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Recent Wines November 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We switch the vibe a little for Part Two of the wines we drank at home during November. Nothing from the likes of Albania and Ukraine, but instead four French wines and one from Austria. From France we have a … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Beaujolais-Lantignié J-M Burgaud, Beaujolais-Villages Domaine Burgaud, Bertrand Lilbert, Blanc de Blancs from Cramant, Champagne Lilbert Cramant, Cornas, Cornas Cuvée des Coteaux 2005 Robert Michel, Cramant Blanc de Blancs Lilbert, Fred Loimer Langenlois, Jean-Marc Burgaud, Kamptal Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace Wine, Lambert Spielmann Domaine in Black, Lilbert et Fils BdeB 2006, Loimer Kamptal Austria, Marriage Plus Vieux Lambert Spielmann, Natural Wine from Beaujolais, Recent Wines November 2025 Pt2, Robert Michel Vigneron, Wine
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Recent Wines August 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of my August Wines begins spectacularly with a twenty-five-year-old bottle from what is one of my half-dozen favourite sites in Champagne, one which can produce extraordinary gastronomic wines. That was followed by a wine of the same age … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Bordeaux Wine, Champagne, Fine Wine, Jura, Loire, New Zealand Wine, Rosé Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Classic Bordeaux, André-Jean Morin Arbois, Antoine Pouponneau Winemaker and Consultant, Beverley Blanning Wines of the Loire, Champagne Philipponnat, Château Duhart-Milon Rothschild 2000, Clos des Goisses 2000, Domaine de la Touraize Arbois, Duhart-Milon Pauillac, Equipo Navazos, Equipo Navazos Bota 100, Grange Saint-Saveur Loire, Grolleau Gris, Grolleau Noir, Les Arceaux 2021 Grange Saint-Saveur, Manzanilla Pasada, Manzanilla Pasada Botas NO 100, New Zealand Botrytis Riesling, One of the Finest Loire Rosé Wines, Philipponnat Clos des Goisses 2000, Recent Wines August 2025 Pt2, Riverby Estate Marlborough, Riverby Noble Riesling 2013, Riverby Wines New Zealand, Touraize Vin Jaune 2010, Under the radar Loire, Vin Jaune
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Holiday Wines July 2025
In a brief diversion from the “Recent Wines” theme (the wines we drink at home), these are ten of the wines we drank on a week’s holiday on the South Coast. Actually, these were merely consumed by four of us … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Champagne, German Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged "Electio" Xarel-Lo 2021 Parés Balta Penedès, Bodega Pazo de Casanova Ourense Ribeiro, Clos du Goulot Champagne, Coteaux Champenois, Coteaux Champenois "Gamet" Rosé 2022, Domaine Gardies Agly Valley Roussillon, Finca Viñoa Sobre Lias 2023, Florian Fauth Weingut Seehof, Holiday Wines July 2025, Jerome Prevost Gueux Champagne, Julian Haart Piesport, La Closerie Les Beguines 2016, Lopez de Heredia Rioja, Max & Friends Romery Champagne, Montedesassi 2019 Il Borghetto Tuscany, On s'en Fish! 2023 Dom Gardies, Ou Que L'on Soit Coteaux Champanois, Parés Baltá Penedès, Seehof Rheinhessen, Seehof Weisser Burgunder "R" Morstein, Tondonia Reserva 2001, Wintricher Ohligsberg Auslese 2017 Haart
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Cork & Cask Summer Wine Fair 2025 (Part 2) – Uncharted, Alliance, Naughton Cider and some beer
The second part of my coverage of the Cork & Cask Summer Fair begins with a selection from Uncharted Wines. This has a focus mostly on Westwell Wines from Kent (not exclusively) because, well, they are so good! Second up, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Beer, Champagne, Cider, English Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adrian Pike Westwell Wines, Alliance Wine, August Kesseler Daily August 2024 Rheingau, Baglio Gibellina Frappato 2023, Baglio Gibellina Sicily, Cami del Drac Lledoner Pelut VV 2024, Campervan Brewery Leith, Campervan Puffin Isles Gose, Champagne Delouvin Meunier Perpetuel, Champagne Method Cider, Champagne Paul Clouet Selection, Cork & Cask Summer Fair 2025 (Pt 2), Domaine Chatzivariti Paiko PGI Greece, Edinburgh Craft Beer, Espera Alcobaça Portugal, Espera Curtimenta 2023, Fife Cider, Futtle Brewery Bowhouse Fife, Futtle Organic Wheat Beer with Bay, Galia Durant Illustrations, German Wine, Greek Wine, Lledoner Pelut, Mosaic White Domaine Chatzivariti, Naughton Brut Vintage 2021, Naughton Cider Company, Naughton Le Clos 2020, Naughton Overture, Peter Crawford Naughton Cider, Pilot Brewery Leith, Pilot Rosé Sour, Portuguese wine, Rheingau Wine, Scottish Cider, Sicilian Wine, Terres Fideles Alliance Wine, Uncharted Wines, Vault City Blood Orange Radler, Vault City Brewery Portobello, Westwell Little Bit, Westwell Pelegrim NV, Westwell Pinot Noir 2023, Westwell Unnaturally Petulant Pink 2023, Westwell Village Chardonnay 2023, Westwell Wines Kent
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Recent Wines April 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
To run through what’s in store in Part Two (of three) of my wines drunk at home in April, we begin in Germany and continue with Jura, Penedès and Champagne. We finish up with two wines from Czechia (or Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Artisan Wines, Champagne, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, orange wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Basket Press Wines, Best Aube Growers, Cave Les Papilles Paris, Champagne Jacques Lassaigne Le Cotet, Czech "Ginger" Wine (Rysak), Domaine Pignier Montaigu, Elbling, Emmanuel Lassaigne Montgueux, Entre Vinyes Baix Penedès, Feral Art & Vin Bordeaux, Jonas Dostert Elbling, Jonas Dostert Nittel Mosel, Macabeu Sotaterra Oniric Entre Vinyes, Moravian Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines, Ota Sevcik Boretice, Ota Sevcik Chardonnay 2018, Raeburn Fine Wines, Recent Wines April 2025 (Pt 2), Richard Stavek Divy Rysak 2017, Smith & Gertruce Portobello
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Recent Wines January 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
My wet January continues here in Part 2 with another varied selection of wines, this time coming from Beaujolais, Slovenia’s Goriška Brda, Piemonte, South Africa’s Western Cape, Devon in England and last but not least, Champagne. None of these wines … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Champagne, English Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Slovenian Wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Artefact Bacchus 2021, Cape White Blend, Castlewood Wines Artefact 2021, Champagne Palmer Brut Réserve NV, Devon Wine, English Wine, Fleurie Clos de la Roilette 2018 Coudert, Giovanni Almondo Roero, Good Value Champagne, Goriska Brda Slovenia, Kmetija Stekar Sivi 2022, Kmetija Stekar Slovenia, Recent Wines January 2024 (Pt 2), Roero 2020 Giovanni Almondo, Roero Nebbiolo, South African White Blend, Thorne & Daughters
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Recent Wines May 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
May, post-Australia, brought eight wines drunk chez-nous and worthy of bringing to your attention, and I must say that for me every one of them was genuinely delicious. Ranging from the obscure to the well know, and from cheap as … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Champagne, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aged Foillard, Alsace Wine Blend, Chôteau Doisy-Védrines Sauternes 2011, Clos des Cimes Petite Fugue 2021, Domaine Albert Hertz Eguisheim, Drôme Wine, Elodie Aubert Vigneronne, Fendant La Liaudisaz 2018 Chappaz, Fine Beaujolais, Foillard Côte du Py 2011, Frédéric Hertz Vigneron, Guet-Apens Du Vin aux Liens 2019, Maison Crochet Native 2020, Maison Crochet Toul Lorraine, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fully, Max Baumann Franken, Max Sein Wein Rosé, Morgon Côte du Py, Recent Wines May 2023, Sauternes, Serious Fendant, Swiss Wine, Syrah Dark Rosé, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2006, Valais Wine, Vanessa Letort
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 