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Clay Wine Fair 2026 (Part 3)
In Part 3 of my coverage of the Clay Wine Fair 2026 at Sotto Restaurant in Edinburgh on Sunday 1 March we have the wines presented by Astral Wines and Passione Vino. Astral Wines also showed a couple of wines … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Amphora Wine, Artisan Wines, Italian Wine, Lebanese Wine, Natural Wine, orange wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Amphora Wines, Aphros Phaunus Loureiro Vino Verde, Astral Wines, Beckham Estate Creta Pinot Noir Oregon USA, Bekaa Valley Wine, Castlewood Vineyards Artefact 2023 Devon, Clay Wine Fair 2026 Pt 3, COS Vittoria Sicily, COS Zibibbo in Pithos 2023, Daw Al Amar Grape Variety, Elevate White 2022 Mersel Wines, Enrico Rivetto Langhe, Georgian Wine, I Mandorli Vermentino Toscana, I Mandorli Zino Zibibbo Pantelleria, Langhe Nascetta Rivetto Langhe, Lebanese Wine, Luke Harbor Artefact Collaboration, Mersel Wines Bekaa Valley Lebanon, Nebbiolo d'Alba Vigna Lirano 2023 Rivetto, Passione Vino, Podere Giodo La Quinta IGT Toscana, Podere Giodo Montalcino, Portuguese wine, Ronchi di Giancarlo Rocca Arneis In Amphoris, Teleda Wines Kakheti, Teleda Wines Orgo Rkatsiteli, Wine, Wine Tasting
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Clay Wine Fair 2026 (Part 2)
In Part 2 of my coverage of the Clay Wine Fair 2026 held at Sotto Restaurant in Edinburgh on 1 March we have wines presented by Fion Edinburgh and Wanderlust Wines. Fion is by now a well-known Edinburgh operation offering … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Amphora Wine, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, orange wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpamanta Chardonnay Lujan de cuyo Mendoza Argentina, Biodynamic Chardonnay Argentina, Bodegas de Frutos Marin Segovia Spain, Bodegas Vinificante Cadiz Spain, Bordeaux Amphora Wine, Clarete El Jaguar Juan Jose Martinez Palmero Valencia, Clay Wine Fair 2026 Part 2, Durfort-Vivens Le Hameau 2020, Durfort-Vivens Margaux Bordeaux, English Qvevri Wine, Fion Edinburgh, Koerner Leasingham Clare Valley, Koerner Watervale Riesling 2024, Palomino Dorada Mahara Bodegas Vinificante, Pico Lunar Bodegas Frutos Marin., Tillingham Qvevri Artego 2024, Tillingham Wines West Sussex, Tintilla de Rota Mahara Bodegas Vinificante, Wanderlust Wines, Wine, Wine Tasting
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Recent Wines February 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February. Oh, that dark time. Actually, I’m feeling quite upbeat as I type this because the weeks of wet weather have given way to sunnier days, quite pleasant, with temperatures up to eleven degrees or more (in Celsius, which I … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Antoine Le Court-Chedevergne and Julia Naar, Arbois Wine with Beaujolais Fruit, Auvergne Wine, Bierzo, Biodynamic Chianti Classico, Chianti Classico Riecine 2022, Domaine de la Pierre aux Dames Geneva, Gamaret and Garanoir Blend, Geneva Wine, Jean Maupertuis Auvergne France, Jean Maupertuis Puy Long [2023], La Bosse a Rousseau 2023 Geneva, La Vizcaina Las Gundinas Raul Perez, Les Valseuses Jura, Les Valseuses Les Planches-près-Arbois, Love Will Tear us Apart Gamay, Maison Forte Geneva, Mencia Grape, Mira Nestarcova Czech Winemaker, Mira Nestarcová Velké Bilovice, Mira Sauvignon Blanc 2023, Moravian Wine, Puy Long Chardonnay XXIII, Raul Perez Bierzo, Recent Wines February 2026 Pt 1, Riecine Gaiole in Chianti, Vin Auvergnat, Wine
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Recent Wines January 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
January tends to be a quiet month for many in wine, although I seem to have heard more “Try January” than “Dry January” this year. Of course, I’m trying new stuff all the time, almost as if it is my … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rioja, Savoie Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aged Alsace Riesling, Alsace Pinot Noir, Austrian Sweet Wine, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay, Chignin Mondeuse, Domaine AS and J-F Quénard Chignin, Gerhard Kracher Illmitz, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Lindes de Remelluri Rivas de Teresso, Maison Maenad De L'Avant 2020, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Mondeuse, Muscat Ottonel TBA 2005 Kracher, Neusiedlersee, Recent Wines January 2026 Pt 1, Remelluri Rioja, Savoie Mondeuse, Sud Révermont Chardonnay, Telmo Rodriguez Remelluri, Terres Rouge Mondeuse 2023 J-F Quénard, Trimbach Frédéric Emile 2004, Trimbach Ribeauvillé, Wine, Zwischen den Seen Muscat Ottonel TBA Nummer 6
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Hampshire Wines 3 – Tim Phillips (Charlie Herring Wines)
This is the third vineyard and winery visit of the day from our long weekend down in Hampshire. You may remember, if you read the two preceding articles, that I spent this day of visits with Tim Phillips (Charlie Herring … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Regenerative Viticulture, Sparkling Wine, Vineyard Visits and Tastings, Wine
Tagged Charlie Herring Wines, Chickens in the Vines, English Natural Wine, Hampshire Wine, Regenerative Viticulture in England, Tim Phillips winemaker, Wine, Winemaker Rewilding Projects, winery
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Regenerative Viticulture 2nd Edition by Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in 2022 Jamie Goode published a small but significant little book, Regenerative Viticulture. It detailed what was then a relatively new concept, based around a realisation that viticulture in its current form was depleting the soils in which the … Continue reading
Posted in Geology and Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Agroecology, Agroforestry (viticulture), Animals in the Vineyard, Compacted Soils (Vineyard), Composting and Biochar, Copper Toxicity in the Vineyard, Cover Crops (viticulture), Dead Soils (Vineyard), Disease Resistant Grape Varieties, Dr Jamie Goode Author, Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Goode Regenerative Viticulture 2nd Edition 2025, Hybrid Grape Varieties, Microbial Activity (Vineyards), New Grape Varieties Against Fungal Diseases, Permaculture Approaches in Viticulture, Pilzwiderstandsfähige, PIWI grape varieties, Regenerative Hydrology, Regenerative Viticulture, Regenerative Viticulture Book Review, Soil Carbon in Viticulture, sustainability, Sustainability (wine production), Sustainable Viticulture, Vineyard Biodiversity, Weed control and no-till viticulture, Wine
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 