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More Newcomer at Montrose
Montrose bar and restaurant on Montrose Terrace in Edinburgh not only gives its famed sibling Timberyard a run for its money in cool ambience and top-quality wine, it is also becoming a place where I seem to taste any wines … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Crémant d'Alsace, Czech Wine, Domaine Matassa Roussillon, Foradori Trentino-Alto-Adige, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Fontanasanta 2023 Foradori, Matassa Tommy Ferriol 2023, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Nestarec Forks & Knives Red 2020, New Vintages from Newcomer, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Peter Honegger Newcomer Wines, Raphaëlle Guyot L'Aurore 2023, Raphaëlle Guyot St Bris, Roussillon Wine, St Bris Chardonnay, Tom Lubbe
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Clay Wine Fair 2025 (Part 2)
In this second part of my article on the inaugural Clay Wine Fair (16 February 2025, organised by Isobel Salamon of Slonk Wines and hosted at Sotto Trattoria in Stockbridge, Edinburgh) I will cover a similar number of wines as … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Amphora Wine, Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Natural Wine, orange wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Amphora Assyrtiko, Amphora Gamay, Amphora Wine, Castello Vicchiomaggio Amphiarao, Château de L'Ou Côtes Catalanes orange wine, Clay Wine Fair 2025 (Pt 2), Clay Wines, Domaine de la Sorbière Beaujolais, Domaine des Mourres Côtes du Rhône Roaix, Domaine L'Iserand Saint-Joseph, Domaine Vincent Gross Alsace, Gaia Wines Assyrtiko Clay Santorini, Gamaret in Beaujolais, Georgian Wine, Geracoes da Talha Alentejo, Gogi Dakishvili Telavi, Isobel Salamon, Jacques Juillard Quincié Beaujolais, Jean-François Malsert Vigneron, L'Art du Vin, Made from Grapes Glasgow, Na Talha Branco, Na Talha Tinto, Orgo Rkatsiteli, Orgo Saperavi, Orgo Wines Kakheti Georgia, Parched (formerly Natty Boy Wines), Portuguese wine, Sevslo Wines Glasgow, Slonk Wine, Sotto Trattoria Edinburgh, Villa Noria "Orange Wine" Coteaux de Bessilles, Vincent and Rémy Gross Gueberschwiller
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Recent Wines January 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part One, perhaps unusually, was quite heavily weighted towards France, only one wine coming from elsewhere (in that case, Australia). I go some way to redressing that, and trying to get my credentials for drinking widely re-established here in Part … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sicily, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Baden Wine, Beaujolais-Villages, Cabernet Franc Elgin South Africa, Cantina Orsogna Abruzzo, Cantina Orsogna Sicilian Project, Colombian Coffee Wine, Frank 2022 Nomad Wines Elgin, Julien Sunier Avenas, Julien Sunier Wild Soul 2021, Kosie Van Der Merwe, L'Etoile Jura, Lantignié, Les Chais du Vieux Bourg Poligny Jura, Ludwig Bindernagel Vigneron, Lulu Vigneron Jura Wine, Lulu Vigneron L'Etoile Jura, Luna Gaia Nerello Mascalese, Max Baumann Dertingen, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2021, Roman Lawson & Ariane Stern winemakers Jura, Sol y Luna Colombia, South African Wine, Value Etna Nerello Mascalese, Vino Artisanal de Café de Colombia
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Recent Wines January 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
I thought I’d be starting the new year with a concerted attempt to drink some inexpensive wines, but whilst most of these wines (twelve bottles over parts one and two) are around my usual £30/bottle mark, there are a few … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aranel Grape Variety, Berton Vineyards Aranel Riverland NSW, Bourgogne Côtes Salines, Céline & Frédéric Gueguen Chardonnay Côtes Salines 2023, Clos Bateau Beaujolais, Domaine David Clark Burgundy, Domaine Gueguen Préhy Chablis, Joujou 2022 Clos Bateau Lantignié, Lever le Voile Charles Frey, Maison Charles Frey Alsace, Maison Crochet Toul Lorraine, Morey-St-Denis Les Porroux 2011, Pinot Noir Petite Fin Crochet, Recent Wines January 2025 (Pt1), Riverland Alternative Varieties, Sylvie & Thierry Klok-de-Visser, Waitrose Lost & Found Aranel, Wilifried Crochet Winemaker
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Recent Wines December 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of 2024’s last batch of the most interesting wines drunk at home begins with three wines which all, at the time of buying them, cost £26. Remember in Part One I suggested that £26 is the new £18? … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, António Maçanita, António Maçanita Porto Santo Wine, Cabernet Moravia Grape Variety, Charlie Herring Sparkling Riesling, Chenin Blanc Sec Monbtlouis, Chenin Sec Borderies Terres Turones, Czech Wine, Dominique Weiss and Philippe Ivancic Montlouis, DOP Madeirense, English Sparkling Riesling, Hungarian Wine, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Moravian Wine, Nuno Faria wine collaboration, Olivier Rivière Rioja "Rayos Uva" 2021, Porto Santo Wine (Madeira), Promised Land Riesling Brut Nature 2014, Réka Koncz Freiluftkino Brut 2019, Recent Wines December 2024 (Pt2), Rioja Rayos Uva 2021, Tim Phillips Charlie Herring Wines, Tinta Negra Dos Villoes 2022, Vykoukal Cabernet Moravia 2021, Zdenek Vykoukal Moravia
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Recent Wines December 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Does anyone actually remember December 2024? With the new year now upon us, 1st December, when I drank the first wine here, seems a very long time ago. That wine was a supermarket Refosco from the Veneto. Here in Part … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, New Zealand Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Austrian Wine, Cheapest Wine Drunk in 2024, Christoph Heiss Rotburger, Crémant du Jura Indigène, Domaine A&M Tissot, Eva Fricke Rheingau, German Dry Riesling, Hermit Ram North Canterbury, Jura Sparkling Wine, Kamptal Wine, Little Bit 2023 Westwell Wines, Lorchhäuser Seligmacher Riesling 2011, Malinga Rotburger 2021, Marks & Spencer Found Wines, New Zealand Wine, North Canterbury NZ Wine, Recent Wines December 2024 (Pt1), Refosco, Rheingau Wine, Rotburger or Zweigelt, Stéphane Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, The Hermit Ram Salty White 2022, Theo Coles The Hermit Ram, Trevenezie IGT, Westwell Wines Kent
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 