Winter pruning of split-canopy trellised vines, west side of Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA. #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography

Feels like a #Tannat kind of night #redwine #wine #uruguay

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It’s long been clear that capture is the only reasonable explanation for the fecklessness we have observed in the long line of attacks on our country, many of which are still ongoing. McGonigal is the one we caught. How many others?

Musk is Deripaska’s client.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/14/tesla-has-bought-aluminum-from-russian-supplier-rusal-since-2020.html

In 2016, someone at the FBI leaked to a shady NYT reporter that "so far" FBI officials hadn't found any connection between Trump team and Russian officials. The investigation wasn't even complete and someone at the FBI was promoting idea Trump didn't collude with Russia. Meanwhile, NYT was overstating the extent of the feds' investigations into *financial* connections. Now we learn Deripaska owned the NY head of FBI's counterintel division. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/01/us/politics/fbi-russia-election-donald-trump.html

Whoa. The former head of the FBI’s counterintelligence division in the New York Field Office has been charged with working for Russian who’s on the sanctions list. Damn. Exactly the guy you want to compromise if you’re a foreign intelligence service.

@FoodWineClick great article and photos. I def agree 🤩

"We are not the extremist America-hating “woke” caricatures Dugin and friends claim we are. We stand for empathy, fairness, equality, opportunity, and free enterprise. We see the promise and genius of our Western democracies while we acknowledge our history and failings. We seek a world where everyone can live in dignity." - @davetroy

#Ukraine #putin #democracy #woke #Vision

https://washingtonspectator.org/combatting-putins-war/

What do you pair with movie theater style nachos? How ‘bout some Pinot! Some dusty Willamette Valley juice right here. A bit of whole cluster fermentation from three different ‘crus of marine based silty loam. Yum, from Fossil & Fawn 🤤 #wine #redwine #oregonwine #pinotnoir #willamettevalley #brooklyn #nyc

Everybody's worried the fascists are going to win the game, when the real concern is that they're trying to blow up the stadium.

Had forgot about his one. Was super happy to come across the current vintage. Prolific producer from Verduno that has property in the Massara and Olmo crus. Heavy soil concentration of limestone & clay to grow Pelaverga Piccolo, a rare red grape varietal from Piedmont. #redwine #wine #italianwine #piedmont #pelaverga

1998 La Crau. Nowhere near completion.

#wine #vin #WineReview #ChateauneufDuPape #rhone #VinsRhone
https://terroirreview.com/2023/01/11/1998-domaine-du-vieux-telegraphe-la-crau-chateauneuf-du-pape/

I think the Russian oligarchs hate you so much, dear Americans; that they’re mocking and subverting you at once. They’re sadists, you know that? This dude is Velkselberg’s joke. It’s a Zelig-like comedy. Don’t you see that?

For an event last night, I was tasked with developing a tasting for 30 people based on the #wine and #food in 'The Passenger', the latest from #CormacMcCarthy. To make it more amusing for me, budget worthy examples of the wines (the characters weren't drinking Barefoot) had to be paired with party versions of the food mentioned.

In a nod to McCarthy's residency in New Mexico, #champagne was replaced with Sauvage Blanc de Blancs from Gruet.

Not many parties have a budget for #Montrachet, nor do I, so Dominique Lafon Bourgogne Blanc stood in.

At different points, characters were drinking undisclosed Saint-Emilion and Beaujolais (specified as "not the Villages type"). I wanted a Cab Franc-dominant #Bordeaux and came up with Chateau Haut-Segottes. "Not Villages" to me meant Cru Beaujolais so repping #Beaujolais was the Julien Sunier Morgon.

It was a good event.

Lovely wine, biodynamically farmed.

#Wine #WineReview #WhiteWine #Sample #RhôneStyle #RhôneRangers #TablasCreek

https://terroirreview.com/2023/01/05/2020-tablas-creek-vineyard-esprit-blanc-de-tablas-paso-robles/

“I took care of your clown problem.”

Semafor said today that "a critical mass of conservatives do not trust McCarthy to lead them..."

Conservatives. Is that what they are?

John Boehner's description of the same crowd in his memoir:

"What they're really interested in is chaos... They want to throw sand in the gears of the hated federal government until it fails."

Are the sowers of chaos properly called "conservatives?"

Is MAGA conservative?

Why do #journalists with a commitment to accuracy maintain this fiction?

#uspolitics

9/new games, new frames, new heroes, new rules.

Imagination and collective action are perennially in short supply. But bring them together for a few moments, and you can change the next 200 years.

It's happened before... again and again and again.

When will we start?

#QT #Mastodon #HowTo

People wanting QTs for "good" reasons, so they can add a comment to what they're boosting, just haven't learned how we've been doing it here all along, without the need for a QT function.

How it works:
1) Reply to the post you want to QT with a comment, such as "Boosting so my followers can also respond to this!" My opinion is ..."

2) Boost your REPLY. Your followers will see it in their timeline. When they click on it they'll see the OP above your reply.

Done! 🙂