Freddy Price – death of a wine trade gentleman and Riesling defender

Freddy Price 

I was very sorry and sad to learn that Freddy Price had died on Wednesday 27th June. He had dementia and had been in a home for more than a year. Otherwise he was physically fit, so his death was unexpected.

Freddy played multiple roles in wine – including importing, writing and lecturing. His great passion was German wines in particular Rieslings. His book Riesling Renaissance covered Rieslings around the world and featured photos by his wife, Janet, who is an excellent photographer. Both Freddy and Janet were long time members of the Circle of Wine Writers. 

I remember Freddy with great affection – a gentleman in the true sense of the word, for his kindness, knowledge and enthusiasm. 

Our thoughts are with Janet and family.

  

Profile of Freddy from Wines of Germany site

People's March Saturday 23rd June – photos

Mrs EU @Parliament Square 

People jam on Pall Mall

Parliament Square

We were proud to have been on the huge People's Vote March on Saturday 23rd June. There was a great friendly, carnival atmosphere. Crowd estimates vary but there were certainly more than 100,000 people marching demanding a vote on the final deal and there may have been up to 500,000 according to some estimates. There were people from all over the UK and of all age groups on the march. 

The march was so big that it took us more than two and half hours to move very slowly from the western end of Pall Mall to Parliament Square.

Here are some photos from the event. The demand is that people get a chance to accept or reject the final deal, whatever it may be with an option to keep the deal we already have with the EU. It is not a second referendum but a chance to look at what is on offer. 

Marchers meeting up outside the Ritz

People making their way down Saint James's 

to the start in Pall Mall

Banners: 

Putin – the real Mr Brexit

 

West Berks Brexitometer

Passing Downing Street

Reaching Parliament Square

The end of the March heading down 
Whitehall around 3pm 

A PS from B. Johnson, who is apparently our 'Foreign Secretary', setting out Government policy towards business and industry:

 

People's March – see you in central London today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueqe54ak3GI

 

I'll be on the People's March today demanding a chance to vote on the Final Deal. Brexit will be catastrophic for the UK – two years on from the referendum there are no tangible examples of why we would be better out than in the EU with the favourable deal that we had. 

Parliament could have stopped this lunacy but jobsworth politicians have failed us, so we need a chance to vote on the Final Deal.

Details here: