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Wines of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
In the “Recent Wines” articles I publish each month I always stress that the wines I include are not the most expensive, smartest and poshest wines but the wines I find most interesting, and hopefully thrilling. This means you might … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Fine Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies
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Recent Wines December 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
The eagle-eyed reader will have noticed that when I published Part 1, I called it Part 2. The brain fog lasted a day before I corrected it. This is the real Part 2 with, I promise you, a different set … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Christmas and Wine, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bechtel Blauburgunder 2018, Charlie Herring Seyval Blanc 2017, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Durrmann Riesling sur Grès Nature, Eglisau, English Petnat, English Sparkling Seyval Blanc, Euforia Blackthorn Birch Sap, Fermented Birch Sap Bohemia Czechia, Fourrier Clos Solon 2006, Ham Street Wines Petnat 2021, Jean-Marie Fourrier, Mathias Bechtel Winemaker, Montecarlo Vin Santo 2003 Fattoria del Teso, Morey-Saint-Denis Clos Solon, Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 2004, Muga Rioja, Non-alcoholic Birch Sap Drink, Offbeat Wines for Ham Street Wines, Recent Wines December 2022 (Pt 2), Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips Seyval Blance 2017, Vin Santo at Christmas, Yann Durrmann, Zurich Blauburgunder
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Review of the Year 2021
My Review of 2021 will be a little different this year. It has been a tough year for many parts of the wine trade, especially so for small and specialist importers, not to mention restaurants and the rest of the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Annamária Réka-Koncz The Wizard, Binner Si Rose, Domaine de la Tournelle Cul de Brey, Domaine L'Octavin Commendatore, Foot Trodden Book of the Year, Gutt Oggau Joschuari, Is That The Milky Way Darren Smith, Jutta Ambrositsch Rakete, Khukri Rum Nepal, Lambert Spielmann Red Z'Epfig, Mathias Bechtel Rauschling, Rennersistas Grauburgunder, Review of the Year 2021, Ryan Opaz, Simon J Woolf, Strömeier Schilcher Frizzante, TFWATH, The Finest Wines Available to Humanity, Wideworldofwine Top Articles 2021, Wine Books etc 2021, Wine in 2021
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Recent Wines December 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
I’m not going to lie to you, this third Lockdown in the UK is pretty hard. First time around we at least had the sunshine, and no idea really that things would go quite the way they did (well, we … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Australian Syrah-Viognier blend, Austrian Petnat from Burgenland, Beechworth Syrah, Bertrand Gautherot, Blank Bottle Winery, Buxières-sur-Arce, Castagna Genesis Syrah 2002, Claus Preisinger Gols Burgenland, Domaine Berthaut-Gerbet Fixin, Domaine Denis Berthaut, Dope Petnat Claus Preisinger, Emmanuelle Milan, Gevrey-Chambertin Clos des Chézeaux, Jean-François Ganevat Rotalier, Julian Castagna Beechworth, Jura Chardonnay, Loire Vin de Voile, Malvasia Aromatica 2017, Matthieu Deiss, Max Sein Trio Sauvage 2019, Max Sein Wein Franken, Melon Jaune "Vallet" 2002, Philippe Guérin Melon Jaune 2002, Pieter Walser Western Cape, Recent Wines December 2020 (Pt 2), Singulier Vignoble du Reveur, South African Grenache Blanc, The Trip 2019 Blank Bottle for Butlers Wine Brighton, Victoria Torres Pecis La Palma, Vignoble du Reveur Bennwihr, Vin de Voile from Muscadet, Vouette & Sorbée Fidèle 2016, Wine from La Palma Canary Islands
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The Christmas Popup You Mustn’t Miss (Basket Press Wines on Hackney Road)
I don’t know if you are like me but I love browsing. Record shops, book shops and yes, wine shops. I find it remarkably difficult to enter one of these establishments and to leave without a purchase. But aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Basket Press Wines Popup Shop, Central European Wine, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, December Wine Popup, Jiri Majerik, Max Sein Franken, Reka-Koncz Hungary, Slovakian Wine, Wine Christmas Popup, Wine on Hackney Road, Zainab Majerikova
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Recent Wines – December 2019 #theglouthatbindsus
I haven’t quite finished my series of articles on Australia, and I certainly hope to write and publish the last of those before the tasting calendar kicks in, which it does in a couple of weeks with Le Grappin in … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Wine, English Cider, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adelina Wines Arneis, Adrien Berlioz Chignin Savoie, Artisan Wines in Hampshire, Australian Arneis, Basket Press Wines, Blank Bottle Winery "Gothus" Pinotage, Bozidar Zorjan Slovenia, Champagne Vincent Couche Buxeuil, Chardonnay de Montgueux, Dobra Vinice Czech Moravia, Dolium Zorjan, Domaine de Saint-Pierre Les Corvées, Du Grappin Aligoté 2017, Eden Valley Shiraz, English Sparkling Wine, Eternal Return Arneis, Fabrice Dodane, Frick Alsace, Frick Bergweingarten, Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz 2001, JJ Prüm Ziltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese, Koppitsch Petnat Burgenland, Le Grappin, Meinklang Graupert, Mondeuse Adrien Berlioz, Nejedlik Orange, Philipp Wittmann Rheinhessen, Pieter Walser Pinotage for Butlers Wine Cellar, Pretty Nats Petnat, Recent Wines December 2019, Starvecrow Cider, The Bookkeeper Charlie Herring Wines, Tim Phillips winemaker, Wittmann Weiser Burgunder
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Review of the Year 2019
It’s always an enjoyable task deciding what to highlight from the year just gone, or almost (as I write this on New Year’s Eve). The research for this article, and my initial words, were begun in the week before Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Books
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Basket Press Wines, Bindi, Black Chalk, Butlers Wine Cellar, Charlie Herring Wines, Clonakilla, Dobra Vinice, Domaine L'Octavin Pamina, Dynamic Vines, Equipo Navazos Bota 51, Heidi Schrock, Henschke Mount Edelstone 2001, Jacob Leadley, Les Caves de Pyrene, Newcomer Wines, Review of the Year 2019, Ruster Ausbruch, Silo Brighton, Soldera Riserva 1990, Solent Cellar, Sue Style The Landscape of Swiss Wine, The Sportsman Seasalter, Thomas Wines, Tim Phillips, Wine Book of the Year, Wines of the French Alps (Book), Wines of the Year, Wink Lorch, Ziereisen
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 