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A Few Germans at The Solent Cellar (July 2025)
I was otherwise engaged a week last Friday when Solent Cellar in Lymington had a German tasting in the shop. We had been invited to go out sailing on The Solent, over to the Isle of Wight. We came back on … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, German Wine, Mosel, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged AJ Adam Dhron Mosel, AJ Adam Im Pfarrgarten Feinherb 2023, Andreas Adam Winzer, Franken Silvaner, German Chardonnay, Horst Sauer Eschendorfer Lump Silvaner Trocken, Horst Sauer Franken, Mosel Pinot Noir Spätburgunder, Pinot Noir off Mosel Slate, Pinot Noir Vom Schieffer 2023 Daniel Fries, Rheinhessen Chardonnay, Rheinhessen Sekt Lena Singer-Fischer, Seehof Steingrube Chardonnay R 2023, Singer-Fischer Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut 2021, Solent Cellar Lymingtom Hampshire, Tasting German Wines at The Solent Cellar, Weingut Daniel Fries Winningen Mosel
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Recent Wines April 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
To run through what’s in store in Part Two (of three) of my wines drunk at home in April, we begin in Germany and continue with Jura, Penedès and Champagne. We finish up with two wines from Czechia (or Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Artisan Wines, Champagne, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, orange wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Basket Press Wines, Best Aube Growers, Cave Les Papilles Paris, Champagne Jacques Lassaigne Le Cotet, Czech "Ginger" Wine (Rysak), Domaine Pignier Montaigu, Elbling, Emmanuel Lassaigne Montgueux, Entre Vinyes Baix Penedès, Feral Art & Vin Bordeaux, Jonas Dostert Elbling, Jonas Dostert Nittel Mosel, Macabeu Sotaterra Oniric Entre Vinyes, Moravian Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines, Ota Sevcik Boretice, Ota Sevcik Chardonnay 2018, Raeburn Fine Wines, Recent Wines April 2025 (Pt 2), Richard Stavek Divy Rysak 2017, Smith & Gertruce Portobello
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Recent Wines February 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of my wines drunk at home in February doesn’t manage the zero-zero of all different countries, as Part One did, but we still manage to range far and wide in the world of wine. We kick off in … Continue reading
Posted in Amphora Wine, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, orange wine, Savoie Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Arbois, Dobra Vinice Nejedlik Orange 2011, Domaine L'Octavin Hip Hip J..., Domaine Philippe & Sylvain Ravier Savoie, Haart Riesling 2022, Julian Haart Mosel, Les Abymes Electrick Ravier, Luka Zeichmann Burgenland, Moravian Natural Wine, Moravian Wine, O'Leary Walker Polish Hill River Riesling 2017, Petr Nejedlik Dobra Vinice, Recent Wines February 2025 (Pt 2), Ujca Hendrik Luka Zeichmann, Value Clare Riesling
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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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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 1)
As summer fades fast into Autumn, and perhaps for those of us not harvesting grapes, the memory of some 2024 vineyard trips along with it, you might, like me, be turning your attention to next year. Even with one big … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Australian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Vienna, Wachau, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace between Andlau and Mittelbergheim, Arbois and the Jura, Cycling from Bernkastel, Cycling from Krems, Favourite Wine Regions, Mosel Cycle Trail, Vienna and the Nussberg, Visiting Mornington Peninsula, Visiting Vienna's Vines, Wachau Cycle Trail, Wachau on a Bike, Wine Regions
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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August, that month of sunshine, holidays, outdoor dining, beach picnics…well only in part it seems, at least for most of us confined to the UK at this time. Hopefully I shall find some longer spell of warmth soon, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Australian Wine, Beechworth Wine, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Marraine Pooks 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Castagna Beechworth, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna La Chiave Sangiovese, Czech Wines, English Sparkling Wine, Fife Cider, Fleming's Fife Cider Wild Blend, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Julian Castagna, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben 2018, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petnat André Rosé Syfany Winery, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 1), Saar Wine, Scottish Cider, Seyval Blanc Sparkling Wine, Sussex Sparkling Wine, Syfany Winery Moravia, Wine of Victoria
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Recent Wines, June Part 2, is a little different to Part 1. No spectacularly old and expensive wines I can no longer afford, but plenty of quality and interest, inspiration and pleasure, in this second half-dozen wines. We begin with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Sherry, Sicily, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Catarratto Fabrizio Vella Sicily, Champagne Gallimard Les Riceys, Equipo Navazos, Fabrizio Vella, Gallimard Reserve Blanc de Noirs, Gamaret-Garanoir Cave de la Côte, Langhe Nebbiolo Schiavenza, Manzanilla Florpower Bota 101, Max Kilburg Mosel, Max Kilburg Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett 2022, Mosel Wine, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt2), Schiavenza di Pira Luciano Serralunga, Sicilian White Wine, Skin Contact Catarratto, Swiss experimental grapes, Swiss Red Wine, Vaud Wine, Vintage Manzanilla, Weingut Geierslay Mosel, Wines of Jerez and Sanlucar, Wintricher Ohligsberg
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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 