🍷 Writing about wine since 2010 (Weinakademiker, DipWSET, CSWS) 💻 Software engineer & CTO @makimo.com - building and maintaining reliable software 🕸️ linktr.ee/maticomphttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3mjd5nawhjk2vGrabenwerkstatt is Wachau like no other. Franz and Michael are making electric, laser-sharp Grüners and Rieslings in the harsh Spitzer Graben out of old vines. Hands-off, tense, speaking of their origin, utterly thrilling. https://mati.wine/grabenwerkstatt-is-wachau-like-no-other/12 Apr 2026 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjd5nawhjk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3md6g5m7m5s2b8 sparklings, 4 countries. Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. This likely was one of the first if not the first tasting of these wines in Poland. Thanks to SPOT. for hosting the event! I'm looking forward to exploring this topic with the Polish audience more. There's more to tell.24 Jan 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6g5m7m5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3m6zw3k53uc2dI'm thrilled to soon present two masterclasses on cool climate sparklings, exploring wines from Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK and — of course! — the Polish ones. Quite likely for the first time in Poland. And quite likely not the last. The first bottles are here already, more to come!02 Dec 2025 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zw3k53uc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3m5bk7vroic23A captivating listen - as always if it's Jancis who's speaking to the mic. Quoting after @teamdb.bsky.social, Richard Hemming MW describes it as “the definitive story of Jancis’s life so far”, a chronicle not only of her professional ascent but also of the people and passions that made it possible. https://megaphone.link/GLSFA486927342410 Nov 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bk7vroic23https://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3m4vwb3xbt22oI have finally gotten myself a @decanter.com subscription. Should've done this sooner.05 Nov 2025 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vwb3xbt22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lzyrezwm4c2mPolish tech chaps, have you all gone back to X for good? It's awfully quiet in here and X is buzzing. Why?29 Sep 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzyrezwm4c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lzw2jozgsc2yMy playing cannot be too bad if that's what Pixel thinks when I'm practicing. 😅28 Sep 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzw2jozgsc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lz22itv2z22mWe ordered a bottle of Champagne. The staff flocked to our table to witness - "noone ever buys it", they said. "I never opened one, can I do it?", another waiter seconded. Little stories like this can make a place memorable, even if for the strangest of reasons. It was a lovely evening.17 Sep 2025 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz22itv2z22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lxselgsjn225I might grow older, but my excitement about wax capsules certainly doesn't grow with me.01 Sep 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxselgsjn225https://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lxoshjyup22dAchieving the Weinakademiker title and the WSET Diploma encouraged me to make a personal website about my wine stuff and collate everything under a single brand for the future. I also finally have some space to post my English writings that never fit anywhere before. I invite you to mati/wine ☺️ https://mati.wine31 Aug 2025 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxoshjyup22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3ltpqlzijos24Hot take: Manzanillas and Finos should be sold in small format cans.11 Jul 2025 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpqlzijos24https://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3ltczuhrbss24A group of four Polish wineries (Turnau, Jassa, Julo and Vogard) has just announced submitting the paperwork toward establishing the first Polish PGI for wines of the Lower Oder Valley (Dolina Dolnej Odry). This has been on the grapevine for a while now, but apparently is now in the motion.06 Jul 2025 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltczuhrbss24https://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lswlfi6i4c2oEvery summer reminds me of how perfect a chilled glass of manzanilla or a fino is for hot weather.01 Jul 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lswlfi6i4c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lsrjuzalpc2gSquid Game 3 finale is much better than the KFC's branded wings buckets. And those buckets were surprisingly good.29 Jun 2025 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsrjuzalpc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3ls5hllpryk24This is pure genius in its simplicity. Never thought of using a lock screen for that! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jun 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5hllpryk24https://bsky.app/profile/maticomp.net/post/3lrvbqmwxn227"Meininger Verlag will be discontinuing the online and newsletter format MEININGER’S INTERNATIONAL." Wow, that's a bummer.18 Jun 2025 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:narsofce5rjd6vpdqk6xvtru/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrvbqmwxn227