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Category Archives: Australian Wine
Alternative Reality by Max Allen (Book Review)
Max Allen is very much my favourite writer of Australian wine books, though in the press I also much admire the work of Mike Bennie. Max has written at least a dozen wine books, but I came on board with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Grape Varieties, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged AAVWS, Alt varieties in Australia, Alternative Reality by Max Allen, Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, Australian Nebbiolo, Australian Pinot Gris, Intoxicating (book), Max Allen Author, The Future Makers (book), Wine Books, Wine writing
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Recent Wines October 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
October was a strange month because I managed a bout of Covid, which sort of curtailed my drinking for part of the month. Thankfully I recovered in time for a trip to Nepal but it does mean you will be … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Armenian Wine, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Bugey, Czech Wine, English Wine, Grape Varieties, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adrian Pike Winemaker Westwell Wines, Areni Noir Armenian Grape Variety, Bugey Cerdon Ancestral Method, Bugey-Cerdon, Cécile and Vincent Balivet winemakers, Domaine Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Dva Duby Malvasia 2019, Dva Duby Moravia, Flaxman Valley South Australia, Galia Pike Labels Westwell Wines, Jiri Sebela Dva Duby, Karasi Areni Noir 2021 Zorah Wines, L'Arène Chasselas 2022, Lo Triolet Introd Val D'Aosta, Mario Martin Winemaker Aosta, Matthias Orsett Fully Valais, Moravian Wine, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wines October 2024, Shobbrook Flaxman Cabernet Franc, Skin Contact Chasselas, Tom Shobbrook Wines, Torrette Val D'Aosta, Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Yeghegnadzor Valley Armenia, Zorah Wines Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Zorik Gharibian Zorah Wines
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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 1)
As summer fades fast into Autumn, and perhaps for those of us not harvesting grapes, the memory of some 2024 vineyard trips along with it, you might, like me, be turning your attention to next year. Even with one big … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Australian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Vienna, Wachau, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace between Andlau and Mittelbergheim, Arbois and the Jura, Cycling from Bernkastel, Cycling from Krems, Favourite Wine Regions, Mosel Cycle Trail, Vienna and the Nussberg, Visiting Mornington Peninsula, Visiting Vienna's Vines, Wachau Cycle Trail, Wachau on a Bike, Wine Regions
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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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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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Real Wine Fair 2024 (Part 2)
Part 2 from Real Wine 2024, five more producers, and as I’m way late with this, let’s crack on… NATALIA & PHIL HARRIS (Sussex, England) Okay, so technically these wines are billed as “Natalia Harris” but I’m going to give … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adam's Rib blend, Adelaide Hills Natural Wine, Alex Castagna, Beechworth Wine, Ben Walgate, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna Segreto and La Chiave, English Wine, Genesis Syrah, James Erskine Winemaker, Jauma Wines South Australia, Julian Castagna, Les Caves de Pyrene, Max Baumann Winemaker Dertingen, Max Sein Wein Baden, McLaren Vale Natural Wine, Natalia Harris Sussex, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Fairs, Natural Wine of South Australia, Phil Harris Sussex, Real Wine Fair 2024 (Pt 2), Walgate & Co Rye Sussex
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Recent Wines March 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
March began with some stormy weather, then up here in Scotland we had some marvellous spring days bringing floral profusion to our little rain shadow just outside Edinburgh. As I type, at the end of the month, we have wetter … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Wine, Australian Alt Varieties - Fiano, Baden Spätburgunder, Baden Wine, Bernard Huber Baden, Blank Bottle Smaug the Magnificent 2017, Blank Bottle Winery, Bombacher Sommerhalde Spätburgunder R 2011, Fabrice Dodane Mathenay Arbois, Folias de Baco Alijo Portugal, German Wine, Jade & Jasper Fiano 2021, Julian Huber Baden, Jura Wine, Laura and Brendan Carter Winemakers, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Trio Sauvage 2020, Natural Wine, Pieter Walser, Portuguese Light Red Wine, Recent Wines March 2024 Pt1, Savagnin de Voile Domaine de Saint-Pierre, South African Wine, South Australian Wine, Tiego Sampaio Winemaker, Uivo Renegado 2022, Unico Zelo Riverland Fiano, Upper Douro Natural Wine, Western Cape White Blend
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Recent Wines February 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February seemed easier to get through this year, probably because our Lothian weather was strangely less wet and damp than that experienced in much of England, that following an unusually wet January. With no Dry January statement being made in … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Canary Islands, Czech Wine, Japan, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Sylvaner, Alsace Wine, Alvaro Castro Dao, Australian Wine, Beechworth Victoria Wine, Canary Islands Wine, Czech Wine, Dao Red Wine, Giaconda Beechworth Victoria, Giaconda Warner Vineyard Shiraz 2006, Hibernal 2021 Petr Kocarik, Hibernal Grape Variety, Japanese Cabernet Sauvignon Nagano, Japanese Wine, Las Rosas Listan Negro 2018 La Palma, Moravian Wine, Nagano Furusato Grande Polaire 2017, Natural Wine, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines February 2024 (Pt 1), Rick Kinzbrunner Giaconda Vineyards, Sapporo Wine Nagano, Spanish Wine, Sylvaner, Victoria Torres Pecis La Palma, Vincent Stoeffler Sylvaner Rutscherle
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Recent Wines November 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
The second and final part of November’s “Recent Wines” (the wines we drank at home) ranges from a rare Alpine treat from Savoie, a genuinely remarkable Sherry and another nice entry-level wine from a well-known Tuscan estate, to another of … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Sherry, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Ashley and Holly Ratcliff, Belluard Gringet Les Alpes 2019, Bullets Before Cannonballs 2021, Burgenland Wine, Dominique Belluard Ayze, Equipo Navazos Bota 75, Gringet, La Bota de Palo Cortado 75, Maremma wine, Natural Wine, Palo Cortado, Recent Wines November 2023 Pt 2, Renner & Sistas, Rennersistas Gols, Ricca Terra Farms, Rosso dei Notri 2021, Savoie Wine, Sherry, South Australian Wine, Stefanie Renner, Tua Rita Suvereto, Tuscan Coast wine, Tuscan Wine, Waiting for Tom Weiss 2020
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 