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Category Archives: Alsace
Real Wine Fair 2019, Part 2
If you have not seen Part 1 of my coverage of the Real Wine Fair 2019 you can check it out here. That is where you will find any introductory blurb, for what it’s worth. This is the second of … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adelaide Hills Wines, Alice & Olivier De Moor, Australian Nebbiolo, Australian Sangiovese, Australian Savagnin, Castagna Beechworth, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, Cota 45 Sanlúcar, Crémant Quetsches, de Moor Caravan, de Moor Chablis Monts de Milieu, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Domaine L'Achillée Alsace, Gareth Belton, Genesis Syrah, Gentle Folk Wines, Julian Castagna, Les Caves de Pyrene, London Wine Events, Natural Wine Fairs, natural wines, Real Wine Fair 2019, Vendangeur Masqué, Yann Durrmann
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Recent Wines, December 2018 #theglouthatbindsus
Quite a lot of wines were consumed at home in December, no surprises there, then. I’ve managed to cull it down to fifteen bottles by chopping out those I’ve written about fairly recently, and those that didn’t quite manage to … Continue reading
Posted in Aligoté, Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Demûa 2014, André-Jean Morin, Arbois Les Moulins Domaine de la Touraize, Cascina degli Ulivi, Céline and Steve Gormally Passenans, Champagne Val Frison Goustan, De Moor Bourgogne Aligoté, Dominique Lucas, Emmanuelle Milan, En Passant Devant le Chateau, François Rousset-Martin La Chaux, Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Tradition, Gruner Veltliner Esper, Les Dolomies Chardonnay La Chaux, Les Vignes de Paradis, Mathieu Deiss, Matthias Warnung Kamptal, Perfectly Flawed Swartland Chenin, Pierre Cotton Beaujolais, Recent Wines December, Stefano Bellotti, Suertes del Marqués Trenzado, The Liberator Episode 16, Tony Bornard Ploussard Pupillin, Vignoble du Rêveur Artisan
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Take a Quick SWiG
Back on 25th September I was at the Out The Box young importers tasting and I promised to put up some notes on what I tried from Swig at the end of last week, following their joint Portfolio tasting with Uncharted Wines. That turned … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Natural Wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged AA Badenhorst Family Wines, Adi Badenhorst, BK Wines Adelaide Hills, Blank Bottle Wines, Boina Douro, Champagne Collard-Picard, Claus Schneider Baden, Coteaux Champenois Meunier, Emmanuelle Milan, Les Louves 2014, Mathieu Deiss, Out The Box 2018, Pieter Walser, Skin n Bones, SWIG, Swig at the China Exchange 2018, Vignoble du Reveur
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Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
It seems a long time ago, August, days of thirty-degree plus temperatures, three meals a day taken out in the garden, and hardly a serious red wine drunk. Nothing here will be anything more than light red, although the Blank … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Austria, Austrian Wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Rosé Wine, Savoie Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Blauer Wildbacher, Bruno Schueller, Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee, Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Gerard Schueller Sylvaner, Dominique Lucas, Famille de Conti Petillant Naturel, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Vignes de Paradis Savoie, Puszta Libre! 2017 Claus Preisinger, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Recent Wines August 2018, Rotes Haus Wiener Gemischter Satz Nussberg, Schilcher, Schilcher Frizzante Strohmeier, Tibouren Clos Cibonne 2014, Top Alsace Sylvaners, Tour des Gendres, Vin des Allobroges Savagnin
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Recent Wines (June/July 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
Philippe Alliet is a mercurial vigneron who makes Chinon east of the town, in the back streets of Cravant-les-Côteaux. He is best known for his single vineyard Côteau de Noiré, but Chinon Vieilles Vignes 2008 comes from Cabernet Franc vines over fifty … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Cider, English Cider, Loire, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Muscat Ottonel, Andrew Nielsen, Brad Hickey Winemaker, Brash Higgins ZBO 2016, Champagne Dehours Oeil de Perdrix, Charlie Herring Wines, Davis Weszeli, Domaine des Forges Chaume 2005, Domaine Rietsch Murmure Muscat, Du Grappin, Du Grappin Aligoté, Du Grappin Beaujolais-Villages Nature, Fuchs und Hase Vol 4, Getariako Txacolina Ametzoi, Ginglinger Pinot Noir Sand, Karim Vionnet Grabuge!, Le Grappin, Loire Moelleux Chenin Blanc, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Petnat, Philippe Alliet Chinon Vieilles Vignes, Plateau Brighton, Riverland Zibibbo Muscat, Tim Phillips, Txacoli, Weszeli Käferberg DAC Reserve Grüner Veltliner
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Raw London 2018 Part 1
So Raw has been and gone for another year. Raw Wine seems now to be a real community – a group of artisans who know each other, so the vibe is always friendly and buzzing. If anyone doesn’t know Raw Wine, … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Bordeaux Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Amphora Wines, Beaujolais, Bugey, Bugey Mondeuse, Domaine de Valmengaux Bordeaux, Domaine Geschickt, Emmanuelle Milan, Eric Thill Jura, Karim Vionnet, L'Epicurieux Beaujolais, Laurent Bannwarth, Le Vignoble du Rêveur, Mathieu Deiss, Natural Wine, Philippe Viret, Raw Wine, Raw Wine London 2018, Sébastien Congretel, Stéphane Bannwarth, Sud Revermont Producers, Yves Duport Bugey
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Eastern France Part 2 – Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Mittelbergheim
Sometimes a visit to a producer can be quite a revelation, and this usually happens when you don’t know their wines all that well. Of course, like many of my readers, I’ve drunk a few of Jean-Pierre Rietsch‘s gems, but this … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Heroes, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace Wine, Demoiselle Gewurztraminer 2016, Eastern France Trip 2017, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Mittelbergheim, Murmure Cuvée, Pas a Pas Savagnin Rose, Rietsch Réserve Perpetuelle, Savagnin Rose Grape Variety, Stierkopf, Sylvaner, Sylvaner Zotzenberg Grand Cru
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Eastern France Part 1 – Anna & André Durrmann, Andlau
The explanation for a lack of articles these past couple of weeks will be known to those who follow me on Instagram – I’ve been in France. Over the next week (or more!) I shall be planning to publish five … Continue reading
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