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Category Archives: Neusiedlersee
Gut Oggau Family Reunion
Many family reunions are fraught with tension, petty jealousies and conflict under the surface. This particular family reunion was the happiest I have ever attended. Gut Oggau is probably known to many who will read this article, but for those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2016 Vintage in Burgenland, Austrian Wine, Biodynamics in Austria, Brutal Wine Series, Burgenland, Dynamic Vines, Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck, Gut Oggau, Gut Oggau Family Reunion 2016, Neusiedlersee, Oggau, Rösler Grape Variety, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck
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More Recent Wines
This post brings us up to mid-April, as I attempt to catch up on the most interesting wines I’ve been drinking at home this year. Beginning with a couple of Austrians from Newcomer Wines (hoping to pop in there next … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine
Tagged Andreas Nittnaus, Blaufrankisch Tochter, Claus Preisinger, Clement Klur, COS, COS Frappato 2014, Czech Wine, Domaine de Montbourgeau Savagnin 2010, Domaine Macle Cotes du Jura 2010, Dominique Lucas, Franken Wine, Frappato, Gentil de Katz, Gols, Katzenthal, L'Etoile Jura, La Crescent Grape Variety, La Garagista Wines, Les Vignes du Paradis, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Nicole Deriaux, Puszta Libre 2015, Recent Wines April 2017, Stefan Vetter Müller-Thurgau, Terroir du Léman, Un Matin Face au Lac, Vermont Wine, Vin des Allobroges
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Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1
In the run up to last weekend there was palpable excitement in the London wine fraternity, and doubtless beyond. Raw Wine was in town. Raw, founded and run by Isabelle Legeron MW, is one of the two big annual “natural … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Canadian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Albert Mathier, Alexander Koppitsch, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Meinklang, Okanagan Crush Pad, RAW Wine Fair, Rennersistas, Scholium Project, Somlo
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The Emperor’s New Clothes are Real
This is just a quick shout for Newcomer Wines, the Austrian specialist wine merchant who used to be in Shoreditch Boxpark. The emperor in this case is, with typical corny humour, naturally one of the Habsburgs, and whilst in the … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Andreas Nittnaus, Austrian Wine, Austrian Wine in London, Christian Tschida, Claus Preisinger, Czech Wine, Fed by Water Dalston, Fed by Water Hackney, Fed by Water Vegan Cafe, London Wine Shops, Milan Nestarec, Newcomer Wines, Puszta Libre
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Bicycle, Bicycle,…
It may be a coincidence, but so many people I know who love wine also love cycling. Of course, wine is a highly calorific beverage and we all need to battle those calories. But there’s another angle as well. I … Continue reading
Posted in Loire, Mosel, Neusiedlersee, Wachau, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Cycling from Bernkastel, Cycling from Chinon, Haus Prankl, Hubert Fohringer, Iron Curtain Cycle Trail, Krems, Loibnerhof, Loire Cycle Path, Mosel Cycle Path, Neusiedlersee Cycling, Neusiedlersee Passenger Ferries, Rust Cycle Hire, Spitz, Wachau Cycle Trail, Wine cycling
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 