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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 2)
In my introduction to Part One of my coverage of RealWine 2022 I mentioned that, wandering around the tables and bumping into friends, I was bombarded with producer recommendations, most of which I had no time to visit. One or … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Altesse de Montagnieu, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Angiolino & Alessandro Maule, Beaujolais, Bugey, Burgundy, Côte de Brouilly du Grappin, Dimitrios and Eleftheria Kioutsoukis, Domaine L'Achillée Scherwiller, Du Grappin, Emma Bentley, Fleurie-Poncié, Garganega, Greek Wine, Groslée-St-Benoît Bugey, Kamara Estate Thessaloniki, La Biancara Veneto, Le Grappin, Les Caves de Pyrene, Macon-Villages Du Grappin, Maison Yves Duport Bugey, Modern Natural Artisan Retsina, Monatgnieu, Mondeuse in Bugey, Provisions London, Riesling Schieferberg 2019, St-Aubin En L'Ebaupin 2014, Veneto Natural Wine, VinNatur Group, Yves Duport Winemaker
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 1)
RealWine, or the Real Wine Fair, took place at London’s Tobacco Dock venue on Sunday and Monday. This is one of the biggest natural wine fairs in the UK (along with Raw Wine), and possibly in Europe now. Organised for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Burgenland, Czech Petnat, Czech Wine, DB Schmitt Flörsheim Rheinhessen, Dva Duby Moravia, Erich & Michael Andert, German natural wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Jiri Sebela, Les Caves de Pyrene, Moravian Wine, natural wines, Petr Korab, Real Wine Fair 2022 (Pt 1), Weingut Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, Wine Tasting Events
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Fizz! – Review of Anthony Rose’s New Book on Sparkling Wines
Christmas is always a time when people like me and you turn to new wine book releases. My trip overseas meant I wasn’t able to review this book in time for most people’s Christmas lists, but for those reading in … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, English Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Anthony Rose Author, Anthony Rose Fizz Book Review, Champagne, English Sparkling Wine, Fizz! by Anthony Rose, Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library, Petnat Wines, Sparkling Winemaking, Sparkling Wines of the World
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Recent Wines August 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “recent wines” will be a little shorter than usual, still two parts, but with a focus on just six wines in each part. This is partly because of spending time away and partly because we drank some bottles I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine
Tagged Anjou Petnat, Anne-Laure Sicard Vigneronne, Darren Smith & Roberto Henriques, Eglantine Benoit Courault, Entre-Deux Côtes du Jura, Equipo Navazos Florpower, Faye D'Anjou Petnat, Grenache Petnat, Itata Valley Bio Bio, Jean-Pascal Buronfosse, Jura Wine, Justin Langham, La Bota de Florpower 99 Antes de la Flor, La Combe Rotalier, Langham Corallian Extra Brut, Langham Wines Dorset, Languedoc Petnat, Mas Lasta Petnat Rosé, Müller-Thurgau Ancestral Method, New Zealand Petnat, North Canterbury Wine New Zealand, País Chile, Pago de Miraflores La Baja, Palomino table wine, Peggy Buronfosse, Sud Revermont, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2005, Terroir de Larzac St-Privat, TFWATH, The Finest Wines Available to Humanity, The Hermit Ram North Canterbury, The Hermit Ram Petnat, Theo Coles Winemaker, Wines of Dorset
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The Petnat Phenomenon – A Gateway to a Different Path
Back in January I wrote about Grower Champagne and what a phenomenon that seems to have become, and I’ve been looking for an opportunity to write about what I see as a complimentary sparkling wine style ever since. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Ancre Hill Triomphe, Balivet Bugey-Cerdon, Bodines Red Bulles, Bottle Fermented Wine Styles, Jan Mathias Klein Pandamonium, Jean Maupertuis Pink Bulles, Koppitsch Pretty Nats, L'Octavin Betty Bulles, La Garagista Grace & Favour Vermont, Méthode Ancestrale, Méthode Rurale, Moussamousettes, Papa Panda's Rising, Patrice Beguet Plouss Mousse, Pétillant Naturel, Petnats, Petr Koráb The Milkman, Réka Koncz Pretty Cold, Rennersistas In A Hell Mood, Sparkling Wine, The Hermit Ram Ancestral Müller Thurgau, Tillingham Wines PN, Tim Wildman Heavy Petting
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 