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Category Archives: Natural Wine
Autentikfest Moravia 2020 (by Zainab Majerikova)
Having become increasingly impressed with the wines of Czechia over the past three or four years I had set my heart on visiting Moravia in 2020. There was no better occasion to do so than for the annual Autentikfest. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Autentiste Group of Wine Producers, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice, Czech Moravian Wine Festival, Czech Wine, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab and Autentikfest, Velkopavlovicka Wine Region, Zainab Majerikova
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Recent Wines August 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Part one of my roundup of the wines drunk at home in August is pretty diverse. This first eight (eight more in Part 2 to follow) includes two from France (Jura and Bordeaux), plus bottles from England, Hungary, Germany, South … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, South African Wines, Wine
Tagged Andreas Tscheppe Südsteiermark, Annamária Réka, Arbois-Pupillin, Blanc de Lynch-Bages 2013, Charlie Herring Wines, Domaine de la Renardière Ploussard, English Still Wine, Eva Fricke, Hungarian Wine, Jura Wine, Lorchäuser Seligmacher 2011, New Rheingau, Pretty Cold Petnat Réka-Koncz, Pupillin Ploussard, Réka Koncz Hungary, Recent Wines August 2020 (Pt 1), Spotswood Shiraz Stellenbosch 2010, Styrian Wine, Tim Phillips, Westwell Ortega Amphora, Westwell Wines Kent, White Bordeaux, Zarate Penapedre 2015
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Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Following on from Part 1 (the previous article on the site so I won’t provide a link), Part 2 of July’s wines at home has a definite Austrian texture to it. There are three Austrian wines here, plus one Czech, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aigle Chablais Vaud, Aigle Les Murailles, Alexander Koppitsch, Ama Tuscany, Amphora Wines South Australia, Australian Verdelho, Australian Zibibbo, Badoux Vins, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins McLaren Vale, Brash Higgins ZBO 2018, Burgenland Gemischter Satz, Burgenland Wine, Castello di Ama Chianti Classico 2005, Chablais Chasselas, Chianti Classico, From Sundays Wines, Henri Badoux Vins, Joiseph Jois, Joiseph Mischkultur 2018, Koppitsch Rét, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Marco Pallanti, Orange on Leaves, Petr Koráb Moravia, Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 2), Rennersistas Gols, Skin Contact Verdelho, Swiss Chasselas, The Beast Verdelho Hunter Valley, Tuscan Wine, Zweigelt
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Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We stick with the two-part format again for July’s wines. I’ve selected sixteen once more, which represent a mix of the best and the most interesting bottles drunk at home during July. It remained a month of minimal socialising, although … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Rosé Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot, Annamária Réka, Australian Montepulciano, Domaine des Muses Sierre, Domaine L'Octavin, Eden Valley Montepulciano, Frederick Stevenson Montepulciano, Hannes Hoffmann, Hosteradky Resov, Hungarian Wine, Jura Wine, Kinheim-Kindel Mosel, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Mayga Gamay L'Octavin, Moravian Gruner Veltliner, Olympia Samara, Rainer Christ, Réka-Koncz (In) Return, Recent Wines July 2020, Rosé de Gamay Domaine des Muses, Rosswag, Roterfaden Pinot Noir 2018, Steve Crawford winemaker, Swabian Wines, Swiss Wine, Trossen Spätburgunder Rosé, Valais Wine, Veltlinske Zelene, Vienna Wines, Württemberg Wines, Weingut Christ Bisamberg, Weingut Roterfaden, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Zdenek Vykoukal
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Mein Burgenland
There are always going to be places in the world where you just feel that little bit more at home, content, calm. Of course France is the country I know best, better than anywhere in the world. It’s the place … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rust, Vienna, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Alexander Koppitsch, Alois Kracher, Birgit Braunstein, Burgenland, Christian Tschida, Claus Preisinger, Eduard Tscheppe, Georg Renner, Gerhard Kracher, Gols, Graupert Vines, Gut Oggau, Heidi Schrock, Helmuth Renner, Himmel Auf Erden, Illmitz, In A Hell Mood, Intergalactic Cuvée, Jois, Joiseph, Judith Beck, Kracher, Luka Zeichmann, Magna Mater Amphora Wines, Maria Koppitsch, Meinklang Farm, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusiedlersee, Newcomer Wines, Oggau, Purbach, Rennersistas, Roesler Grape Variety, Rust, Ruster Ausbruch, Stefanie Renner, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck, Superglitzer, Susanne Renner, Tschida Brutal Magnum, Waiting for Tom, Weingut Koppitsch, Wild Wux
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Recent Wines June 2020 (Part 2)
No diversions this time, straight into the second part of June’s “at home” selection. The first wine is another old school classic but the rest are all contemporary thrillers…to a varying degree, but they all thrill. Two from Alsace, one … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alliance Wine, Alsace Pinot Noir Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Basket Press Wines, Ben Walgate, Benevolent Neglect Counoise 2018, Californian Counoise, Canary Islands Wine, Czech Wine, Dynamic Vines, English Ortega, English Qvevri Wine, Envinate Benjé Blanco 2018, Equipo Navazos, Gut Oggau Winifred Rosé, Herr Gewürz 2019 Krasna Hora, Indigo Wines, Krasna Hora, La Bota de Florpower Manzanilla 82, Les Caves de Pyrene, Mittelbergheim Pinot Noir, Moravian Wine, Muré Riesling Vorbourg 2004, Nekter Wines, Palomino Listán Blanco, Recent Wines June 2020 (Part 2), Rosé from Burgenland, Tenerife Wine, Tillingham Wines Qvevri Artego 2017, Vintage Manzanilla, Wines Under the Bonnet
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Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 2)
After interrupting my May Wines recap at the start of the week to add to the conversation about the grey market for natural wines (which seemed to go down pretty well) we are back on track for the last nine … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrien Berlioz Chignin, Azul y Garanza Navarra, Back in Alsace Blog, Basket Press Wines, Beaujolais-Villages Domaine Chapel, Cremaux Pinot Noir Moravia, Cuvée des Gueux Savoie, Czech Wines, David Chapel Beaujolais, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Florian Lauer Saar, Jacquère/Altesse blend, Jaroslav Osicka, Kupp Kabinett Faß 8 Lauer, Matthiasson Rosé Napa, Modal Wines, Modry Portugal, Naturaleza Salvaje Tinto, Navarra Amphora Garnacha, Petr Korab, Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 2), Stephane Tissot, Steve Matthiasson, The Solent Cellar, Tissot Chardonnay Rose, Uncharted Wines, Weingut Peter Lauer, Wines Under the Bonnet, Zegwur Cuvée Nature
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Fifty Shades of Unicorn
Generally I like to go my own way and write about whatever excites me at any given moment. I find myself in a privileged and lucky position where I don’t ever have to write about wines I don’t like. This … Continue reading
Maybe it’s Time to (Re)Visit Alsace?
I was supposed to be going to Alsace in July, part of a visit taking in Arbois as well. I won’t be able to go now, but I can tell you about what I’d planned. I adore Alsace. I mean, … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace Sylvaner, Alsace Travel, Alsace Wine, Andlau, André Durrmann, Antoine Kreydenweiss, Back in Alsace Blog, Catherine Riss, David Neilson, Domaine André Kleinknecht, Domaine Durrmann, Domaine Lucas Rieffel, Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Mittelbergheim, Mittelbergheim School, Vosges Walks, Yann Durrmann, Zotzenberg Grand Cru
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 