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Switzerland 2025 Part 1 – Auvernier/Neuchâtel
I guess a few of you know I like Swiss Wine, and that I’ve just been to Switzerland, a trip that included some fine walking in the Swiss Alps as a prelude to visiting three Swiss wine regions and drinking … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Auvernier Wine, Domaine de Montmollin Auvernier, Neuchâtel Wine, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Swiss Petnat, Swiss Wine Regions - Auvernier, travel, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Visit Switzerland, winery
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More Newcomer at Montrose
Montrose bar and restaurant on Montrose Terrace in Edinburgh not only gives its famed sibling Timberyard a run for its money in cool ambience and top-quality wine, it is also becoming a place where I seem to taste any wines … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Crémant d'Alsace, Czech Wine, Domaine Matassa Roussillon, Foradori Trentino-Alto-Adige, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Fontanasanta 2023 Foradori, Matassa Tommy Ferriol 2023, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Nestarec Forks & Knives Red 2020, New Vintages from Newcomer, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Peter Honegger Newcomer Wines, Raphaëlle Guyot L'Aurore 2023, Raphaëlle Guyot St Bris, Roussillon Wine, St Bris Chardonnay, Tom Lubbe
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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach
A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Craft Spirits, Natural Wine, Premium Spirits, Whisky, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings, Women in Wine
Tagged Best Edinburgh Beer Shop, Best Edinburgh Whisky Shop, Best Edinburgh Wine Fairs, Britain's Best Wine Shops, Chris Mitchell Cork & Cask, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Wine Fairs, Edinburgh Wine Merchant, Edinburgh Wine Shop, India Parry Williams, Jamie Dawson, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Neighbourhood Wine Shop Edinburgh
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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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The New Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in June last year I reviewed a small book called Regenerative Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode. It’s a fascinating work which, for those aware of one of winemaking’s buzz phrases, is pretty much self-explanatory in its title. In its … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Fine Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Vine Training, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Accessible Wine Science, Biodynamic Viticulture, Book on Modern Viticulture, Dr Jamie Goode, Epigenics, Esca Trunk Disease, François Dal and Vine Surgery, Glyphosate and other Vine Treatments, Hybrid Vines, Jamie Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Manuela Brando, Marco Simonit and Pruning, Modern Viticulture, Organic Viticulture, PIWIs and ResDur, Research at Château Lafite, Soil and Viticulture, Sustainable Viticulture, The New Viticulture by Jamie Goode (Review), Threats to Viticulture, Valentin Blattner, Vine Health, Vine Pests and Diseases, Vine Surgery and Curetage, Vine Treatments, Vine Trunk Disease, Vineyard Rhizosphere, Vineyards, Wine Books, Wine Science Book, Wine writing
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Koppitsch (Producer Profile)
Looking back, it was at Raw Wine in 2017 when I first met Alex and Maria Koppitsch. Their wines were lovely, and equally as important, to me at least, so were its makers. I found it inconceivable that they didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A Quite Soft Light 2019 Koppitsch, Abendrot 2021, Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Alex Koppitsch Winemaker, Austrian Natural Wine, Austrian Petnat, Austrian Wine, Homok, Koppitsch Burgenland, Koppitsch Rét, Koppitsch Rosza, Neusiedl am See, Neusiedlersee, Perspective Wines, Roland Wines, Touch 2021
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Recent Wines March 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After a bulkier eight-wine Part 1 we have a slightly lighter Part 2 encompassing wines from Alsace (2), The English Midlands, The Loire, The Mosel and Burgenland. I guess in drinking so much more Alsace than I was a year … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Vinegar, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex and Maria Koppitsch Neusiedl-am-See, Alsace Wine, Artisan Cider Vinegar, Austrian Natural Wine, Bernard Baudry Chinon, Burgenland Wine, Cabernet Franc, Chinon Clos Guillot 2020 Bernard Baudry, Chinon Wine, Czech Artisan Vinegar Utopia, Dornfelder in Mosel, English Petnat, English Sparkling Red Wine, Jan-Philipp Bleeke Red Aquarius, Jérôme François Winemaker Ostheim, JPB Winemaking Traben Trabach, Koppitsch Wine Perspektive Weiss 2020, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles Alsace 2019, Lambert Spielmann Epfig, Loire Wine, Mariage Plus Vieux 2020 Lambert Spielmann, Matt Gregory Ancestral Red Petnat 2021, Matt Gregory Winemaker Leicestershire, Matthieu Baudry winemaker, Mosel Red Wine, New Natural Wine Mosel, Recent Wines March 2023 Pt 2, Utopia Drinking Vinegars, Wine in Leicestershire
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 