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Recent Wines December 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
The eagle-eyed reader will have noticed that when I published Part 1, I called it Part 2. The brain fog lasted a day before I corrected it. This is the real Part 2 with, I promise you, a different set … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Christmas and Wine, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bechtel Blauburgunder 2018, Charlie Herring Seyval Blanc 2017, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Durrmann Riesling sur Grès Nature, Eglisau, English Petnat, English Sparkling Seyval Blanc, Euforia Blackthorn Birch Sap, Fermented Birch Sap Bohemia Czechia, Fourrier Clos Solon 2006, Ham Street Wines Petnat 2021, Jean-Marie Fourrier, Mathias Bechtel Winemaker, Montecarlo Vin Santo 2003 Fattoria del Teso, Morey-Saint-Denis Clos Solon, Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 2004, Muga Rioja, Non-alcoholic Birch Sap Drink, Offbeat Wines for Ham Street Wines, Recent Wines December 2022 (Pt 2), Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips Seyval Blance 2017, Vin Santo at Christmas, Yann Durrmann, Zurich Blauburgunder
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Recent Wines December 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Straight from my Wines of the Year we move swiftly on to the wines I drank at home during December 2022. I say wines, but of the eight bottles which form Part 1 (lots consumed in December), one is a … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Bereche Campania Remensis, Champagne Bereche, Czech Wine, Domaine Giachino Monfarina 2020, Domaine Giachino Savoie, Dva Duby Ex Opere Operato, Dva Duby Moravia, English Wine East Midlands, Equipo Navazos Sherry, Kanpai Sake London, Kumo Cloudy Premium Sake, Manzanilla Pasada Bota 80 Equipo Navazos, Matt Gregory Wines Leicestershire, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Recent Wines December 2022, Reka-Koncz A Change of Heart Kekfrankos, Savoie Wine, Wine from Leicestershire, Wine of Eastern Hungary
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Wines of the Year 2022
My Wines of the Year were meant to follow my Review of 2022, in the first few days of the New Year, but I was struck down with the nasty “Not Covid” virus, which frankly lasted longer than my bout … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Wine, Bechtel Weine Federweiss Eglisau, Breaky Bottom "David Pearson" 2015, Bugey Cerdon Renardat Fache, Bugey Wine, Clos Solon Fourrier, Czech Wine, Dane Johns Winemaker Victoria, Deutschschweiz Wine, Domaine Fourrier Burgundy, Fourrier Morey-St-Denis Clos Solon VV 2006, Hermit Ram Field Blend 2018, Hermit Ram North Canterbury, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red, Mathias Bechtel Zurich Wine, Moravian Wine, New Zealand Wine, Nikau Farm Tolone Riesling Gippsland, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petr Korab Ambero 2020, Petr Korab Raspberry on Ice Boleradice, Rennersistas Gols, Rennersistas Superglitzer 2018, Rietsch VV Sylvaner 15/16, Theo Coles, VO Mencia Veronica Ortega Bierzo, Wines of the Year 2022
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Review of the Year 2022
I shall tell you my Wines of the Year in my next article, following last year’s popular format of twelve wines, one from each month. First, here, I’ll list the dozen most popular articles of the year on wideworldofwine. A … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Science, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2022, Ayscough The World of Natural Wine, Breaky Bottom, Dallimore The Vineyards of Britain, Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Gut Oggau, Most Read Articles on Wideworldofwine 2022, Review of the Year 2022, Tastings of the Year, Tongba, Tutto Wines, Wine Books of the Year
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Recent Wines November 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 of December’s wines (and a cider) drunk at home starts off in Czech Moravia, then we hit closer to home with Hampshire, try a brand-new Sherry (bottled in a flute!), before the run home with Burgundy/Tuscany/Burgundy. “p.a.n” 2020, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, André Grape Variety, Artisan Cider, Beaune Cent Vignes 2005 Albert Morot, Beaune Cents Vignes, Charlie Herring Wines, Chianti Classico Riserva Rancia 2004, Czech Wine, Diatomists Manzanilla, Diatomists Sherry Bottler, Fèlsina Berardenga Rancia 2004, Hampshire Craft Cider, Jaroslav Osicka Velké Bilovice, Love and Piff Aligoté, Miraflores Baja Single Vineyard Sherry, Moravian Wine, Natural Aligoté from Burgundy, Natural Wine, Perfect Strangers "Bojo Hack" 2022, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Recent Wines November 2022 (Pt 2), Recrue des Sens Aligoté, Tim Phillips Wine & Cider Maker, Tuscan 100% Sangiovese Riserva, Yann Durieux Winemaker
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Recent Wines November 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
How the year flies by! That’s rather a cliché, but this year does seem to have passed very quickly for us with our move to Scotland taking up rather a lot of the time. But I do look forward to … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Vigneronne, Ancestral Method Bugey-Cerdon, Arbois Wine, Austrian Wine, Bolney Estate Cuvée Noir Brut NV, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland Wine, Domaine L'Octavin Corvée de Trou-Trou, English Sparkling Dornfelder, English Sparkling Red Wine, English Sparkling Wine, Jura Wine, Mad Dog Warwick Madame Flöck, Madame Flöck Wines Winningen, Mosel Dry Riesling, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, PYCM, Recent Wines November 2022 (Pt1), Renardat-Fâche Mérignat Bugey, Rennersistas Gols, Rennerundsistas, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly 2011, Superglitzer 2018, Sussex Wine, White Burgundy Saint-Aubin
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Diatomists at Cork & Cask Winter Fair – A New Name in Sherry
Diatomists is a completely new name in Sherry to me. I think I remember spotting some Sherry in unusually-shaped half bottle flutes on the shelf behind the counter in the Cork & Cask shop in Edinburgh, but Cork & Cask’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Antonio Morenés Bertrán Diatomists, Artisan Sherry, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair, Diatomists Sherry Selections, Edinburgh Wine Fair, Miraflores Vineyard, Sanlucar Palomino, Sherry, Spanish Wine
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Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair (Part 2)
Part 2 of the Cork & Cask Wine Fair notes follows on from where we left off in Part 1. It is back there that you will find my introduction if you haven’t already read it. You’ll find some nice … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alex & Maria Koppitsch Burgenland, Bergkloster Riesling, Bott Frigyes Kadarka Slovakia, Casanova di Neri Rosso di Montalcino, Cathedral Pinot Noir, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair (Part 2), Cosse Maisonneuve Cahors, Domäne Wachau Beerenauslese Terrassen, Dynamic Vines, Edinburgh Wine Fair, English Craft Cider, Gutt Oggau Burgenland, Heinrich Gols Burgenland, Indigo Wines, Koppitsch Ret 2021, Koppitsch Wine Neusiedl, Little Pomona Cider Herefordshire, Martin Obenaus Zweigelt, Meinklang Vulkan Nr 2, Oszkar Maurer Serbia, Pilton Cider Somerset, Remelluri Rioja Reserva 2014, Rivesaltes Grenat Immortelle Roussillon, Roland Wines, Willian Downie Victoria Australia, Zsolt Suto
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The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough (Book Review)
Occasionally a wine book can be eagerly-awaited for quite some time, and The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough is one of them. Aaron has been on my radar for many years, via his blog “Not Drinking Poison” (originally … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Merchants, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Aaron Ayscough Author, Ayscough Natural Wine Book, How to Find Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Producers in France, Thinking About Natural Wine, What is Natural Wine, Writing on Natural Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 