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Recent Wines September 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a baker’s dozen of wines for September, and I shall split that two ways, seven wines here in Part One, the six remaining to follow in Part Two. Below, we begin the usual eclectic mix with a classic … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Cider, Natural Wine, Petnat, Slovakian Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aeble Cider Anstruther, Bergerac Moelleux, Bergerac Wine, Côtes de Toul, Domaine de la Légèreté Lorraine, Domaine des Verdots, Domaine Durrmann Alsace, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Du Vin aux Liens, Durrmann Gaz de Schistes Petnat, Farid Yahimi, Fife Cider, Hendre Huffcap Pear Variety, Herefordshire Perry, Little Pomona Cider Company, Lorraine Wine, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Maison Wessman, Naoufel Zaim, Natural Wine, Naughton Cider Company, Nussberg, Perry, Peter Crawford Naughton Cider, Pulsations Pinot Noir des Joncyns, Recent Wines September 2024 (Pt 1), Scottish Cider, Source des Verdots Moelleux, Vanessa Letort, Viennese Field Blend, Viennese Wine, Vino Magula Sucha nad Parnou, Wieninger Vienna, Wine of Little Carpathians/Trnava
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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The third and final part of August’s wines brings to the table five possibly less august bottles than we drank in Part 2, but then it’s all relative, isn’t it. In order to bring you these articles I have to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Bordeaux Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Cider, Italian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Ancestral Method Chenin Blanc, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Blanc, Charlie Herring Wines Hampshire, Chianti Classico 2019 Querciabella, Czech Wine, Domaine La Taille aux Loups Husseau, Jacky Blot Triple Zéro NV, Jaroslav Springer Pinot Noir 2020, Jean-Philippe Blot, Loire Sparkling, Matthieu Cosse and Jérôme Ossard, Matthieu Cosse Blaye Blanc 2020, Moravian Wine, Perfect Strangers Vintage Cider 2018, Querciabella Greve in Chianti, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 3), Sauvignon Blanc Muscadelle Blend, Sparkling Montlouis, Stapleton Springer Moravia, Tim Phillips, Triple Zéro, Tuscan Wine
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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August, that month of sunshine, holidays, outdoor dining, beach picnics…well only in part it seems, at least for most of us confined to the UK at this time. Hopefully I shall find some longer spell of warmth soon, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Australian Wine, Beechworth Wine, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Marraine Pooks 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Castagna Beechworth, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna La Chiave Sangiovese, Czech Wines, English Sparkling Wine, Fife Cider, Fleming's Fife Cider Wild Blend, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Julian Castagna, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben 2018, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petnat André Rosé Syfany Winery, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 1), Saar Wine, Scottish Cider, Seyval Blanc Sparkling Wine, Sussex Sparkling Wine, Syfany Winery Moravia, Wine of Victoria
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Jura Wine Ten Years On by Wink Lorch (Book Review)
I’m sure I’m not alone in having a “wine library”, in my case five shelves of about a metre in length, perhaps too many books on wine you may think, but whenever I get rid of some there’s usually something … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Grape Varieties in the Jura, Jura, Jura Wine and Climate Change, Jura Wine Books, Jura Wine Producers Information, Jura Wine Ten Years On Book Review, New Developments in Jura Wine, New Wine Book, Wine Books, Wine Travel Jura Region, Wine writing, Wink Lorch Author, Wink Lorch Jura Wine
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The Wonderful World of Charlie Herring
I’m sure I’ve talked more than once about Tim Phillips being one of the most thoughtful of all the English winemakers I know. Not all of the thoughtful ones are wholly willing to share their thoughts, but Tim is. A … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Viticulture, Wine
Tagged Artisan Cider, Charlie Herring Legion Chardonnay Solera, Charlie Herring Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider 2018, Charlie Herring Promised Land Riesling 2018, Charlie Herring Wines Hampshire, English Old Vine Seyval Blanc, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Hampshire Artisan Wine, Holistic Viticulture in Hampshire, Perfect Strangers Cider 2018, Promised Land Sparkling Riesling 2018, Tim Phillips winemaker
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Recent Wines July 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July Part Two kicks off with two wines from Spain, one from the south and one from the north, totally different but both special wines. Then we head east to Austria’s Burgenland, from where it’s just a short drive to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Petnat, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Austrian Natural Wine, Bierzo Mencia Veronica Ortega, Czech Wine, Dark Horse Brut 2022 Petr Koráb, Freedom Hill Vineyard, German natural wine, German Wine, Joiseph Jois Burgenland, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Kelley Fox Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc 2022, Kelley Fox Wines Oregon USA, Kerner blend in Baden, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Baden, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Moravian Wine, Muchada-Léclapart Lumière Sanlúcar, North American Pinot Blanc, Oregon Wine, Palomino table wine, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Recent Wines July 2024 Pt2, Sanlúcar table wine, Veronica Ortega Bierzo Quite, Veronica Ortega Valtuille, Willamette Valley, Wines of Northern Spain
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 