David Round MW

@davidroundmw.bsky.social

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Head of Taxonomy and founder at wine & spirits start-up Pour Now. Director of events business Big Fish Little Fish. London-based.

France in flames. Photo on front page of The Guardian today (Maximilien Lamy / Getty)
BBC headline: Pubs cheer business rates while other firms 'left out in the cold'.
Label Scanner showing Sara's labels on Skywatch Blue
Glasgow Pizza restaurant Paesano’s white wine list, showing the house wine at £27 a bottle.
Photo of Hannah with Matt Smith in foreground and his partner Lily James in the background.
My Fathers Day cards: “Father by day…beauty influencer by night” and “You’re the best in the Galaxy” with a picture of the Mandalorion.
BuzzBallz Lime ‘Rita
BBC headline: Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces.
Front cover of “The Haunted Hotel & Other Stories” by Wilkie Collins
Château Galoupet Cru Classé Côtes de Provence Rosé
AI junk from The Wine Society
David Round’s BlueSky header
First page of an article in The Economist from December 2025 called "The End of a 10m-Year Love Affair" referring to the relationship between humans and alcohol.
Screenshot from the website of a new tequila brand: "Real Tequila. Real Cheap."
Casillero del Diablo Cabernet Sauvignon bottle shot
Leclerc-Briant’s sea-aged Abyss champagne.
ABC News post on X: “Not seeing as many ABC News updates here as you used to? Find us on BlueSky.”
Lambeth council election result showing the Greens as the largest party, ahead of incumbents Labour, but just short of overall control.
Czar plum crop looking huge again this year.
Welsh poppies in my garden.
Orbán concedes defeat in Hungary’s election.
Claudette Hubbard, a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Ellen Thomas, holding a glass of red wine.
Christ Church Spitalfields, designed by Hawksmoor.
Xavier Goodridge Henty Pinot Noir 2021
Walton Bridges by Turner
La Vieille Ferme from Perrin. Or chicken wine, as it is popularly known.
“The Modern Preserver” by Kylie Newton
Orange & Campari Marmalade
Damien Lorieux Les Géléries Bourgueil 2020 smells like a horse’s arse.
Our two cats - sisters from the same litter.
Mimi sitting in a box, but maybe thinking out of the box.
Recipe for blood orange marmalade.
Detail from a map of BlueSky users that reflects patterns of followers / following.
Seville Orange Marmalade recipe, based on Nigel Slater’s original.
Newly-bottled Seville orange marmalade.
A simmering pan of the rind, juice and pith of Seville oranges for marmalade-making.
My sister Julia and her dog Logo arriving at Heathrow Airport today.
Gordon’s London Dry Gin £19.50
Steve McQueen as The Cooler King in The Great Escape.
Mulline Portarlington Geelong Chardonnay 2022
The Grange, refined and beautifully balanced, a world-class sparkling wine from Hampshire.
The London Eye lit up by the last rays of a setting midwinter sun.
Our cat Mimi giving me a peck on the forehead while I try to check a tax return.