorway tolls, 15 days away from home, 3 weeks. 581 wines.
Yum!
Some times old wine just hits the spot.
Dusky and still fruity with prune, leather and lots of mild sweet spices. Completely evolved tannins, and fine fruity balsamic-edged acidity. Cooked morello cherries on a long expansive finish..
I Sodi di S. Niccolo Castellare 1994.
@CastellareWine
Some times old wine just hits the spot.
Dusky and still fruity with prune, leather and lots of mild sweet spices. Completely evolved tannins, and fine fruity balsamic-edged acidity. Cooked morello cherries on a long expansive finish..
I Sodi di S. Niccolo Castellare 1994.
@CastellareWine
April 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Yum!
Some times old wine just hits the spot.
Dusky and still fruity with prune, leather and lots of mild sweet spices. Completely evolved tannins, and fine fruity balsamic-edged acidity. Cooked morello cherries on a long expansive finish..
I Sodi di S. Niccolo Castellare 1994.
@CastellareWine
Some times old wine just hits the spot.
Dusky and still fruity with prune, leather and lots of mild sweet spices. Completely evolved tannins, and fine fruity balsamic-edged acidity. Cooked morello cherries on a long expansive finish..
I Sodi di S. Niccolo Castellare 1994.
@CastellareWine
You can hear me talk about the difference between MW and MS (risky territory, but I think I managed not to insult anyone!), wine marathons, and other stuff!
vintmarketplace.com/master-somme...
It’s half an hour you won’t get back, but never mind…
vintmarketplace.com/master-somme...
It’s half an hour you won’t get back, but never mind…
Master Sommelier vs. Master of Wine - What's The Difference? Insights from IMW Chairman Rod Smith MW - Vint Marketplace
In this episode of the Vint Wine Podcast, we speak with Rod Smith MW, Chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine, about the journey to becoming a Master of Wine, the evolving role of deep wine knowl...
vintmarketplace.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
You can hear me talk about the difference between MW and MS (risky territory, but I think I managed not to insult anyone!), wine marathons, and other stuff!
vintmarketplace.com/master-somme...
It’s half an hour you won’t get back, but never mind…
vintmarketplace.com/master-somme...
It’s half an hour you won’t get back, but never mind…
Reposted by Rod Smith
I try to stay away from politics but this crab eating a grape is very important.
March 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I try to stay away from politics but this crab eating a grape is very important.
You know things are bad when an oil tanker and a ship full of cyanide colliding becomes the good news story.
March 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You know things are bad when an oil tanker and a ship full of cyanide colliding becomes the good news story.
Reposted by Rod Smith
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
February 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Repost & like, if you stand with President Zelensky!
Excellent to have Loïc Pasquet of Liber Pater come and share his amazing philosophy and his also amazing wines, with us this afternoon in Bordeaux.
February 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Excellent to have Loïc Pasquet of Liber Pater come and share his amazing philosophy and his also amazing wines, with us this afternoon in Bordeaux.
I decided to escape and spend the day walking on my own.
And a plan came to fruition…
And a plan came to fruition…
February 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I decided to escape and spend the day walking on my own.
And a plan came to fruition…
And a plan came to fruition…
Not every day you get to share a stage with Jancis Robinson, presenting her with the Lifetime Achievement award for James Halliday.
An honour.
#WineParis, #InstituteofMastersofWine, #Vinexposium, #TheDrinksBusiness
An honour.
#WineParis, #InstituteofMastersofWine, #Vinexposium, #TheDrinksBusiness
February 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Not every day you get to share a stage with Jancis Robinson, presenting her with the Lifetime Achievement award for James Halliday.
An honour.
#WineParis, #InstituteofMastersofWine, #Vinexposium, #TheDrinksBusiness
An honour.
#WineParis, #InstituteofMastersofWine, #Vinexposium, #TheDrinksBusiness
I quite like it that fully a quarter of a “Traditional Danish Lunch” is spirit alcohol.
February 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I quite like it that fully a quarter of a “Traditional Danish Lunch” is spirit alcohol.
Onwards! I’m going to Denmark. Yay! 🇩🇰
So, I am wearing my Greenland 🇬🇱 t-shirt.
Because Greenland 🇬🇱 is part of Denmark 🇩🇰.
So, it is appropriate - in the way that absolutely nothing is appropriate about Donald Trump.
Al magt til Danmark!
Ned med orange mini-hjerne!
So, I am wearing my Greenland 🇬🇱 t-shirt.
Because Greenland 🇬🇱 is part of Denmark 🇩🇰.
So, it is appropriate - in the way that absolutely nothing is appropriate about Donald Trump.
Al magt til Danmark!
Ned med orange mini-hjerne!
January 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Onwards! I’m going to Denmark. Yay! 🇩🇰
So, I am wearing my Greenland 🇬🇱 t-shirt.
Because Greenland 🇬🇱 is part of Denmark 🇩🇰.
So, it is appropriate - in the way that absolutely nothing is appropriate about Donald Trump.
Al magt til Danmark!
Ned med orange mini-hjerne!
So, I am wearing my Greenland 🇬🇱 t-shirt.
Because Greenland 🇬🇱 is part of Denmark 🇩🇰.
So, it is appropriate - in the way that absolutely nothing is appropriate about Donald Trump.
Al magt til Danmark!
Ned med orange mini-hjerne!
The last time the cheesy wotsit jellyhead was president (good grief), he took credit for there having been no air crashes.
So, by “OrangeMiniBrain-O-Matic” logic, this one’s entirely his fault.
Lock him up.
So, by “OrangeMiniBrain-O-Matic” logic, this one’s entirely his fault.
Lock him up.
January 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The last time the cheesy wotsit jellyhead was president (good grief), he took credit for there having been no air crashes.
So, by “OrangeMiniBrain-O-Matic” logic, this one’s entirely his fault.
Lock him up.
So, by “OrangeMiniBrain-O-Matic” logic, this one’s entirely his fault.
Lock him up.
Guess who went off on his own, chasing heavens-knows-what fauna, for an hour, as ‘part’ of his afternoon walk.
Dead-beat, thirsty and hungry, but thankfully no evidence of having picked a fight with a bigger boy/boar…
Dead-beat, thirsty and hungry, but thankfully no evidence of having picked a fight with a bigger boy/boar…
January 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Guess who went off on his own, chasing heavens-knows-what fauna, for an hour, as ‘part’ of his afternoon walk.
Dead-beat, thirsty and hungry, but thankfully no evidence of having picked a fight with a bigger boy/boar…
Dead-beat, thirsty and hungry, but thankfully no evidence of having picked a fight with a bigger boy/boar…
I might be tempted, but - by the most astonishing coincidence - ninety-two grand a month is *exactly* the amount I don’t have to spend on renting an apartment in Monaco.
January 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I might be tempted, but - by the most astonishing coincidence - ninety-two grand a month is *exactly* the amount I don’t have to spend on renting an apartment in Monaco.
No offence to German hotels, which are lovely (if a shade sauna-y), but I have really missed this…
January 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
No offence to German hotels, which are lovely (if a shade sauna-y), but I have really missed this…
Dogs are the best
Caoimhe, Lora and Wather.
Caoimhe, Lora and Wather.
January 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Dogs are the best
Caoimhe, Lora and Wather.
Caoimhe, Lora and Wather.
Too cold for an inauguration. According to people who want to invade Greenland.
January 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Too cold for an inauguration. According to people who want to invade Greenland.
This was great fun.
January 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
This was great fun.
