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Category Archives: Jura
Jura Wine Ten Years On by Wink Lorch (Book Review)
I’m sure I’m not alone in having a “wine library”, in my case five shelves of about a metre in length, perhaps too many books on wine you may think, but whenever I get rid of some there’s usually something … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Grape Varieties in the Jura, Jura, Jura Wine and Climate Change, Jura Wine Books, Jura Wine Producers Information, Jura Wine Ten Years On Book Review, New Developments in Jura Wine, New Wine Book, Wine Books, Wine Travel Jura Region, Wine writing, Wink Lorch Author, Wink Lorch Jura 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 April 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
The catchup continues. We are right back in April for my “Recent Wines”. Two parts, the first showing wines from Franken, Hampshire, Burgundy, Burgenland and Jura. Silvaner Thüngersheim Rothlauf GG 2019, Weingut Rudolf May (Franken, Germany) I seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Burgundy, English Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Vin Jaune 2006 Dom de la Pinte, Charlie Herring Wines Hampshire, Denis Bachelet, Domaine Bachelet Gevrey Chambertin VV 2006, Domaine de la Pinte Arbois, English Sparkling Riesling, Franken Silvaner, Gevrey VV Bachelet, Gut Oggau Burgenland, Gut Oggau Field Blend, Hampshire Sparkling Wine, Maskerade Cuvées Gut Oggau, Maskerade Rosé 2021, Recent Wines April 2024 (Pt 1), Stephanie and Eduard Tscheppe-Eselbock, Thungersheim Rothlauf GG, Tim Phillips winemaker, Vin Jaune, Weingut Rudolf May Franken
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Noble Rot and the Poulet
Four of us decamped to Noble Rot Soho for, if perhaps not a wild Real Wine after party, certainly a brilliant evening of food and wine. It was actually my first time at the Soho location, despite being almost a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Dining, Jura, Natural Wine, Restaurants, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Chateau-Chalon, Dining in London, Domaine Karanika Amyndeon Macedonia, Greek Sparkling Wine, Jura Wine, Jura Wines in London, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Laurens and Annette Hartman-Van Kampen, Maison Maenad De L'Avant 2021, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Marius Perron Chateau-Chalon 1983, Natural Wine, Noble Rot Soho, Poulet aux Morilles et Vin Jaune in London, Roast Chicken Morels and Vin Jaune, Vin Jaune, Wine of Jura's Revermont, Xinomavro Sparkling Wine
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The Solent Cellar – Like a London Wine Shop in a Sleepy South Coast Town
I am working through my list of feature articles about some very special wine merchants. I’ve written about Feral Art et Vin in Bordeaux, and Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton. Next up, The Solent Cellar in Lymington, Hampshire. Lymington is, … Continue reading
Recent Wines March 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
March began with some stormy weather, then up here in Scotland we had some marvellous spring days bringing floral profusion to our little rain shadow just outside Edinburgh. As I type, at the end of the month, we have wetter … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Wine, Australian Alt Varieties - Fiano, Baden Spätburgunder, Baden Wine, Bernard Huber Baden, Blank Bottle Smaug the Magnificent 2017, Blank Bottle Winery, Bombacher Sommerhalde Spätburgunder R 2011, Fabrice Dodane Mathenay Arbois, Folias de Baco Alijo Portugal, German Wine, Jade & Jasper Fiano 2021, Julian Huber Baden, Jura Wine, Laura and Brendan Carter Winemakers, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Trio Sauvage 2020, Natural Wine, Pieter Walser, Portuguese Light Red Wine, Recent Wines March 2024 Pt1, Savagnin de Voile Domaine de Saint-Pierre, South African Wine, South Australian Wine, Tiego Sampaio Winemaker, Uivo Renegado 2022, Unico Zelo Riverland Fiano, Upper Douro Natural Wine, Western Cape White Blend
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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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