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Recent Wines April 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 for April is, somewhat similarly to Part 1, made up of a mix of the wines I usually drink and a bottle which doesn’t feature very often these days. We begin in Jerez, zip around Europe via Côte-Rôtie, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Rhone, Sherry, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Douro White Wine, Côte-Rôtie, Dane Johns Gippsland, Equipo Navazos, Gippsland Wine, Hajos Baja Hungary, Jerez, Kékfrankos, La Bota de Fino 68, Macharnudo Alto, Michel et Stéphane Ogier, Nikau Farm, Nikau Farm Amphora Granite 2020, Ogier Côte-Rôtie 2005, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines April 2024 (Pt 2), Sherry, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Sziegl Pince Kekfrankos Diofas 2019, Tonimbuk Amphora Granite 2020, Uivo Rabigato Folias de Baco, White Wine from Cima Corgo, Wine of Hungary's Great Plain
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Wines of the Year 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
Wines of the Year! It could be so self-indulgent, could it not? A dozen posh bottles which no one can afford and will probably never drink. I do have some of that stuff left in my cellar, a kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, New Zealand Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Whisky, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines, Agostado Cortado 2017 Cota 45, Alsace Natural Wine, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Beaujolais, Bodegas Cota 45 Sanlucar Jerez, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Sir Andrew Davis 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Bugey, Caroline Ledédenté Bugey, Charlie Herring Seyval Blanc Brut 2018, Equipo Navazos, Field Blend 2019 The Hermit Ram, Franz Strohmeier Styria, Furmint, Isle of Arran Sauternes Cask Finish, Jean Foillard Cote duu Py 2011, Julie Balagny Beaujolais, La Bota de Palo Cortado 75 Equipo Navazos, Lambert Spielmann, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red, Morgon Cote du Py, North Canterbury Wine, Palo Cortado, Peter Hall Winemaker, Reka Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Sudsteiermark, The Hearach Isle of Harris, Theo Coles The Hermit Ram, Tim Phillips, Westwell Wines Petulant Pink 2021, Whiskies of the Year 2023, Wine of Eastern ~Hungary, Wines of the Year 2023
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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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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Time seems to be zipping forward quite swiftly in 2023, especially as the evenings are noticeably lighter here now, though it seems that winter’s icy claws are about to grip tightly once more, hopefully a last-gasp before proper spring. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines Kent, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Breaky Bottom Oliver Minkley 2011, Catherine Riss, Du Vin aux Liens Vanessa Letort, Early Unfortified Palomino, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo-Navazos, Hungarian Wine, Kekfrankos Eastern Hungary, La Table Rouge Babylone 2019, Libre Comme L'Air Pinot Noir, Meinklang Pamhagen Burgenland, Meinklang Vulkan #2, Natural Wine, Navazos-Niepoort Blanco 2014 (mag), Palomino Fino, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex Wine, Pineau d'Aunis, Recent Wines Feb 23 Pt1, Reka-Koncz A Change of Heart, Somlo Wine Hungary, Westwell Pelegrim New Release
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Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 of June’s “Recent Wines” is, as a half-dozen, perhaps, almost as diverse as it can be, although I’m sure someone will be there to shoot down that statement with regard to origin (no Americans, Africans or Antipodeans). I … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Japan, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Black Chalk Wild Rose 2017, Côtes Catalanes, Chasselas Grape Variety, Chateau Mercian Yamanashi, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, Christian Binner Si Rose, Domaine de la Maison Blanche, Fenouillèdes Agly Valley, Fuefuki District Yamanashi, Hampshire Wine, Hegyi-Kaló Cseresznyeérés Rosé 2018, Hegyi-Kaló Eger, Hungarian Wine, Jacob Leadley, Japanese Wine, Koshu Grape Variety, La Côte Wines Switzerland, Le Soula Blanc 2016, Le Soula Roussillon, Mont-sur-Rolle Vaud, Recent Wines June 2022 (Pt 2), Swiss Wines, Yamanashi Wine, Yves and Antoine de Mestral
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Recent Wines May 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
In Part 2 of my roundup of the most interesting bottles we drank at home in, effectively, the second half of May, I find a Jura-heavy selection, three wines out of six. The remainder come from Moravia, Alsace and Hungary. … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alice Bouvot Vigneronne, Alsace Wine, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Arbois Wine, Czech Wine, Domaine de la Tournelle, Domaine des Bodines Arbois Chardonnay 2015, Evelyne Clairet, Hungarian natural sparkling wine, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, L'Uva Arbosiana 2020, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine in Alsace, Petr Korab Ambero 2020, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Réka Koncz Robin 2020, Sylvaner Zotzenberg 2014, Zotzenberg Sylvaner Grand Cru
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 