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Category Archives: Natural Wine
Missing Out – Tutto Wines Trade Tasting in Edinburgh
One or two of my readers may be aware that I have been struck low with a virus this week. Not only has that meant an involuntary wine detox, but it has also tested my addiction to writing, just at … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Cascina Tavijn Piemonte, Domaine de Kalathas Tinos Greece, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Katie Worobeck Winemaker Jura, Lambert Spielmann Alsace, Le Coste Cantina Lazio, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Manon Farm Wines Adelaide Hills, Nadia Verrua Winemaker Monferrato Hills, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Testalonga Liguria, Testalonga Rossese di Dolceacqua, Tutti Frutti Ananas Banyuls, Tutto Wines Edinburgh Tasting 2024, Tutto Wines Trade Tasting, Yannick Meckert Alsace
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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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Basket Press Wines Spring Tasting at Spry in Edinburgh – This is Very Much a New Wine Frontier Now
Monday 18 March was the date for the Basket Press Wines Spring Tasting for the trade, held at Spry Wines, the wonderful restaurant/wine bar/natural wine shop in Central Edinburgh. Now, I know I’ve brought you a lot of articles on … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Vinegar, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Basket Wines Spring Tasting Edinburgh, Cabernet Moravia Grape Variety, Dva Duby Divide 2019, Jaroslav Springer Pinot Noir Vintage Selection 2020, Kmetija Stekar Goriska Brda Slovenia, Krasna Hora La Blanca 2022, Krasna Hora Pink 2022, Krasna Hora Ruby 2022, Krasna Hora Winery Moravia, Magula Baccara 2019, Magula Carboniq 2022, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Magula Winery Little Carpathians Slovakia, Max Baumann Winemaker Baden, Max Sein Wein Blanc 2021 Baden, Max Sein Wein Les Autochtones 2020, Mira Cabernet Franc 2022, Mira Nestarecová Winemaker Moravia, Mira Pinot Noir 2022, Mira Sauvignon Blanc 2022, Natural Wine, Petr Korab Ambero 2022, Petr Korab Dark Horse Petnat 2022, Petr Korab Moravia, Petr Korab Saint Laurent 2022, Stekar Belo 2022 Goriska Brda, Stekar Izi 2022, Syfany Frankovka 2018, Syfany Ryzlink Vlassky 2018, Syfany Winery Moravia Czech Wine, Utopia Ciders Bohemian Highlands Czechia, Utopia Drinking Apple Vinegar, Utopia Patience Ice Cider 2022, Vykoukal Cabernet Moravia 2021, Vykoukal Neuburger 2021, Wine Tasting at Spry in Edinburgh, Zdenek Vykoukal Resch 2022
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Recent Wines February 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February seemed easier to get through this year, probably because our Lothian weather was strangely less wet and damp than that experienced in much of England, that following an unusually wet January. With no Dry January statement being made in … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Canary Islands, Czech Wine, Japan, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Sylvaner, Alsace Wine, Alvaro Castro Dao, Australian Wine, Beechworth Victoria Wine, Canary Islands Wine, Czech Wine, Dao Red Wine, Giaconda Beechworth Victoria, Giaconda Warner Vineyard Shiraz 2006, Hibernal 2021 Petr Kocarik, Hibernal Grape Variety, Japanese Cabernet Sauvignon Nagano, Japanese Wine, Las Rosas Listan Negro 2018 La Palma, Moravian Wine, Nagano Furusato Grande Polaire 2017, Natural Wine, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines February 2024 (Pt 1), Rick Kinzbrunner Giaconda Vineyards, Sapporo Wine Nagano, Spanish Wine, Sylvaner, Victoria Torres Pecis La Palma, Vincent Stoeffler Sylvaner Rutscherle
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Recent Wines January 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
My wet January continues here in Part 2 with another varied selection of wines, this time coming from Beaujolais, Slovenia’s Goriška Brda, Piemonte, South Africa’s Western Cape, Devon in England and last but not least, Champagne. None of these wines … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Champagne, English Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Slovenian Wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Artefact Bacchus 2021, Cape White Blend, Castlewood Wines Artefact 2021, Champagne Palmer Brut Réserve NV, Devon Wine, English Wine, Fleurie Clos de la Roilette 2018 Coudert, Giovanni Almondo Roero, Good Value Champagne, Goriska Brda Slovenia, Kmetija Stekar Sivi 2022, Kmetija Stekar Slovenia, Recent Wines January 2024 (Pt 2), Roero 2020 Giovanni Almondo, Roero Nebbiolo, South African White Blend, Thorne & Daughters
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Recent Wines January 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a dozen wines from January, divided into two equal parts. Here in Part 1 there are wines from Austria’s Burgenland, NE Italy, Alsace, Eastern Switzerland, a new wine and a new producer to all of us from Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Natural Wine, Alsace Wine, Austrian Wine, Bechtel Blauburgunder 2018, Bechtel Weine Blauburgunder 2018, Czech Natural Wine, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, Gernot and Heike Heinrich Gols, Gols Burgenland Natural Wine, Heinrich Graue Freyheit 2020, Matthias Bechtel Eglisau Zürich, Mira Nestarecová Cabernet Franc 2022, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Dry Gewurztraminer, Neusiedlersee, Recent Wines January 2024 (Pt 1), Refosco, Rita and Rudolf Trossen Mosel, Schieferstern Purus 2016, Specogna Refosco 2019 Friuli, Swiss Wine, Trossen Schieferstern Purus 2016, Velké Bilovice Wine Village, Wine from NE Italy, Yann Durrmann Andlau, Zegwur Cuvée Nature 2022 Durrmann
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Wine Prices – A Bit of a Moan
Over the period since Brexit and the Covid pandemic the prices of individual bottles of wine I have bought for years have unquestionably gone up…and considerably. I can think of wines which perhaps cost in the low £30s back in … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 