Ruth
@ruthspivey_
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Half woman, half wine. Founder @winecarboot. Writer, Consultant. At the end of a two year UK road trip for book Wines From A Small Island 🌱
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Joined October 2010
Researching restaurant corkage policies for a piece. If you welcome it, why? How do you choose what you charge? If you don’t allow it, why not? Too many bad experiences? Fearful everyone will start taking advantage? Reply, DM or hello@spivey.wine anonymity assured. Tyvm.
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Rioja on the rocks 🍑🧊 #roseontherocks #rose #summer #rioja #spain #spanishwine #winelover #wine #daydrinking #strawberry #garden #england #rosado
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If I didn’t like going to bed at 9pm so much I’d 💯apply. . 🌴 One thing I wish I’d done when I was still in restaurants is to have worked in a gorgeous hotel in a stunning location, instead of staying holed up in grubby London. (Also, hello hotel perks) 👆🏻brilliant opp for …
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Exceptionally shiny treat to be a guest at @bobbobricard City’s private room for an evening of fine wine opulence - took me a second to realise there was no food on the menu, just a list of top end classics in a variety of formats from their cellar (we chose off menu, like n…
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⚡️@noblerotmayfair⚡️ Preview dinner with @kristerb2 @starwinelist in a room(s) - it’s a tardis with so many great tables - packed with friendly faces. The cellar currently houses 1000 bins with another 400 coming this week. Glad I’m not in charge of finding room for them. …
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PEOPLE! “The Garethon” Auction is going live in 10 MINUTES - ⚡️LINK IN BIO ⚡️ An absurd number of insane experiences are up for grabs, the fruits of @garethbirchley’s 20 years and counting swilling and schmoozing his way around the world at the pinnacle of everything wine. …
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Reward for going to the tip in the rain at 8am this morning. Although let’s not pretend I wouldn’t have rewarded myself in the same way had I not gone to the tip in the rain at 8am this morning. And for those of you privy to my hatred of flutes, this beauty by @lehmannrei…
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In such a pretty and fine boned place right now. Juicy elegance or elegant juice… dancing around. Graves, but not as you know it. Tiny amounts produced, a mere few thousand bottles, from two hectares farmed by and made with the two hands of one man. Vincent Quirac. I bough…
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Honoured to be alongside these four Sussex women @muddystilettos #IWD feature. Thank you. I can’t wait to go to @thestar by @alexpolizzi_ @olgapolizzi in Alfriston - it looks like a dream - with a romp over the downs with Alex leading the charge. @louise.budgen’s book sou…
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🐠 John Dory 🐠 Chablis & Oysters afternoon @johndorywine #sandgate #folkestone. Loved it - lucky Folkestone having a quintessential wine bar that already feels as if it’s been there forever - swipe for 40clove aioli and CRISP WALL - biggest congratulations @louisafbwalls @b…
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Wines From Planet Earth🍷🌏✌🏻or what happens when you throw the theme in the bin. Laurent Bernard Champagne 2015 @winemakersclub - Tasmania Sparkling 2001 - De Moor Chablis 2019 - Riecine Chianti 2016 - Colleoni Brunello 2015 - Moulin Pey-Labrie Canon Fronsac Bordeaux 1991 -…
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Happy Birthday Neal 🎈Not sure what was better, the plethora of wine or the secret preview of your new book (out April) that I’ve scored 107 points. Here we have: - the Steve Cram and Roger Bannister of wine - Vv good wines - no one needs my tasting notes - Another vv go…
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