South West London sitrep. I went to the national archives at Kew today to resolve a family mystery worthy of who do you think you are. I can report that the streets of Kew, Richmond, Sheen and Mortla… (View Post)

Exactly right. And it weirdly seems to go both ways, with online Americans obsessing about British current affairs. Perhaps now we have auto translation of foreign language social posts this Anglosph… (View Post)

Sometimes it’s just taste. You may like fuller bodied, butch wines. As do I - my favourite whites are Rhone varietals like Grenache blanc, and I love meaty Macon blancs too. But for Chablis, unlike m… (View Post)

No no no no no. A lot of the Chablis and petit Chablis we get in Britain is mediocre (not shit, I’ve never drunk a Chablis that I wanted to spit out), but they make some awesome wines. Essentially Ch… (View Post)

Yes Muscadet was big in the 70s and 80s. It’s a “coastal white” just like Picpoul, Assyrtiko, Vinho Verde, Xacoli. Quality was shit back then. Spurred by their popularity, they over-produced and unde… (View Post)