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Recent Wines September 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Apologies for the tenn day break in writing. I had a nasty virus. For September I shall revert back to two sets of six wines each, less drinking than August but cheaper all round. We still have the usual insane … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Crémant, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Côte Roannaise Gamay Mousseux, Crémant de Limoux, Domaine B&B Bouché Limoux, Domaine Sérol Côte Roannaise, Loimer Kamptal Grüner Veltliner 2025, Magula Teufelstal Pinot Noir 2021, Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir 2020, Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir, Natural Wine, New Dawn by Rüdger Van Wyk,, New Dawn Dark Leap Red Blend 2024, Recent Wines September 2026, Turbullent Vin Mousseux Rosé Dom Sérol, Vino Magula Slovakia, Volcanic Loire Gamay Côte Roannaise
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Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 3: Otros Vinos and La Voluta)
This third and final part of my articles on the trade tasting at Montrose Edinburgh on 9 March covers Spanish natural wine specialist Otros Vinos and one of their estates, La Voluta, which is not in Spain, but in Roussillon … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Catalonian Wine, Fernando Berry Otros Vinos, Jean-Benoit Vivequain La Voluta, La Voluta Joana 2017, La Voluta Languedoc-Roussillon, Los Comuns Catalunya, Montrose Tasting 9 March 2026, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Otros Vinos at Montrose Edinburgh, Trade Tastings Edinburgh, Vinyes Tortuga, Wine, Wine Tastings
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Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 2: Beattie & Roberts and Domaine Ami)
Montrose Part 2 covers the wines of North London-based importer Beattie & Roberts and the wines of Domaine Ami in Burgundy. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I’d probably never heard of Beattie & Roberts before I discovered one of their … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Recent Wines December 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 of December’s Recent Wines begins with a gem of a wine from Swartland in South Africa. We then knock back what was currently my last bottle of Nepalese wine, before a star English sparkler. After an unusual “rancio” … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Chablis, English Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Nepal, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Breaky Bottom Blanc de Noirs 2018, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Noella 2018, Breaky Bottom Wines Sussex, Céline & Frédéric Gueguen Chablis, Côtes de Bergerac, Château Tour des Gendres Bergerac, David & Nadia Wines Swartland, David and Nadia Sadie Elipideos 2018, English Sparkling Wine, Famille De Conti Bergerac, Famille Gueguen Chablis 2024, Family Estate Value Chablis, La Gloire de Mon Père Château Tour des Gendres 2022, Matifoc Rancio Sec Cave de L'Abbé Rous, Matifoc Rancio Sec Côte Vermeille, Nepalese Wine, Pataleban Estate Red Kaule 2020, Pataleban Estate Winery Nepal, Pataleban Resort Hotel, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom, Rancio wines of Roussillon, Recent Wines December 2025 Pt 2, Swartland Cape Blend Red, Wine in Kathmandu Valley
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Recent Wines October 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Back into the swing of Recent Wines, those drunk mostly at home, this first selection from October (Part 1) comprises bottles from Roussillon, Kent, Czech Moravia, Kalecik in Türkiye and Bucelas in Portugal. It’s a nice selection of which you … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Turkish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Winemaker, Anatolian Wine, Arinto from Bucelas, Bernardo Cabral Winemaker, Bucelas Branco 2022 Quinta das Murgas, Bucelas Portugal, Czech Natural Wine, Czech Wine, Kalecik Kizilirmak Valley Türkiye, Marjorie Gallet Roc des Anges, Mira Nestarcova Moravia Czechia, Mira Pinot Noir 2022, Oküzgözü Grape Variety, Recent Wines October 2025 (Pt 1), Roc des Anges Roussillon, Segna de Cor 2022, Turkish Wine, Vinkara Wines Kalecik Türkiye, Westwell Wine Estate Kent, Weswell Village Chardonnay 2023, Wine, Wine of Velké Bilovice
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Holiday Wines July 2025
In a brief diversion from the “Recent Wines” theme (the wines we drink at home), these are ten of the wines we drank on a week’s holiday on the South Coast. Actually, these were merely consumed by four of us … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Champagne, German Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged "Electio" Xarel-Lo 2021 Parés Balta Penedès, Bodega Pazo de Casanova Ourense Ribeiro, Clos du Goulot Champagne, Coteaux Champenois, Coteaux Champenois "Gamet" Rosé 2022, Domaine Gardies Agly Valley Roussillon, Finca Viñoa Sobre Lias 2023, Florian Fauth Weingut Seehof, Holiday Wines July 2025, Jerome Prevost Gueux Champagne, Julian Haart Piesport, La Closerie Les Beguines 2016, Lopez de Heredia Rioja, Max & Friends Romery Champagne, Montedesassi 2019 Il Borghetto Tuscany, On s'en Fish! 2023 Dom Gardies, Ou Que L'on Soit Coteaux Champanois, Parés Baltá Penedès, Seehof Rheinhessen, Seehof Weisser Burgunder "R" Morstein, Tondonia Reserva 2001, Wintricher Ohligsberg Auslese 2017 Haart
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More Newcomer at Montrose
Montrose bar and restaurant on Montrose Terrace in Edinburgh not only gives its famed sibling Timberyard a run for its money in cool ambience and top-quality wine, it is also becoming a place where I seem to taste any wines … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Crémant d'Alsace, Czech Wine, Domaine Matassa Roussillon, Foradori Trentino-Alto-Adige, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Fontanasanta 2023 Foradori, Matassa Tommy Ferriol 2023, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Nestarec Forks & Knives Red 2020, New Vintages from Newcomer, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Peter Honegger Newcomer Wines, Raphaëlle Guyot L'Aurore 2023, Raphaëlle Guyot St Bris, Roussillon Wine, St Bris Chardonnay, Tom Lubbe
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Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Edinburgh (3 July ’24)
I have yet to dine at Timberyard’s new outpost in Edinburgh, Montrose, doubtless the cause being all our house moving escapades, but I did get to visit on Wednesday for a tasting with Peter Honegger from Newcomer Wines. I’ve known … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wachau, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Agly Valley, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Austrian Wine, Domaine Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature, Du Grappin Côte de Brouilly, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Foradori, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hungarian Wine, Kékfrankos from Sopron Hungary, Le Grappin Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Loire Wine, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Grape Variety, Matassa Cuvée Marguerite, Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Nikolaihof Grüner Veltliner, Nikolaihof Wachau, Northeast Italian Wine, Orthogneiss Domaine L'Ecu, Roussillon Wine, Trentino Alto-Adige Wine, Weninger Steiner 2017
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