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Recent Wines January 2020 #theglouthatbindsus
Dry January…I write about wine, so that’s not going to happen, is it! I can’t even make you roll around on the floor laughing at the tired old joke about sticking to dry wine, because in the dozen most interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex & Maria Koppitsch, Alexandra Mossu Vigneronne, Blank Bottle for Butlers Wine Cellar, Blank Bottle Winery, David Bowley Winemaker, Domaine Mossu Voiteur, Emmanuelle Milan, Equipo Navazos, Florpower 77, François Mossu, Gewurztraminer Demoiselle, Helter Skelter Viognier Darling, Jauma Wines, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Jerez table wine, Julian Haart, Jura Wine, Koppitsch Perspektive Weiss, Lillies Grenache, Mathieu Deiss, Mesnay Jura, Neusiedl-am-See, Palomino table wine, Patrice Béguet Vigneron, Piesporter Schubertslay Spätlese 2011, Pieter Walser, Recent Wines January 2020, Rita & Rudolf Trossen Kinheim, Sang de Gaillardon Jura Wine, Shobbrook Giallo 2016, Straight No Chaser Chardonnay 2015, Tom Shobbrook Winemaker, Trossen Rot 2018, Vibrations Riesling 2016, Vignoble du Reveur, Vinteloper Lagrein 2017
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The Wines Of Germany by Anne Krebiehl MW (book review)
A new book on Germany is a welcome addition to the wine library of any serious wine lover. There isn’t a lot of literature on German wine out there. My previous go-to for a work on the whole country would … Continue reading
Binging on the Bogans’ 2018 Burgundies – Eyre, Haisma, Le Grappin et al
The festival of Burgundy tastings (some call it a circus) hits London in January. For some people it is the highlight of the wine year. Importers bombard their customers with invitations to events which overlap, so that some avid fans … Continue reading
Posted in Aligoté, Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Eastern European Wine, Fine Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andrew Nielsen Winemaker, Burgundy 2018, Burgundy Tasting, Dagon Wines Romania, Du Grappin, Jane Eyre Burgundy 2018, Jane Eyre Winemaker, Jérémy Recchione, Le Grappin, Le Grappin 2018s, Mark Haisma, Romanian Wine
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Recent Wines – December 2019 #theglouthatbindsus
I haven’t quite finished my series of articles on Australia, and I certainly hope to write and publish the last of those before the tasting calendar kicks in, which it does in a couple of weeks with Le Grappin in … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Wine, English Cider, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adelina Wines Arneis, Adrien Berlioz Chignin Savoie, Artisan Wines in Hampshire, Australian Arneis, Basket Press Wines, Blank Bottle Winery "Gothus" Pinotage, Bozidar Zorjan Slovenia, Champagne Vincent Couche Buxeuil, Chardonnay de Montgueux, Dobra Vinice Czech Moravia, Dolium Zorjan, Domaine de Saint-Pierre Les Corvées, Du Grappin Aligoté 2017, Eden Valley Shiraz, English Sparkling Wine, Eternal Return Arneis, Fabrice Dodane, Frick Alsace, Frick Bergweingarten, Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz 2001, JJ Prüm Ziltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese, Koppitsch Petnat Burgenland, Le Grappin, Meinklang Graupert, Mondeuse Adrien Berlioz, Nejedlik Orange, Philipp Wittmann Rheinhessen, Pieter Walser Pinotage for Butlers Wine Cellar, Pretty Nats Petnat, Recent Wines December 2019, Starvecrow Cider, The Bookkeeper Charlie Herring Wines, Tim Phillips winemaker, Wittmann Weiser Burgunder
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Review of the Year 2019
It’s always an enjoyable task deciding what to highlight from the year just gone, or almost (as I write this on New Year’s Eve). The research for this article, and my initial words, were begun in the week before Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Books
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Basket Press Wines, Bindi, Black Chalk, Butlers Wine Cellar, Charlie Herring Wines, Clonakilla, Dobra Vinice, Domaine L'Octavin Pamina, Dynamic Vines, Equipo Navazos Bota 51, Heidi Schrock, Henschke Mount Edelstone 2001, Jacob Leadley, Les Caves de Pyrene, Newcomer Wines, Review of the Year 2019, Ruster Ausbruch, Silo Brighton, Soldera Riserva 1990, Solent Cellar, Sue Style The Landscape of Swiss Wine, The Sportsman Seasalter, Thomas Wines, Tim Phillips, Wine Book of the Year, Wines of the French Alps (Book), Wines of the Year, Wink Lorch, Ziereisen
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Hunter Valley Part 2 – Andrew Thomas
If you read an article which perhaps just touches on the Hunter Valley you will see several famous names listed as the region’s best known and finest producers, but the chances are that if a couple of producers less well … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Fine Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Braemore Cellar Reserve Semillon 2014, Braemore Vineyard Semillon, Classic Australian Shiraz, Contemporary Australian Classics, Hermitage District Hunter Valley, Hunter Valley, Hunter Valley Semillon, Hunter Valley Shiraz, Hunter Valley Stars, The Kiss Shiraz, Thomas Wines, Tintilla Angus Semillon 2018, Tintilla Estate Wines, Top Estates Hunter Valley
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Hunter Valley Part 1 – Gundog
For those people who discovered Australian wine at the time it exploded onto our shores in the UK, during the 1980s, it would probably have been the Hunter Valley wine region where the grapes were sourced. It would not have … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged "Hunter Burgundy", Gundog Canberra District Riesling, Gundog Estate, Gundog Nebbiolo Rosé, Gundog Wild Semillon, Hunter Valley NSW, Hunter Valley Semillon, Hunter Valley Shiraz, Indomitus Albus Semillon, Matt Burton Winemaker, Old Road Vineyard Pokolbin, Pokolbin, Somerset Vineyard Pokolbin, Sunshine Vineyard Pokolbin, The 48 Block Shiraz, Vernon Vineyard Mount View, Wine Regions of NSW
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 