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Category Archives: Hungarian Wine
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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Newcomer at RIBA
Already this year there have been some astoundingly good Tastings on the London circuit, but Newcomer Wines’ “The Old New World” at the Royal Institute of British Architects was right up there with the best. I remember my first visit … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Attila Homonna Tokaj, Austrian Sauvignon Blanc, Blauer Wildbacher, Christian Tschida, Christoph Hoch Kremstal, Christoph Neumeister, Claus Preisinger Gols, Czech Wine, Ewald Tscheppe, Hollenburg Kremstal, In A Hell Mood 2017, Jutta Ambrositsch, Markus Altenburger, Milan Nestarech Moravia, Mythopia, Newcomer Wines at RIBA, Pechsteinkopf, Rennersistas, Rudolf Trossen, Schilcher, Steiermark Wine, Strohmeier, Weingut Odinstal, Weingut Pranzegg Bozen, Werlitsch, Wiener Gemischter Satz
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Great Exhibition 2018 – with the emphasis on Great
Yesterday was the Winter 2018 Great Exhibition Tasting in the arches under Holborn Viaduct, this time featuring Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines. These Tastings are always good, but there must have been something in the air yesterday, because there … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Champagne, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adrien Dhondt, Ancre Hill Estate, Ben Walgate, Benoit Dehu, Carte Blanche Wines, Christelle Guibert Orange Wine Itata, Craig Sheard, Dhondt-Grellet, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Ecu, Elemental Bob, Eliane Delalot, Fabien Jouves, Great Exhibition Tasting 2018, Gudfish Wines, Hegyikalo, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Maxime Magnon, Meinklang H15, Olivier Horiot, Pelle Pince Alma Palinka, PN17 Petnat, Rosé des Riceys, Stefan Vetter, Sylvaner, Tillingham Wines, Tom Shobbrook, Vincent Caillé, Winemakers Club
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Great Exhibitionists
The Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines got together again at Farringdon Street Vaults for their Winter Portfolio Tasting. Readers of this Blog will know Winemakers very well. Their philosophy is finely stated in the words of founder/owner John Baum: … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Austrian Wine, Burgenland Wine, Carte Blanche Wines, Christophe Muret, Domaine de L'Horizon Calce, Domaine des Marnes Blanches Jura, Domaine du Mortier, Empriente de Temps, Fabien Jouves, Feudo dei Sanseverino Calabria, Franken Wine, Gino Pedrotti, Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Great Exhibition Tasting, Hegyikalo Eger Hungary, Il Guercio, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, Kiral Yudvar Tokaj, Maestro Terenzio Passito, Mas del Périé Cahors, Meinklang, Meinklang Graupert, Meinklang Konkret, Mouthes le Bihan Duras, Nosiola, Ostheim Alsace Wine, Pamhagen Austria, Riecine, Sean O'Callaghan, Shobbrook Giallo, Shobbrook Seppeltsfield, Sittweg Alsace, Stefan Vetter Franken, Tom Shobbrook, Tommy Field, Tommy Ruff, Trentino Vino Santo, Winemakers Club
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My New Austrian Klangers
My introduction to Austrian wine, and the reason I became such a big fan, was the wines of the Danube (Kamptal, Kremstal and above all, Wachau). Producers like Präger, Hirtzberger and Knoll formed a part of my cellar long before … Continue reading
