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Category Archives: Champagne
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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Bruno Paillard and Dosage:Zéro – A Fascinating Release
You may have read my last roundup of the best wines I drank at home during August, under my usual hashtag #theglouthatbindsus, and you might recall that one of them was a Champagne that I readily admit surprised me by … Continue reading
Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
It seems a long time ago, August, days of thirty-degree plus temperatures, three meals a day taken out in the garden, and hardly a serious red wine drunk. Nothing here will be anything more than light red, although the Blank … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Austria, Austrian Wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Rosé Wine, Savoie Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Blauer Wildbacher, Bruno Schueller, Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee, Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Gerard Schueller Sylvaner, Dominique Lucas, Famille de Conti Petillant Naturel, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Vignes de Paradis Savoie, Puszta Libre! 2017 Claus Preisinger, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Recent Wines August 2018, Rotes Haus Wiener Gemischter Satz Nussberg, Schilcher, Schilcher Frizzante Strohmeier, Tibouren Clos Cibonne 2014, Top Alsace Sylvaners, Tour des Gendres, Vin des Allobroges Savagnin
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Recent Wines (June/July 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
Philippe Alliet is a mercurial vigneron who makes Chinon east of the town, in the back streets of Cravant-les-Côteaux. He is best known for his single vineyard Côteau de Noiré, but Chinon Vieilles Vignes 2008 comes from Cabernet Franc vines over fifty … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Cider, English Cider, Loire, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Muscat Ottonel, Andrew Nielsen, Brad Hickey Winemaker, Brash Higgins ZBO 2016, Champagne Dehours Oeil de Perdrix, Charlie Herring Wines, Davis Weszeli, Domaine des Forges Chaume 2005, Domaine Rietsch Murmure Muscat, Du Grappin, Du Grappin Aligoté, Du Grappin Beaujolais-Villages Nature, Fuchs und Hase Vol 4, Getariako Txacolina Ametzoi, Ginglinger Pinot Noir Sand, Karim Vionnet Grabuge!, Le Grappin, Loire Moelleux Chenin Blanc, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Petnat, Philippe Alliet Chinon Vieilles Vignes, Plateau Brighton, Riverland Zibibbo Muscat, Tim Phillips, Txacoli, Weszeli Käferberg DAC Reserve Grüner Veltliner
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Paris (What We Drank In…)
I’ve just been over to Paris for a long weekend, my first trip there since November 2016. The city was bathed in early summer warmth and sunshine, which can rather make it seem like the best city on earth at … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Fine Wine, Paris, Wine
Tagged Agrapart Terroirs, Bereche Campania Remensis, Chateau Simone Palette Blanc, Divino Paris, Domaine Tempier Bandol Cabassaou, Hospices de Beaune 1964, La Cave des Papilles, Le Tagine rue de Crussol, Le Verre Volé, Mi-fugue Mi-raisin, Natural Wine in Paris, Paris Wine Shops, Tesch St Remiguisberg Riesling, Val Frison Lalore
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Bursting Bubbles – Robert Walters, and Some Thoughts on the Grower Champagne Philosophy
You will recall that I made Champagne by Peter Liem my wine book of last year. That expertly written book which puts terroir at its heart was the outstanding work on wine, in my view, in the whole of 2017. Bursting Bubbles by Australian author Robert Walters follows a similar … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Anselme Selosse, Bursting Bubbles, Cedric Bouchard, Champagne, Champagne Books, Champagne Grower, Champagne Philosophy, Champagne Terroir, Grower Champagne, Jerome Prevost, Peter Liem Champagne, Robert Walters, Wine writing
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Great Exhibition 2018 – with the emphasis on Great
Yesterday was the Winter 2018 Great Exhibition Tasting in the arches under Holborn Viaduct, this time featuring Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines. These Tastings are always good, but there must have been something in the air yesterday, because there … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Champagne, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adrien Dhondt, Ancre Hill Estate, Ben Walgate, Benoit Dehu, Carte Blanche Wines, Christelle Guibert Orange Wine Itata, Craig Sheard, Dhondt-Grellet, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Ecu, Elemental Bob, Eliane Delalot, Fabien Jouves, Great Exhibition Tasting 2018, Gudfish Wines, Hegyikalo, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Maxime Magnon, Meinklang H15, Olivier Horiot, Pelle Pince Alma Palinka, PN17 Petnat, Rosé des Riceys, Stefan Vetter, Sylvaner, Tillingham Wines, Tom Shobbrook, Vincent Caillé, Winemakers Club
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Our House (Taittinger)
Many of you will know that I have something of a thing for Grower Champagne. It comes from an interest in wines which express “place”, terroir wines, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I ignore the so-called Grandes Marques. For … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Champagne, Champagne Cellar Tours, Champagne Tastings, Chateau de la Marquetterie, Comtes de Champagne 2006, Folies de la Marquetterie, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, Solent Cellar Tastings, Taittinger, Taittinger Prelude
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Liem and Larmat – A Perfect Combination
Like most people, I imagine, I came to appreciate Champagne first as a celebratory drink. Most often it was the non-vintage wine of a well known Grande Marque, or occasionally a vintage wine, consumed several years too soon. But in … Continue reading
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