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Recent Wines November 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
November has seen me away from home quite a lot, so there are only ten wines we drank at home to tell you about, and nine out of those ten wines were European. At least this focuses the mind on … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Muscat, Alsace Wine, Fattoria di Sammontana Sangiovese 2020, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Joiseph Burgenland, Joiseph Mischkultur 2021, Klaus Peter Keller, Luka Zeichmann, Magula Frankovka 2016, Murmure Muscat 2021 Rietsch, Recent Wines November 2023 (Pt1), Silvaner Feuervogel 2018 Keller, Vino Magula Slovakia, Weingut Keller Rheinhessen
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Basket Press – New Vintages in Edinburgh
The last of the Edinburgh tastings for November featured some new wines from Basket Press Wines, actually tasted outdoors on a lovely mid-November lunchtime. It doesn’t always rain here, contrary to the myths put about down south. You will doubtless … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Baden Wine, Basket Press Wines in Edinburgh, Czech Wine, Divide 2019 DVA Duby, Dva Duby Moravia, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Frühroter Veltliner, Goriska Brda Wine, Hajos Baja Hungary, Hungarian Wine, Impera 2019 DVA Duby, Kmetija Stekar Sivi 2022, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Malvasia 2019 DVA Duby, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2021, Moravian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Sziegl Pince Kekfrankos Diofas 2019
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Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair 2023 (Part 2): Roland Wines, Element Wines and Modal Wines
Part 1 from the Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair covered wines from Indigo Wines, Keeling Andrew and Dynamic Vines. Part 2 here follows the same path, with a selection from the wines poured by Roland Wines, Element Wines and … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Slovakian Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andi Mann Rheinhessen, Burgenland Wine, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair (Pt 2), Edinburgh Wine Scene, Element Wines Edinburgh, Fangareggi Puro Lambrusco Rosso, Fanrareggi Biancospino Lambrusco, Fattoria di Sammontana Sangiovese IGT, Finca El Molar Macabeo Skin Contact, Finca El Molar Manchuela, Folas de Baco Curtido, Folias de Baco Rabigato Douro, Johannes Zillinger Weinviertel, Koppitsch Homok 2022, Koppitsch Neusiedl am See, Koppitsch Rét 2022, Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Martin Obenaus Weinviertel, Modal Wines, Natural Wine, Obenaus Mo:Rot Zweigelt, Portuguese wine, Roland Wines, Slobodne Majer, Slobodne Slovakia, Thörle Rheinhessen, Thörle Spätburgunder 2021, Wine Fairs, Wine Fairs in Edinburgh, Zillinger Numen Fume Blanc
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Recent Wines October 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For our second batch of wines drunk at home in February we dart all over Europe, starting out in Devon of all places, followed by the Rioja Region (but not Rioja), Faugères (an all too rare visit to Languedoc, I … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Artisan Wines, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bacchus from Devon, Castlewood Vineyards Artefact 2021, Castlewood Vineyards Devon, Domaine du Méteore Faugères, Domaine du Méteore Leonides 2019, Elio Ottin Aosta, Faugères Wine, German Pinot Gris, Gonzalo Grijalba, Gran Cerdo Tempranillo, Grauer Burgunder Kalkmergel Becker Pfalz, Ottin Torrette Superieur 2016, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wine October 2023 (Pt 2), Rheinpfalz Grauburgunder, Schweigen-Rechtenbach Pfalz, Torrette Superieur, Val d'Aosta Wine, Vallée d'Aoste Wine, Weingut Friedrich Becker Schweigen Pfalz
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Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
June saw a very interesting bunch of wines drunk at home, but equally, it saw us drinking a lot of repeats, wines I’ve already written about. So, we have just five wines in this first selection of wines drunk at … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Breaky Bottom Cuvée David Pearson 2015, Breaky Bottom Vineyard Sussex, English Sparkling Wine, Filippo Rondinelli and Nicola Laconi, Friedrich Becker Schweigen, Friedrich Becker Winemaker, Fritz Wieninger Winemaker, German Pinot Noir, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Ligurian Wine, Peter Hall Winemaker, Pfalz Spätburgunder, Pigato, Recent Wines June 2022 (Pt 1), Riviera Ligure di Ponente, Sussex Wine, Terre Blanche, Vienna Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wiener Wein, Wieninger Bisamberg 2016, Ziereisen Blauer Spätburgunder 2017, Ziereisen Markgräferland Baden
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 1)
RealWine, or the Real Wine Fair, took place at London’s Tobacco Dock venue on Sunday and Monday. This is one of the biggest natural wine fairs in the UK (along with Raw Wine), and possibly in Europe now. Organised for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Burgenland, Czech Petnat, Czech Wine, DB Schmitt Flörsheim Rheinhessen, Dva Duby Moravia, Erich & Michael Andert, German natural wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Jiri Sebela, Les Caves de Pyrene, Moravian Wine, natural wines, Petr Korab, Real Wine Fair 2022 (Pt 1), Weingut Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, Wine Tasting Events
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Recent Wines October 2021 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
This is the last part of my resume of interesting wines drunk during October. This half-dozen bottles, all gems in their own way, travels around a fairly small part of Europe, with one exception, but they are all from different … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Alex Götze, Alsace Red Blend, Antonio Vallana, Baden Gutedel, Baden Wine, Burgenland Wine, Canary Islands Wine, Chasselas in Baden Germany, Christoph Wolber, Envinate Taganan Tinto, Georg Renner, Gutedel Baden, Lambert Spielmann Epfig Alsace, Red Z'Epfig, Renner Intergalactic Field Blend 2020, Rennersistas, Rennerundsistas, Roberto Santana, Stefanie Renner, Susanne Renner, Tenerife Wine, Vallana Boca 2013, Wasenhaus, Weingut Renner Gols, Weingut Wasenhaus, Wines of Alto Piemonte
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 