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Category Archives: Czech Wine
Recent Wines June 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
I always try to emphasise that my “recent wines” articles are meant to highlight the most interesting bottles I’ve been drinking at home. June is a case in point, more so than usual. Part 1 begins with a style of … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Alsace Wine, Antonio Vallana Brut Rosé, Bairrada Portugal, Ben Brenner Winemaker, Benevolent Neglect Ribolla Gialla, Bengier Family Vineyard Ribolla Gialla, Black Chalk Classic Brut 2016, Boekenhootskloof Syrah 2007, Bruno Schloegel Domaine Lissner, Chenin in a Tin, Darren Smith Baga 2018 Bairrada, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo Navazos Bota de Fino 68, Jas Swan Sif Weissburgunder, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Brandluft Riesling 2015, Langham Corallian Brut Dorset, Maison Lissner Pinot Gris M 2017, Maison Lissner Wolxheim Alsace, Matt Nagy Winemaker, Moravian Wine, Napa Wine, Petr Korab Botrytis Welschriesling, Pintia 2004 Toro Spain, Portuguese wine, Rheingau Dry Riesling, Rick Kelley MW, South African Chenin in a Can, Sparkling Nebbiolo, Terra Montosa 2018, The Finest Wines Available to Humanity, The Liberator Chenin No 5, Theresa Breuer Rüdesheim, Theresa Breuer Rheingau, Toro Wine, Ulysse Collin Congy, Ulysse Collin Les Maillons Rosé, Vilmart Grand Cellier d'Or 2006, Weingut Georg Breuer
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Recent Wines January 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part 2 of the most interesting wines we drank at home during January we head first to Beaujolais before a massively contrasting wine made by an Englishman in South Africa. Next up a wine from Italy’s Cinque Terre, a … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Bordeaux Wine, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, South African Wines, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex Zahel Vienna, Austrian Field Blend, Beck-Hartweg Dambach Riesling 2017, Beck-Hartweg Dambach-la-Ville, Birgit Braunstein Purbach, Birgit Braunstein Wildwux 2016, Charlie Herring The Durif 2010, Château Phélan Ségur 2004 St Estèphe, Cinque Terre, Er Giancu Az Ag Possa, Florian & Mathilde Beck-Hartweg, Heydi & Samuel Bonanini, Hosteradky-Resov Wine, Kéké Descombes Morgon 2016, Ligurian Wine, Recent Wines January 2021 (Pt 2), Riomaggiore, Stellenbosch Durif, Tim Phillips winemaker, Vienna Wine, Vykoukal Resch Skin Contact Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Zahel Ried Kaasgraben Nussberg 2017, Zdenek Vykoukal Moravia
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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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All I Want for Christmas…(from the importers, please!)
There was a time when the UK was acknowledged the best place to buy wine in the world. As we didn’t (as the received wisdom at the time went) have a “proper” wine industry of our own, you could by … Continue reading
Recent Wines October 2020 #theglouthatbindsus
Regular readers will note that there is no “Part 1/Part 2” for October’s wines drunk at home. This is because I managed to fracture my ribs. Three weeks on and I’m on the way to recovery, but the painkillers I … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Natural Wine Movement, Alsace Pinot Blanc-Auxerrois Blend, Arbois Mesnay, Bierzo Godello Veronica Ortega, Bodines Pinot Noir 2016, Chasselas Pur Vin Pierre Frick, Czech Neuburger, Domaine des Bodines Arbois, Domaine Montmollin Auvernier, Domaine Rieffel Granite 2018, Freisa Mascarello, Jean-Pierre & Chantal Frick, Langhe Freisa, Langhe Freisa Toetto 2017, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Mascarello Castiglione Falletto, Mittelbergheim School, Neuchâtel Chasselas, Patrice Béguet Vigneron, Petr Koráb Moravia, Recent Wines October 2020, Rudolf & Rita Trossen, So True 2015 Hughes Béguet, Trossen Rot 2018, Trousseau, Velkopavlovická Moravia
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Autentikfest Moravia 2020 (by Zainab Majerikova)
Having become increasingly impressed with the wines of Czechia over the past three or four years I had set my heart on visiting Moravia in 2020. There was no better occasion to do so than for the annual Autentikfest. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Autentiste Group of Wine Producers, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice, Czech Moravian Wine Festival, Czech Wine, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab and Autentikfest, Velkopavlovicka Wine Region, Zainab Majerikova
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Wir Trinken…Blaufränkisch
There are a number of grape varieties which are almost completely identified with one country yet which have spread beyond false borders, especially those borders which have moved around in Central Europe, or in the Alpine regions. These varieties might … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Grape Varieties, Hungarian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Ammamária Réka, Anne Krebiehl Wines of Germany, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Blaufränkisch, Burgenland, Czech Wine, Dorli Muhr Carnuntun Spitzbergen, Dva Duby Moravia, Frankovka, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hegyi-Kalo Eger, Heidi Schröck Blaufränkisch, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph BFF, Kékfrankos, Lemberger, Matic Slovenia, Modra Frankovka, Moravian Wine, Ota Sevcik Moravia, Peter Wetzer Sopron, Petr Koráb Moravia, Réka-Koncz, Rennersistas Waiting for Tom Blend, Roterfaden Lemberger, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Soprón, Strekov 1075 Frankovka, Tomas Cacik Moravia, Vino Magula
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 