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Matthiasson, Linda Vista Chardonnay and Nekter Wines on Zoom
As the UK’s Coronavirus lockdown came into place you could hear the buzz of wine importers working out not only how to keep their stock moving and supporting their growers (by being in a position to sell more of their … Continue reading
Basket Press Wines at Plateau, Brighton (March 2020)
Oh how different the world seemed a couple of weeks ago. Basket Press Wines, the importer of primarily Czech wines, was down in Brighton to show some new wines and vintages to the staff of Plateau and Ten Green Bottles, … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Annamária Réka, Basket Press Wines, Blauer Portugieser, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, Dva Duby, Hungarian Wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Krasna Hora, Milerka, Modry Portugal, Ota Sevcik, Petr Korab, Réba-Koncz Hungary, Utopia Ciders, Vox in Excelsio 2017
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Dynamic By Name, Dynamic By Nature
The UK is blessed with an almost uncountable number of wonderful wine merchants, and I love too many of them to be deemed a truly loyal customer. They range from tiny enterprises like Basket Press, Modal Wines and Nekter up … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Biodynamic Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sans Sulfites, Bordeaux-Côtes-de-Francs, Burgenland Austria, Chateau Le Puy Bordeaux, Chiara de Iulis Pepe, Cosse Maisonneuve Cahors, Domaine de Beudon Fully, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Giachino Savoie, Domaine Ligas Greece, Dynamic Vines, Dynamic Vines Portfolio Tasting 2020, Emidio Pepe, Emmanuel Giboulot Burgundy, Evelyne Clairet, Gut Oggau 2017s and 2018s, Gut Oggau Burgenland, Gut Oggau Family Reunion, Ktima Ligas Pella, La Tournelle Vin Jaune 2011, Matthieu Cosse, Modern Cahors, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 1980, Neusiedlersee, Pascal Clairet, Prieuré Saint-Christoph, Roditis, Roussette de Savoie, Sulphur Free Bordeaux, Swiss Wine, Uva Arbosiana, Valais Wine, Xinomavro
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Taste Canada 2020
Taste Canada took place at Fare on Old Street this Monday. Westbury Communications laid on a tasting sponsored by the Government of Canada presenting many of the Canadian wines currently available in the UK along with a selection of producers looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Bachelder Niagara, Bay of Fundy, Benjamin Bridge, Burrowing Owl Okanagan, Canada Tasting at Fare London, Canadian Icewine, Clos Jordanne, Domaine Queylus, Flat Rock Cellars, Gaspereau Valley, Haywire wines, Henry of Pelham, Hidden Bench Estate, Icewine, Inniskillin Wines, Janet Fast, Le Vieux Pin Okanagan, Martin's Lane Okanagan, Meyer Family Vineyards, Moray Tawse, Niagara Peninsula, Okanagan Crush Pad, Okanagan Valley, Painted Rock Wines, Pelee Island Winery, Peller Estate, Peller Estates, Quail's Gate Wines, Rebel Pi, Roussanne Icewine, Stratus Wines Niagara, Taste Canada 2020, Tawse Winery, The Bub 2016, Thomas Bachelder, Unsworth Vineyards Vancouver Island, Westcott Vineyards, Wines of British Columbia, Wines of Nova Scotia, Wines of Ontario
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Vineyards of Hampshire – London Tasting February 2020
The Vineyards of Hampshire group held their sixth annual Trade and Press tasting at 67 Pall Mall on Tuesday. The eight producers present last year were joined this time by one new member, The Grange, which is the vineyard of the well known … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Rosé Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Black Chalk Wines, Cottonworth, Danebury Vineyards, Emma Rice, English Schönburger, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Entice Sweet Bacchus Dessert Wine, Exton Park, Hambledon Vineyard, Hattingley Valley Aqua Vitae, Hattingley Valley Wines, Jacob Leadley, Jenkyn Place Wines, Raimes Wines, The Grange Vineyard, Vineyards of Hampshire 2020 Tasting, Vineyards of Hampshire Group
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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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