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Category Archives: Natural Wine
Recent Wines, December 2018 #theglouthatbindsus
Quite a lot of wines were consumed at home in December, no surprises there, then. I’ve managed to cull it down to fifteen bottles by chopping out those I’ve written about fairly recently, and those that didn’t quite manage to … Continue reading
Posted in Aligoté, Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Demûa 2014, André-Jean Morin, Arbois Les Moulins Domaine de la Touraize, Cascina degli Ulivi, Céline and Steve Gormally Passenans, Champagne Val Frison Goustan, De Moor Bourgogne Aligoté, Dominique Lucas, Emmanuelle Milan, En Passant Devant le Chateau, François Rousset-Martin La Chaux, Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Tradition, Gruner Veltliner Esper, Les Dolomies Chardonnay La Chaux, Les Vignes de Paradis, Mathieu Deiss, Matthias Warnung Kamptal, Perfectly Flawed Swartland Chenin, Pierre Cotton Beaujolais, Recent Wines December, Stefano Bellotti, Suertes del Marqués Trenzado, The Liberator Episode 16, Tony Bornard Ploussard Pupillin, Vignoble du Rêveur Artisan
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Domaine des Bodines (Arbois Visit, December 2018)
Continuing the Jura series, we visited Domaine des Bodines again in December, after a stimulating first visit in 2017 (see here). Emilie and Alexis Porteret have been making wine from a small plot on the very edge of Arbois, off the road to … Continue reading
Desert Island Dozen
The idea for this piece grew out of a very brief social media conversation. I happened to mention a particular wine would be in my desert island dozen, and threw in another couple of names. In a sense it seems … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bérêche Reflet D'Antan, Burgenland, Desert Island Wines, Equipo Navazos Manzanilla Pasada Bota 80, Gut Oggau Winifred, Julie Balagny Fleurie, Jutta Ambrositsch Sieveringer Ringelspiel Gemischter Satz, L'Octavin Betty Rosay, La Tournelle Vin Jaune, Meinklang Konkret Rot, Preisinger Erdeluftgrasundreben Weissburgunder, Rennersistas In A Hell Mood, Rietsch Klevener de Heiligenstein, Tissot Chardonnay La Tour de Curon Le Clos 2005, Wines of the Year
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Recent Wines October/November 2018 #theglouthatbindsus
Quite a diverse range from the past six weeks at home, although four of the ten wines here are from Jura, perhaps a poor attempt to clear a bit of space for the purchases which will be made in the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot, Arbois Chardonnay Les Brûlées 2015, Arbois-Pupillin Côte de Feule, Blank Bottle Epileptic Inspiration, Bulles de Minière, Château de la Minière, COS Zibibbo in Pithos 2014, Domaine de Saint-Pierre, Domaine des Cavarodes, Domaine Giachino Apremont, Domaine L'Octavin Betty Rosay, Etienne Thiébaud, Fabrice Dodane, Hughes Beguet Côte de Feule 2011, Irouléguy 2009 Domaine Ilarria, Loire Sparkling Cabernet Franc, Patrice Béguet, Pieter Walser, Pupillin Ploussard Côte de Feule, Recent Wines October/November 2018, Trousseau Les Lumachelles 2016, Vilmart Grand Cellier d'Or 2006
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Les Caves at Pew Corner
Everyone knows Les Caves de Pyrene, right? Celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year, it is easy to forget, in a country awash with fine young importers of natural and biodynamic wines, that Les Caves were the pioneers. Their portfolio is now … Continue reading
Recent Wines (September 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
September saw Southern England’s summer continue (as it has done up until this weekend, but though I type in glorious sunshine the wind has turned and the Nebbiolo season may be about to start). The wines here are therefore still … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Andrew Nielsen, Artego, Auvergne Gamay, Auvergne Wine, Berthet-Bondet, Bourgogne Aligoté Skin Du Grappin, Cascina Zerbetta, Chardonnay Balanoz 2015, Clément Klur Alsace, Deviner Slobodne 2015, English Artisan Wine, English Ortega, Gentil de Katz, J-P Rietsch, Jean Maupertuis Pink Bulles XVII, Jura Chardonnay, Kinheim Mosel Wine, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Philippe Bornard Chardonnay, Pupillin Chardonnay, Rudolf & Rita Trossen, Schieferstern Purus 2016, Shan Pan Colfondo Sauvignon Blanc, Slovakian Wine, Tillingham Artego
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 