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Raw Wine 2019, Part 2
If Raw Wine has changed over the years, it is no more so than in this respect: whereas once the writer or blogger could identify the best producers with relative ease, now it is much harder. Of course, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged André-Jean Morin, Domaine Brand Alsace, Domaine de la Touraize Arbois, Domaine Ligas, Domaine Tatsis Macedonia, Jason Ligas, Ktima Ligas Macedonia, Môrelig Wines, Natural Wine, Okanagan Crush Pad Free Form Cabernet Franc, Raw Wine 2019, Southern Wine Roads, Stergios Tatsis, Tillingham Rosé, Wightman & Sons Swartland
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Raw London 2019, Part 1
Mad March, that time of year when wine importers think we are capable of getting to four or five tastings a day trundles on (no exaggeration, as well as Raw yesterday there were at least four other “unmissable” wine events). … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Burgess & Hall, Czech Qvevri Wines, Czech Wine, Dobra Vinice, Eloro Wine, Gut Oggau, Jaroslav Osicka, Meinklang, Meinklang Mulatschak, Modry Portugal, Moldavian Wine, Pachino Wine, Raw Wine 2019, Salvatore Marino Sicily, Turi
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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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Domaine des Bodines (Arbois Visit, December 2018)
Continuing the Jura series, we visited Domaine des Bodines again in December, after a stimulating first visit in 2017 (see here). Emilie and Alexis Porteret have been making wine from a small plot on the very edge of Arbois, off the road to … Continue reading
“It comes in Pintes” – Domaine de la Pinte (Arbois Visit, December 2018)
We left the annual Jura trip a bit late this year. It was tinged with a little sadness as the tiny house we have stayed in for a number of years is being sold, and so it was our last … Continue reading
Les Caves at Pew Corner
Everyone knows Les Caves de Pyrene, right? Celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year, it is easy to forget, in a country awash with fine young importers of natural and biodynamic wines, that Les Caves were the pioneers. Their portfolio is now … Continue reading
Wieninger and Wiener Wein
It is no secret that I have a disproportionate passion for Wiener Gemischter Satz, compared that is to most sane wine obsessives. It’s not just the flavours, nor an interest in field blends in general. Once you’ve seen these unique, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Heurigen, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Wine, Bisamberg, Fritz Wieninger, Georg Grohs, Hajszan Neumann, Nussberg, Nussberg Kaasgraben, Nussberg Rosengartel, Nussberg Ulm, Vienna's Vineyards, Viennese Wines, Weingut Wieninger, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger Grand Select
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 