Heading off to Switzerland for some MW study. Just a nicer environment for tasting the wines blind, a clinical desk space in the mountains compared to a clinical desk space in London.
Something about athlete’s training at altitude ?
Still putting out a newsletter at 10pm on a Sunday night, because I will not be constrained by normative conventions.
There’s been loads of noise when discussing the new wine duty in the UK that has been bugging me. As much as I’m frustrated by further increases to our already costly wine duty taxes, the other argument is one I can’t get too grumpy about.
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2025:
Steve Finlan, chief executive of the wine club, said the organisation would be forced to raise the price of some bottles following the Chancellor’s Budget, as well as putting growth plans on hold.
Mr Finlan said the Government was squarely to blame for the society’s troubles.
2023: Just buy a bit more wine and we’ll be fine.
“Just three bottles more between now and October will enable us to hold prices to the end of the year. Six bottles more we can start to reduce prices,” he explained.
Is this a safe space to mouth off about stuff like the other place was?
Here goes;
Wine Society 2023 - We’ll soak up dutty hikes if you buy a bit more wines.
Wine Society 2025 - ARGH, fuck, the duty hikes are against us!
Cheers David! See you at Odney in a week or two!
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