Top 10 drinks tweets of the week

This week’s collection of top tweets from industry figures features cutting-edge fashion, chic cars and continental living – all drenched in lashings of wine.

It’s been bumper week for our web-savvy wine-folk out there, having to jet across the world doing jobs for which they surely deserve recognition – but being short of medals these days, we can only recognise their efforts here.

Should they need reminding – from embarrassing snaps to snappy remarks, nothing gets past us here at the drinks business.

So dive in and take a look at what wine figures have made this week’s Top 10…

Tim Atkin and Will Lyons

What started with an innocent update by Tim to his hoards of fans ended with a red-trouser revelation from Mr Lyons…

@Timatkin Red trousers at the ready?

— Jane Roberts (@JaneEHRoberts) October 5, 2014

@JaneEHRoberts I don’t even own a pair of red trousers. That’s Will Lyons. — Tim Atkin (@Timatkin) October 5, 2014

@jamiegoode @Timatkin @JaneEHRoberts I own three pairs and one pair of red shorts.

— William Lyons (@Will_Lyons) October 5, 2014

@Timatkin @camelvalleybob @jamiegoode @Winerackd @JaneEHRoberts OK, one more time. Just for you Tim… pic.twitter.com/imDQdwSs0s — William Lyons (@Will_Lyons) October 5, 2014

Jamie Goode

Jamie Goode did some ‘work’ this week…

My work this evening pic.twitter.com/drQBRtnzeE

— Jamie Goode (@jamiegoode) October 5, 2014

Lucy Shaw

Our very own Lucy Shaw was a jammy so-and-so in Chablis…

My ride in Chablis! pic.twitter.com/FgYjYi2LkN — Lucy Shaw (@LucyLondon) October 7, 2014

Andrew Catchpole

Wine writer Andrew Catchpole falls victim to nominal nitwittery in Paris…

Welcome to Paris Mr Ketchball… pic.twitter.com/xQImgc1QeZ

— Andrew Catchpole (@andrewcatchpole) October 8, 2014

Gavin Quinney

Winemaker Gavin Quinney lives in France…

“Are you there all day?” I ask the lab selling wine-making products. “Yes.” “See you shortly.” “Oh, we’re shut for lunch 12 to 2pm.” #bdx14 — Gavin Quinney (@GavinQuinney) October 6, 2014

Robert McIntosh

Wine blogger Robert McIntosh delivers some clever anti-Apple satire…

You’d think they might not want to put curved (or should I say ‘bent’?) ads out there at… http://t.co/S7KYRty6gE pic.twitter.com/BwvkYy5gzz

— Robert McIntosh (@thirstforwine) October 8, 2014

Mark Oldman

New York wine personality Mark Oldman gets confused by a dainty decanter…

high-art drug test for elephants? No, ’tis Movia’s clove-like Ribolla #wine from Slovenia, in a rare decanter pic.twitter.com/zcyqXgQVCA — Mark Oldman (@MarkOldman) October 8, 2014

Robert Parker

The enigmatic Robert Parker is confident of Napa’s success this year. However, he may have forgotten one thing…

#California is probably 65% or more finished, and other than a freak hail storm 9/28 in the town of Napa, weather has been superb

— Robert M Parker, Jr (@RobertMParkerJr) October 6, 2014

Randall Grahm

Producer Randall Grahm receives a compliment of sorts, being told one of his top wines pairs “wonderfully with the Cheeseburger”…

So pleased that our ’08 Cigare graces the wine list of Taillevent, if only to be paired w/ le cheeseburger (!?!) pic.twitter.com/5ost1sxRyb — Randall Grahm (@RandallGrahm) October 7, 2014

Samantha Suddons

And finally, ex-pat somm and winemaker Samantha Suddons is feeling guilty – trying to hide her lonely decadence with philosophical filibustering…

If you open a bottle of wine and drink all of it, but nobody saw you do it, did it really happen? #philosophy

— Samantha Suddons (@Sammelier) October 9, 2014