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Category Archives: Italian Wine
Recent Wines July 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part Two of my catchup on July’s wines we have some stunning bottles from Italy’s Veneto, the north of Alsace, two came from around Austria’s Neusiedlersee, one from Zurich in the Deutschschweiz, and to start off, a wine made … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Petnat, Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Angiolino Maule, Apres L'Heure Christophe Lindenlaub, Bechtel Weine Federweiss Zurich AOC, Burgenland Wine, Christophe & Jacques Lindenlaub Dorlisheim, Deutschschweiz Wine, Eglisau Wines, English Petnat, Federweiss, G'mischter Sotz 2020 Andert, Gut Oggau Winifred Rosé 2021, La Biancara Veneto, Lost in a Field Frolic 2021, Mathias Bechtel Winemaker, Natural Garganega, Recent Wines July 2022, Sassaia 2020 IGT Veneto, Swiss Wine, Tim Wildman MW
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Recent Wines May 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 1 of the wines supped in and around home in May contains bottles which might, even by my own standards, be called eclectic. We begin in Georgia, drink a remarkably good, if secretive, cheap wine, a Freisa from Tortona, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Californian Wine, Georgian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Spanish Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Aladasturi, Baia's Wine, Bechtold Vineyard Lodi, Birichino Cinsaut Pétulant Naturel, Birichino Petnat, Braghé da Uve Freisa Claudio Mariotto, California Petnat, Colli Tortonese Freisa, Gvantsa's Wine, Imereti Georgia, Jutta Ambrositsch Satellit 2018 Field Blend, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, Jutta Ambrositsch Wien Wein, Las Cepas de Paco "El Reflejo" 2018, Lyonnais Gamay, Palomino table wine, Piemonte Freisa, Puerto de Santa Maria, Raul Moreno Winemaker, Unfortified Palomino Fino, Uva Non Grata Boutinot, Vienna Wine, Vinos Océanicos, Wiener Gemischter Satz, World's oldest Cinsault Vines
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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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Recent Wines February 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February yields just fourteen wines. Partly, I guess, as it’s a shorter month and partly because we drank some wines I wrote about in early winter. We will still go for two parts, seven wines in each. In Part One … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Piemonte, Savoie Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, "68" Cascina Tavijn, Bourgogne Chitry, Burgenland, Côtillon des Dames 2015, Clare Valley South Australia, De Moor, Fredi Torres and Mark Lecha, Gut Oggau Joschuari 2011, Jean-Yves Péron Conflans, Jeffrey Grosset, Nadia Verrua, Piemonte, Priorat, Priorat Classic 2018 Lectores Vini, Recent Wines February 2021 (Pt 1), Renner Intergalactic, Rennersistas, Savoie, Springvale Riesling 2010, Watervale Riesling, Weingut Renner Gols
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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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Real Wine Fair 2019, Part 3
This will be the final part of my Real Wine Fair 2019 coverage. Here we have a few North American producers of the highest order, a couple of very fine Friulians, and an inspirational trio of Sicilians, nine producers in … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged "Jakot", Anna Martens Etna, Arianna Occhipinti Contrada Wines, Arianna Occhipinti Vittoria, Benjamin Zidarich Carso, Chilion Cuvée Zero 2017, Dario Princic Friuli, Etna Wine, Evan Lewandowski, Frappato, Frontignac Gris, Hyland Pinot Noir, I Vigneri Etna, Kelley Fox Wines, La Garagista, Les Caves de Pyrene, Maresh Pinot Noir, Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation Red, Mirabei Pinot Noir, Momtazi Pinot Noir, Nerello Mascalese, North American Hybrids, Qvevri Don Alfio 2016, Real Wine Fair 2019, Ruth Lewandowski, Salvo Foti, Sicilian Wine, Vermont Wine, Vino di Anna, Vitovska Kamen 2016, Wine in Utah
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 