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Category Archives: Cider
Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair (Part 2)
Part 2 of the Cork & Cask Wine Fair notes follows on from where we left off in Part 1. It is back there that you will find my introduction if you haven’t already read it. You’ll find some nice … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alex & Maria Koppitsch Burgenland, Bergkloster Riesling, Bott Frigyes Kadarka Slovakia, Casanova di Neri Rosso di Montalcino, Cathedral Pinot Noir, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair (Part 2), Cosse Maisonneuve Cahors, Domäne Wachau Beerenauslese Terrassen, Dynamic Vines, Edinburgh Wine Fair, English Craft Cider, Gutt Oggau Burgenland, Heinrich Gols Burgenland, Indigo Wines, Koppitsch Ret 2021, Koppitsch Wine Neusiedl, Little Pomona Cider Herefordshire, Martin Obenaus Zweigelt, Meinklang Vulkan Nr 2, Oszkar Maurer Serbia, Pilton Cider Somerset, Remelluri Rioja Reserva 2014, Rivesaltes Grenat Immortelle Roussillon, Roland Wines, Willian Downie Victoria Australia, Zsolt Suto
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Autentikfest 2022, Moravia
I’ve just returned from a trip to Moravia in the south of the Czech Republic. The main reason for going was an invitation to Autentikfest 2022, the wine festival for the Czech natural wine movement, but whilst there I also … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice Moravia, Czech Natural Wine Festival, Euforia Birch Sap, Mutenice, Utopia Ciders, Utopia Vinegars, Vykoukal
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Basket Press Wines – Portfolio Tasting March 2022
The tasting round seems to be getting back in full swing now and I think for most people writing about wine there are just too many to write about. On Monday 14th March Basket Press Wines held theirs, at The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Basket Press Wines Portfolio Tasting 2022, Czech Cider, Czech Wines, Dluhe Grefty Moravia, Dva Duby Moravia, Ice Cider, Jaroslav Osička Moravia, Kmetija Stekar, Krasna Hora Blanc de Noir Sekt, natural wines, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Petr Koráb Neronet 2016, Richard Stavek Moravia, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Utopia Cider, Utopia Ice Cider
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Paradise Regained – Visiting Tim Phillips
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to drop by to see Tim Phillips for a couple of hours. We met at his walled vineyard which he rather aptly calls “Clos Paradis”, a short drive from Lymington in Hampshire. … Continue reading
Recent Wines May 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
May wasn’t quite the start of the early summer we experienced last year, but we kicked off with wines which at least helped to make it feel like one. Will the wines still be this good out of Lockdown? I … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Natural Wine, Rosé Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adelaide Hills Natural Wine, Altesse, Antoine Sanzay Saumur-Champigny 2014, Basket Ranges, Blauer Portugieser, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Charlie Herring Wines, Cuvée Jack Pike, Domaine Saint-Germain Savoie, English Sparkling Wine, Gareth Belton Winemaker, Gentle Folk Rainbow Juice 2019, Hampshire Artisan Cider, Jeff Coutelou Winemaker, La Buvette à Paulette Mas Coutelou, Las Cepas de Curro, Palomino and Moscatel Table Wine, Perfect Strangers Cider, Peter Hall Winemaker, Raúl Moreno Bodegas Herederos, Recent Wines May 2021 (Pt1), Roussette de Savoie, Seyval Blanc, Slovakian Wine, Tim Phillips winemaker, Vino Magula Carboniq 2019, Vinos Oceánicos
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Recent Wines September 2020 (Part 1) #the glouthatbindsus
The usual format again, we have here eight wines consumed, in fact relished, at home during the first part of September. Actually, one of these is a cider (Czech), so seven actual wines (ha!), which came from Alsace, Arbois, Alto-Piemonte, … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aléas Bottes Rouge, Alsace Wine, Annamária Réka, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Beck-Hartweg Dambach-la-Ville, Carema Classico, Catalonian Sparkling Wine, Clos Lentiscus, Clos Lentiscus Reserva Familia, Czech Cider, Dave Geyer, Domaine des Bottes Rouge Arbois, Geyer Seaside Cabernet Franc, Geyer Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Baptiste Menigoz, Jura Wine, Kekfrankos Hungary, Produttori Nebbiolo di Carema, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Réka-Koncz A Change of Heart Red Wine, Recent Wines September 2020 (pt 1), Red Gemischter Satz, Sparkling Sumoll Blanc de Noirs, Utopia Cider Czechia, Vienna Wine
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Isolation Inspiration Part 2: A Glass With…More Moravia
We’ve had Zoom and we’ve had Crowdcast, but by far the most popular form of wine communication during the lockdown is the Instagram broadcast. Some are just random with no scheduled time or content, whilst other originators are trying to keep to a schedule or … Continue reading
Posted in Cider, Czech Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A Glass With... series, Alexandre Fraguin on Moravia, André Grape Variety, Basket Press Wines, Cabernet Moravia, Czech Cider, Czech Wines, Isolation Inspiration Part 2, Isolation Wine Broadcasts, Jaroslav Osicka, Moravian Wines, Osička PAN, Utopia Cider, Wine Education on the Web, Wine on the Internet, Zdenek Vykoukal
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Basket Press Wines at Plateau, Brighton (March 2020)
Oh how different the world seemed a couple of weeks ago. Basket Press Wines, the importer of primarily Czech wines, was down in Brighton to show some new wines and vintages to the staff of Plateau and Ten Green Bottles, … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Annamária Réka, Basket Press Wines, Blauer Portugieser, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, Dva Duby, Hungarian Wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Krasna Hora, Milerka, Modry Portugal, Ota Sevcik, Petr Korab, Réba-Koncz Hungary, Utopia Ciders, Vox in Excelsio 2017
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 