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Top 10 drinks tweets of the week

19 September 2014 By Neal Baker

This week’s impressive roundup of drinks industry tweets features harvest woes, referendum chat and mind-bending illusions.

With the Scottish referendum having taken place this week, the 2014 harvest in full swing and the silly-season well and truly behind us, this week’s trawl through twitter has thrown up some gems.

And remember trade folk; from embarrassing snaps to snappy remarks, nothing gets past us here at the drinks business.

Take a look at what wine figures have made this weeks Top 10…

Reverse Wine Snob

The Reverse Wine Snob Jon Thorsen shares one of those hilarious wine-pun-image-gag-combos that we all know and love.

We don’t think these will ever get old…

RT @farmerchefsouth: Ha! Needed that laugh! RT @ReverseWineSnob: “Take Me To Your Litre.” #wine #winelover pic.twitter.com/cVqhUAujGc

— Jon Thorsen (@ReverseWineSnob) September 17, 2014

Randal Grahm

Californian producer Randal Grahm, exhausted from the strains of the harvest, can still pluck up the energy to come out with inspired puns.

Badumtish!

Comprehensive tasting this afternoon w/ buyer for the Finnish monopoly, (a lovely woman, b/t/w) but after very long week just Finnished off.

— Randall Grahm (@RandallGrahm) September 19, 2014

The Wine Wankers

Bloggers the Wine Wankers made the right decision in choosing to retweet this to the world.

There is nothing that says “mother-dearest” like wine with ice.

@DrLes Seen this and thought of you, wonder why? @winewankers pic.twitter.com/KKrIgvuuxw

— Kirsty (@kar2891) September 18, 2014

Robert McIntosh

Wine writer Robet McIntosh spies this great picture on the eve of the recent Scottish referendum.

And it’s not the sign that got us – it’s the learner-plated Reliant Robin in the background!

A sign appears on the Scottish/English border at Gretna as Scotland goes to polls. #referendum pic.twitter.com/Bp90FaKe1W

— Christopher Furlong (@Chris_Furlong) September 18, 2014

Alice Feiring

Alice Feiring’s tweet speaks for itself – it must have been an amazing glimpse into a different world.

Not every day one can say, “I just interviewed Stalin’s last living wine maker.” But that’s just what I did.

— alicefeiring (@alicefeiring) September 15, 2014

Jamie Goode

Jamie Goode ‘ran’ the Marathon du Médoc this year…

Marathon du Medoc 2014: http://t.co/ZHufrLX2QQ the video suggests lots of drinking and walking and just a bit of running!

— Jamie Goode (@jamiegoode) September 15, 2014

Gavin Quinney

Producer and pedant Gavin Quinney has a keen eye for grammar errors, even pouncing on them when written by someone who might be feeling a little worse for wear.

“@AlexSalmond: Well done to Glasgow, our commonwealth city, and to the people of Scotland for such a incredible support” Such a incredible…?

— Gavin Quinney (@GavinQuinney) September 19, 2014

Eric Asimov

The NYT wine writer gives us sore brains – sore brains indeed.

“@thereaIbanksy: perspective matters pic.twitter.com/irWdvfAhQv” Straight outta Escher.

— Eric Asimov (@EricAsimov) September 16, 2014

Will Lyons

Columnist and style icon Will Lyons knows what he’s talking about when it comes to fashion…

The Rheingau’s August Kesseler, maker of world class Riesling and fashion icon. pic.twitter.com/8a6K7E5s5a

— William Lyons (@Will_Lyons) September 15, 2014