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Category Archives: Artisan Wines
Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August, that month of sunshine, holidays, outdoor dining, beach picnics…well only in part it seems, at least for most of us confined to the UK at this time. Hopefully I shall find some longer spell of warmth soon, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Australian Wine, Beechworth Wine, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Marraine Pooks 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Castagna Beechworth, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna La Chiave Sangiovese, Czech Wines, English Sparkling Wine, Fife Cider, Fleming's Fife Cider Wild Blend, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Julian Castagna, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben 2018, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petnat André Rosé Syfany Winery, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 1), Saar Wine, Scottish Cider, Seyval Blanc Sparkling Wine, Sussex Sparkling Wine, Syfany Winery Moravia, Wine of Victoria
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Jura Wine Ten Years On by Wink Lorch (Book Review)
I’m sure I’m not alone in having a “wine library”, in my case five shelves of about a metre in length, perhaps too many books on wine you may think, but whenever I get rid of some there’s usually something … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Grape Varieties in the Jura, Jura, Jura Wine and Climate Change, Jura Wine Books, Jura Wine Producers Information, Jura Wine Ten Years On Book Review, New Developments in Jura Wine, New Wine Book, Wine Books, Wine Travel Jura Region, Wine writing, Wink Lorch Author, Wink Lorch Jura Wine
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Recent Wines July 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July Part Two kicks off with two wines from Spain, one from the south and one from the north, totally different but both special wines. Then we head east to Austria’s Burgenland, from where it’s just a short drive to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Petnat, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Austrian Natural Wine, Bierzo Mencia Veronica Ortega, Czech Wine, Dark Horse Brut 2022 Petr Koráb, Freedom Hill Vineyard, German natural wine, German Wine, Joiseph Jois Burgenland, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Kelley Fox Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc 2022, Kelley Fox Wines Oregon USA, Kerner blend in Baden, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Baden, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Moravian Wine, Muchada-Léclapart Lumière Sanlúcar, North American Pinot Blanc, Oregon Wine, Palomino table wine, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Recent Wines July 2024 Pt2, Sanlúcar table wine, Veronica Ortega Bierzo Quite, Veronica Ortega Valtuille, Willamette Valley, Wines of Northern Spain
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The bumper June edition of my Recent Wines of 2024 runs to a third part this year. The final half-dozen wines here start with a Bugey (yawn, but you’ll thank me one day). Then we stay off-piste with Lagrein Rosé, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Lagrein Rosé, Amontillado "I Think" Equipo Navazos, André Grape Variety, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Cantina Terlano Lagrein Rosé, Chardonnay "Le Glanon" Juravinum, Czech Wine, Elbling in Luxembourg, Elbling Roche Liquide Racines Rebelles, Equipo Navazos, Fruitière Viticole de Pupillin Natural Wine, Kaja Kohv Winemaker Racines Rebelles, Lagrein Rosé, Luxembourg Wine, Montilla-Moriles Spain, Moravian Wine, Moselle Wine Luxembourg, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Jura, Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Pupillin Chardonnay, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt 3), Syfany André 2017, Syfany Winery Moravia
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Recent Wines, June Part 2, is a little different to Part 1. No spectacularly old and expensive wines I can no longer afford, but plenty of quality and interest, inspiration and pleasure, in this second half-dozen wines. We begin with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Sherry, Sicily, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Catarratto Fabrizio Vella Sicily, Champagne Gallimard Les Riceys, Equipo Navazos, Fabrizio Vella, Gallimard Reserve Blanc de Noirs, Gamaret-Garanoir Cave de la Côte, Langhe Nebbiolo Schiavenza, Manzanilla Florpower Bota 101, Max Kilburg Mosel, Max Kilburg Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett 2022, Mosel Wine, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt2), Schiavenza di Pira Luciano Serralunga, Sicilian White Wine, Skin Contact Catarratto, Swiss experimental grapes, Swiss Red Wine, Vaud Wine, Vintage Manzanilla, Weingut Geierslay Mosel, Wines of Jerez and Sanlucar, Wintricher Ohligsberg
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Recent Wines May 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
After a couple of very recent tastings, I need to take you all the way back to May. We moved house in May and we were consumed by decorating, unpacking, and actually a week of enforced eating out because we … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Portuguese wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Piemonte, Cas' Amaro Lisbon, Charlie Herring Cider, Domaine Montmollin Neuchâtel, English Bacchus, English Wine, Falatorio Sercial Reserva 2020, Good Value Piemontese Red Wine, Jonas Dostert Chardonnay 2021, Jonas Dostert Mosel, Jorge Pascoa Winemaker, Lisbon Wine, Lyme Bay Bacchus 2023, Lyme Bay Winery at Marks & Spencer, Lyme Bay Winery Devon, Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Mosel Chardonnay, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Old Vines in Bramaterra, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Perfect Strangers Still Cider, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines May 2024, Rosso Noah Coste della Sesia Rosso DOC, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips, Vinho Regional Lisboa
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Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Edinburgh (3 July ’24)
I have yet to dine at Timberyard’s new outpost in Edinburgh, Montrose, doubtless the cause being all our house moving escapades, but I did get to visit on Wednesday for a tasting with Peter Honegger from Newcomer Wines. I’ve known … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wachau, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Agly Valley, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Austrian Wine, Domaine Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature, Du Grappin Côte de Brouilly, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Foradori, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hungarian Wine, Kékfrankos from Sopron Hungary, Le Grappin Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Loire Wine, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Grape Variety, Matassa Cuvée Marguerite, Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Nikolaihof Grüner Veltliner, Nikolaihof Wachau, Northeast Italian Wine, Orthogneiss Domaine L'Ecu, Roussillon Wine, Trentino Alto-Adige Wine, Weninger Steiner 2017
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Recent Wines April 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 for April is, somewhat similarly to Part 1, made up of a mix of the wines I usually drink and a bottle which doesn’t feature very often these days. We begin in Jerez, zip around Europe via Côte-Rôtie, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Rhone, Sherry, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Douro White Wine, Côte-Rôtie, Dane Johns Gippsland, Equipo Navazos, Gippsland Wine, Hajos Baja Hungary, Jerez, Kékfrankos, La Bota de Fino 68, Macharnudo Alto, Michel et Stéphane Ogier, Nikau Farm, Nikau Farm Amphora Granite 2020, Ogier Côte-Rôtie 2005, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines April 2024 (Pt 2), Sherry, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Sziegl Pince Kekfrankos Diofas 2019, Tonimbuk Amphora Granite 2020, Uivo Rabigato Folias de Baco, White Wine from Cima Corgo, Wine of Hungary's Great Plain
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 