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Category Archives: Greek Wine
Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 2)
In my introduction to Part One of my coverage of RealWine 2022 I mentioned that, wandering around the tables and bumping into friends, I was bombarded with producer recommendations, most of which I had no time to visit. One or … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Altesse de Montagnieu, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Angiolino & Alessandro Maule, Beaujolais, Bugey, Burgundy, Côte de Brouilly du Grappin, Dimitrios and Eleftheria Kioutsoukis, Domaine L'Achillée Scherwiller, Du Grappin, Emma Bentley, Fleurie-Poncié, Garganega, Greek Wine, Groslée-St-Benoît Bugey, Kamara Estate Thessaloniki, La Biancara Veneto, Le Grappin, Les Caves de Pyrene, Macon-Villages Du Grappin, Maison Yves Duport Bugey, Modern Natural Artisan Retsina, Monatgnieu, Mondeuse in Bugey, Provisions London, Riesling Schieferberg 2019, St-Aubin En L'Ebaupin 2014, Veneto Natural Wine, VinNatur Group, Yves Duport Winemaker
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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
Dynamic By Name, Dynamic By Nature
The UK is blessed with an almost uncountable number of wonderful wine merchants, and I love too many of them to be deemed a truly loyal customer. They range from tiny enterprises like Basket Press, Modal Wines and Nekter up … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Biodynamic Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sans Sulfites, Bordeaux-Côtes-de-Francs, Burgenland Austria, Chateau Le Puy Bordeaux, Chiara de Iulis Pepe, Cosse Maisonneuve Cahors, Domaine de Beudon Fully, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Giachino Savoie, Domaine Ligas Greece, Dynamic Vines, Dynamic Vines Portfolio Tasting 2020, Emidio Pepe, Emmanuel Giboulot Burgundy, Evelyne Clairet, Gut Oggau 2017s and 2018s, Gut Oggau Burgenland, Gut Oggau Family Reunion, Ktima Ligas Pella, La Tournelle Vin Jaune 2011, Matthieu Cosse, Modern Cahors, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 1980, Neusiedlersee, Pascal Clairet, Prieuré Saint-Christoph, Roditis, Roussette de Savoie, Sulphur Free Bordeaux, Swiss Wine, Uva Arbosiana, Valais Wine, Xinomavro
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Out The Box Young Importers 2019, Part 2
Part 1 of my Out The Box 2019 article covered three of the importers who were showing their wines in Clerkenwell last Tuesday: 266 Wines, Swig and Uncharted Wines. If you haven’t yet read Part 1 you will find it via the link here. This … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ancre Hill Monmouthshire, Black Chalk Wines Hampshire, Ca di Mat Gredos, Camille Braun Orschwihr, Cancedda O'Connell, Carte Blanche Wines, Chatzivaritis Estate Macedonia, Christelle Guibert, Clos Cibonne Tibouren, Damian Pinon Vouvray, David Knott, Diamantis Winery Macedonia, Domaine Kalathas Tinos, Domaine L'Ecu Pays Nantais, Douloufakis Winery Crete, Graft Wine Company, Greek Wine, Jérôme Charles Binda, Koerner Clare Valley, Koerner La Korse, Limnio, Maltby & Greek, Mavroudi, Mick O'Connell, Morgado do Quintao Algarve, Negoska, Nick Darlington, Out The Box Young Importers 2019, Polperro Wines Mornington Peninsula, Rolle in Australia, Sigurd Clare Valley, Smiley NV Swartland, Thörle Rheinhessen, Vidiano, Vincent Caillé Muscadet, Vourvoukelis Thrace, Welsh Wine
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Recent Wines August 2019 #theglouthatbindsus
August is traditionally the month when people head off on their holidays, but we were at home, drinking our way through a host of wonderful wines as usual. I’ve cut this down to twelve bottles, assisted by having written a … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Greek Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot, Ben Walgate, Catherine Hannoun, Czech Saint Laurent Wine, Czech Wine, Dolni Kounice Wine, Domaine de la Loue, Domaine de la Pinte, Domaine L'Octavin Arbois, Dorset Wine, Dva Duby Ex Monte Lapis, Dva Duby Moravia, Goldtropfchen Kabinett 2014 Mosel, Greek Wine, Gut Oggau, Hughes-Beguet Côte de Feule Ploussard 2012, Jiri Sebela, Julian Haart, Jura Wine, Ktima Ligas Pella, L'Octavin Pamina 2015, La Pinte Sav 'Or 2017, Ligas Pata Trava, Maskerade Weiss 2018, Métras Beaujolais 2014, Mosel Wine, Offbeat Wines Petnat, Partida Creus MUZ Vermouth, Patrice Béguet, Port-Lesney Wine, Recent Wines August 2019, Solaris Variety in Devon, Tillingham Col '17, Vermood Vermouth Patras, Xinomavro
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London Wine Fair 2019, Part 1
London Wine Fair is a large affair, to say the very least. It’s the largest of the wine events I attend every year, but that doesn’t mean it’s where I taste the most wines. With a few exceptions, the main … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Afianes Litani, Afianes Wines Ikaria, Alpine Wines, American Bonarda, Aoton Winery Attica, Aoton Winery Lola, Badoux Murailles Rouge Aigle, Begleri Grape, Calder Charbono, Christ Weissburgunder, Dôle La Liaudisaz, Dlamara Winery Naoussa, Domaine des Muses Syrah Réserve, Donkey & Goat The Bear, Epirus wine, Fokiano Grape, Gavalas Santorini Assyrtiko, Germanier Petite Arvine Valais, Geyer Seaside Cabernet Franc, Glinavos Estate Epirus, Grain Ermitage Chappaz, Grain Nature Champ Drury, Grain Nature Champ Dury, Grain Noble Chappaz, Grains Ermitage 2017 Chappaz, Grains Noble 2016 Chappaz, Gvavalas Assyrtiko Santorini, Icarus Red Afianes, Ikaria Wine, London Wine Fair 2019, LWF2019, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fully, Naoussa Paliokalias, Naoussa Xinomavro, Nekter Wines, Nemea Assyrtiko, Paleokerisio Glinavos Estate, Papanaioannou Estate, Petite Arvine Sweet Wine, Pink Retsina, Süd Tirol Grauvernatsch, Schiava Grigia Cantine Cortaccia, Schmölzer & Brown, Sonntaler Grauvernatsch Kellerei Kurtatsch, South African Gamay, Southern Wine Roads, Stand Alone Old Vine Voetstotts Chenin, Stand Alone Stellenbosch Gamay, Swiss Wines, Valais Wines, Vienna Wine, Voetstoots Gamay, Wallis Wines, Weingut Christ Vienna
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Raw Wine 2019, Part 2
If Raw Wine has changed over the years, it is no more so than in this respect: whereas once the writer or blogger could identify the best producers with relative ease, now it is much harder. Of course, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged André-Jean Morin, Domaine Brand Alsace, Domaine de la Touraize Arbois, Domaine Ligas, Domaine Tatsis Macedonia, Jason Ligas, Ktima Ligas Macedonia, Môrelig Wines, Natural Wine, Okanagan Crush Pad Free Form Cabernet Franc, Raw Wine 2019, Southern Wine Roads, Stergios Tatsis, Tillingham Rosé, Wightman & Sons Swartland
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 