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Recent Wines December 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Does anyone actually remember December 2024? With the new year now upon us, 1st December, when I drank the first wine here, seems a very long time ago. That wine was a supermarket Refosco from the Veneto. Here in Part … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, New Zealand Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Austrian Wine, Cheapest Wine Drunk in 2024, Christoph Heiss Rotburger, Crémant du Jura Indigène, Domaine A&M Tissot, Eva Fricke Rheingau, German Dry Riesling, Hermit Ram North Canterbury, Jura Sparkling Wine, Kamptal Wine, Little Bit 2023 Westwell Wines, Lorchhäuser Seligmacher Riesling 2011, Malinga Rotburger 2021, Marks & Spencer Found Wines, New Zealand Wine, North Canterbury NZ Wine, Recent Wines December 2024 (Pt1), Refosco, Rheingau Wine, Rotburger or Zweigelt, Stéphane Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, The Hermit Ram Salty White 2022, Theo Coles The Hermit Ram, Trevenezie IGT, Westwell Wines Kent
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Wines of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
In the “Recent Wines” articles I publish each month I always stress that the wines I include are not the most expensive, smartest and poshest wines but the wines I find most interesting, and hopefully thrilling. This means you might … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Fine Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Beaune 1er Cru Blanc, Best Jura Vin de Paille, Cascina Borgatta Dolcetto "Lamilla", Castlewood Wines and Luke Harbor, Castlewood Wines Artefact Bacchus, Catherine Hannoun Port-Lesney, Charlie Herring Promised Land Brut Nature 2017, Crémant du Jura Indigène, Czech Natural Wine, Devon Amphora Bacchus, Domaine A&M Tissot Indigène, Domaine de La Loue Vin Jaune 2015, English Sparkling Riesling, Foillard Morgon Courcelette 2010, François Mossu Vin de Paille 2011, German Chardonnay, Houillon-Overnoy Savagnin 2012, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Quand Le Chat..., Jonas Dostert Chardonnay, Kaja Kohv Vigneronne, Kelley Fox Freedon Hill Pinot Blanc, Lambert Spielmann Chien Noir/Chat Blanc, Le Grappin Beaune Les Grèves 2015, Luxembourg Wine, Mira Nestarcová Cabernet Franc, Moravian Wine, Mosel Chardonnay, Oregon Pinot Blanc, Petr Korab Dark Horse Petnat, Racines Rebelles Elbling Roches Liquide, Racines Rebelles Luxembourg, Stéphane & Bénédicte Tissot, Stephane Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, Tim Phillips Charlie Herring Wines, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc, Wines of the Year 2024
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Recent Wines November 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
November’s Recent Wines are once again cut short, in this case by our trip to Nepal, taking twenty days of “home drinking” out of the equation, but we did manage to consume six bottles in the ten days we had … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Annamária Réka-Koncz Ora 2020, Collio Wine, Czech Wine, Domaine Rietsch Stierkopf Pinot Gris, Edi Kéber Collio Goriziano, Edi Kéber K 2021, Friedrich Becker Schweigen Pfalz, Friedrich Becker Spätburgunder B 2013, Fritz Becker Winzer, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Kiralyleaniyka, Mira Nestarcová Velké Bilovice, Mira Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Moravian Wine, Nepal Wine, Nepalese Wine, Pataleban Estate Winery Nepal, Pataleban White Ashish, Pfalz Spätburgunder, Quand Le Chat N'est Pas Là 2021, Recent Wines November 2024, Wine of Eastern Hungary
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Recent Wines October 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
October was a strange month because I managed a bout of Covid, which sort of curtailed my drinking for part of the month. Thankfully I recovered in time for a trip to Nepal but it does mean you will be … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Armenian Wine, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Bugey, Czech Wine, English Wine, Grape Varieties, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adrian Pike Winemaker Westwell Wines, Areni Noir Armenian Grape Variety, Bugey Cerdon Ancestral Method, Bugey-Cerdon, Cécile and Vincent Balivet winemakers, Domaine Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Dva Duby Malvasia 2019, Dva Duby Moravia, Flaxman Valley South Australia, Galia Pike Labels Westwell Wines, Jiri Sebela Dva Duby, Karasi Areni Noir 2021 Zorah Wines, L'Arène Chasselas 2022, Lo Triolet Introd Val D'Aosta, Mario Martin Winemaker Aosta, Matthias Orsett Fully Valais, Moravian Wine, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wines October 2024, Shobbrook Flaxman Cabernet Franc, Skin Contact Chasselas, Tom Shobbrook Wines, Torrette Val D'Aosta, Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Yeghegnadzor Valley Armenia, Zorah Wines Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Zorik Gharibian Zorah Wines
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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 2)
In the first part of this article, I introduced six of my favourite wine regions with my tourist hat on. Six wine regions I love to visit for reasons other than, or perhaps rather in addition to, the wine. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Italian Wine, Japan, Neusiedlersee, Piemonte, Rust, Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Acqui Terme to the Ligurian Coast, Aosta, Burgenland Travel, Domaine Sogga Obuse, Excursions from Rodez, Favourite Wine Regions, Japanese Wine, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Lavaux Wine Tasting and Walking, Nagano Wine Region Japan, Neusiedlersee, Nizza and Acqui Terme, Piemonte Monferrato Hills, Val d'Aosta, Vallée d'Aoste, Wine and Tourism in Aveyron, Wine Region Tourism
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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The third and final part of August’s wines brings to the table five possibly less august bottles than we drank in Part 2, but then it’s all relative, isn’t it. In order to bring you these articles I have to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Bordeaux Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Cider, Italian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Ancestral Method Chenin Blanc, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Blanc, Charlie Herring Wines Hampshire, Chianti Classico 2019 Querciabella, Czech Wine, Domaine La Taille aux Loups Husseau, Jacky Blot Triple Zéro NV, Jaroslav Springer Pinot Noir 2020, Jean-Philippe Blot, Loire Sparkling, Matthieu Cosse and Jérôme Ossard, Matthieu Cosse Blaye Blanc 2020, Moravian Wine, Perfect Strangers Vintage Cider 2018, Querciabella Greve in Chianti, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 3), Sauvignon Blanc Muscadelle Blend, Sparkling Montlouis, Stapleton Springer Moravia, Tim Phillips, Triple Zéro, Tuscan Wine
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The bumper June edition of my Recent Wines of 2024 runs to a third part this year. The final half-dozen wines here start with a Bugey (yawn, but you’ll thank me one day). Then we stay off-piste with Lagrein Rosé, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Lagrein Rosé, Amontillado "I Think" Equipo Navazos, André Grape Variety, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Cantina Terlano Lagrein Rosé, Chardonnay "Le Glanon" Juravinum, Czech Wine, Elbling in Luxembourg, Elbling Roche Liquide Racines Rebelles, Equipo Navazos, Fruitière Viticole de Pupillin Natural Wine, Kaja Kohv Winemaker Racines Rebelles, Lagrein Rosé, Luxembourg Wine, Montilla-Moriles Spain, Moravian Wine, Moselle Wine Luxembourg, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Jura, Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Pupillin Chardonnay, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt 3), Syfany André 2017, Syfany Winery Moravia
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Recent Wines May 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
After a couple of very recent tastings, I need to take you all the way back to May. We moved house in May and we were consumed by decorating, unpacking, and actually a week of enforced eating out because we … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Portuguese wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Piemonte, Cas' Amaro Lisbon, Charlie Herring Cider, Domaine Montmollin Neuchâtel, English Bacchus, English Wine, Falatorio Sercial Reserva 2020, Good Value Piemontese Red Wine, Jonas Dostert Chardonnay 2021, Jonas Dostert Mosel, Jorge Pascoa Winemaker, Lisbon Wine, Lyme Bay Bacchus 2023, Lyme Bay Winery at Marks & Spencer, Lyme Bay Winery Devon, Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Mosel Chardonnay, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Old Vines in Bramaterra, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Perfect Strangers Still Cider, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines May 2024, Rosso Noah Coste della Sesia Rosso DOC, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips, Vinho Regional Lisboa
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 