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Recent Wines October 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For our second batch of wines drunk at home in February we dart all over Europe, starting out in Devon of all places, followed by the Rioja Region (but not Rioja), Faugères (an all too rare visit to Languedoc, I … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Artisan Wines, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bacchus from Devon, Castlewood Vineyards Artefact 2021, Castlewood Vineyards Devon, Domaine du Méteore Faugères, Domaine du Méteore Leonides 2019, Elio Ottin Aosta, Faugères Wine, German Pinot Gris, Gonzalo Grijalba, Gran Cerdo Tempranillo, Grauer Burgunder Kalkmergel Becker Pfalz, Ottin Torrette Superieur 2016, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wine October 2023 (Pt 2), Rheinpfalz Grauburgunder, Schweigen-Rechtenbach Pfalz, Torrette Superieur, Val d'Aosta Wine, Vallée d'Aoste Wine, Weingut Friedrich Becker Schweigen Pfalz
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Recent Wines October 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
With fifteen wines up for consideration here, I’m going to make October’s Recent Wines into three parts again. Only five wines in each, but easier to skim through. I’m doing this because it’s mainly regular readers who subscribe to Wideworldofwine … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sherry, South African Wines, Spanish Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, 69.999999 Shiraz 2016 Blank Bottle Winery, Agostado Cortado 2017 Bodegas Cota 45, Alexis and Emilie Porteret, Amélie Guillot Molamboz Jura, Arbois Chardonnay VV 2021 Amélie Guillot, Arbois Pinot Noir, Cota 45 Sanlúcar, Domaine des Bodines Arbois Pinot 2017, Jura Pinot Noir, Jura Wine, Perruno, Petrolo Torrione 2015, Pieter Walser Blank Bottle Winery, Ramiro Ibanez, Recent Wines October 2023 (Pt 1), Sangiovese Blend, South African Wine, Unfortified Palomino, Uva Rey, Val d'Arno di Sopra Tuscan Wine, Voor Paardeberg South Africa
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Czech Wines – Another Unashamed Plug
If you ask any deeply interested wine lover where is hot right now you may get a variety of answers, but I would argue that the place with the buzz is Czechia (or the Czech Republic if you prefer). It … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Travel
Tagged Basket Press Wines, Czech Artisan Winemakers, Czech Wine, Czech Wine importers, Emerging Wine Region, Jaroslav Osicka, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine Movement in Czechia, Newcomer Wines, Petr Korab, Prost Wines, Richard Stavek
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The New Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in June last year I reviewed a small book called Regenerative Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode. It’s a fascinating work which, for those aware of one of winemaking’s buzz phrases, is pretty much self-explanatory in its title. In its … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Fine Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Vine Training, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Accessible Wine Science, Biodynamic Viticulture, Book on Modern Viticulture, Dr Jamie Goode, Epigenics, Esca Trunk Disease, François Dal and Vine Surgery, Glyphosate and other Vine Treatments, Hybrid Vines, Jamie Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Manuela Brando, Marco Simonit and Pruning, Modern Viticulture, Organic Viticulture, PIWIs and ResDur, Research at Château Lafite, Soil and Viticulture, Sustainable Viticulture, The New Viticulture by Jamie Goode (Review), Threats to Viticulture, Valentin Blattner, Vine Health, Vine Pests and Diseases, Vine Surgery and Curetage, Vine Treatments, Vine Trunk Disease, Vineyard Rhizosphere, Vineyards, Wine Books, Wine Science Book, Wine writing
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The Hearach
Hearach: noun. A native of Harris, [Scottish Gaelic]. The Hearach is the long-awaited single malt whisky from the Isle of Harris Distillery. It’s not the only new distillery to be releasing its first whisky around now. We seem to be … Continue reading
Recent Wines September 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
After the big batch of wines we drank here during August, September’s selection is somewhat smaller, but I hope the ten wines I have chosen are as interesting as ever. Part One is made up of five wines, the first … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Wine, Baden Wine, Chablais Wine, Chasselas, Czech Wine, Dertingen Wine, Domaine Albert Hertz Eguisheim, Du Vin Aux Liens La Petite Lanterne, Frédéric Hertz Winemaker, German Wine, Henri Badoux Aigle Les Murailles 2021, La Petite Lanterne Petnat Alsace, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2019, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab Solar Red 2022, Ryzlink Vlassky 2018 Syfany Winery, Swiss Wine, Vanessa Letort, Vaud Wine
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “Recent Wines” has been a long haul. A trip to Australia in springtime meant that whilst you were all away enjoying August holidays I was commuting between England and Scotland. Despite the thousands of miles I put on the … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Red Wine, Alsace Wine, Artisan Vignerons of Naoussa, Benje Blanco 2021 Envinate, Canary Islands Wine, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Gewurztraminer 2020, English Petnat Wine, Envinate Tenerife, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace, Lambert Spielmann Complétement Red 2021, Magula Gabay Bernheim SEN 2020, Magula SEN Rosé, Matt Gregory The Ancestral Pink 2021, Northern Greece Xinomavro, Ramato Wine, Recent Wines August 23 (Pt3), Rosé Wine from Slovakia, Skyphos Xinomavro IGP Macedonia, Specogna Colli Orientali del Friuli, Specogna Pinot Grigio Ramato 2021, Tenerife Wine, Wine from Leicestershire
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After the London interlude we are back to “Recent Wines”, this being Part 2 out of three for the month of August. We kick off with a remarkable wine from England’s South Downs, followed by wines from Corbières, Oregon, Jerez … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Apache Vin des Potes, Chris and Andrea Mullineux, Corbières Wine, Dermot Sugrue, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Pinot Réserve 2020, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo Navazos, Hiyu Farm, Hood River Wine, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Florpower 99, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada Bota Punta 80, Mullineux Wines Syrah 2008 Swartland, Oregon Wine, Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois, Recent Wines August 2023 (Pt 2), Sanlúcar Wine, Smockshop Band Spring Ephemeral Rosé, South African Wine, Sugrue South Downs Rosé Ex Machina 2016, Swartland Wine, Yohann Moreno
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 