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Category Archives: Piemonte
Recent Wines October 2021 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
This is the last part of my resume of interesting wines drunk during October. This half-dozen bottles, all gems in their own way, travels around a fairly small part of Europe, with one exception, but they are all from different … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Alex Götze, Alsace Red Blend, Antonio Vallana, Baden Gutedel, Baden Wine, Burgenland Wine, Canary Islands Wine, Chasselas in Baden Germany, Christoph Wolber, Envinate Taganan Tinto, Georg Renner, Gutedel Baden, Lambert Spielmann Epfig Alsace, Red Z'Epfig, Renner Intergalactic Field Blend 2020, Rennersistas, Rennerundsistas, Roberto Santana, Stefanie Renner, Susanne Renner, Tenerife Wine, Vallana Boca 2013, Wasenhaus, Weingut Renner Gols, Weingut Wasenhaus, Wines of Alto Piemonte
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Recent Wines February 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February yields just fourteen wines. Partly, I guess, as it’s a shorter month and partly because we drank some wines I wrote about in early winter. We will still go for two parts, seven wines in each. In Part One … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Piemonte, Savoie Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, "68" Cascina Tavijn, Bourgogne Chitry, Burgenland, Côtillon des Dames 2015, Clare Valley South Australia, De Moor, Fredi Torres and Mark Lecha, Gut Oggau Joschuari 2011, Jean-Yves Péron Conflans, Jeffrey Grosset, Nadia Verrua, Piemonte, Priorat, Priorat Classic 2018 Lectores Vini, Recent Wines February 2021 (Pt 1), Renner Intergalactic, Rennersistas, Savoie, Springvale Riesling 2010, Watervale Riesling, Weingut Renner Gols
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Keeping My Chinato Up
I have a mate called Warren. Some of you may know him. He’s the guy who organises the occasional Spice Oddities spin-off we have at the India Club on The Strand, and the Fish ‘n Fino lunches at Masters’ near … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Italian Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Tastings
Tagged Cantina Tresecoli, Castello di Tagliolo, Chinato, Chinensis, food and wine, Iranian Cuisine, L'In...chino, Pardis Restaurant, Persian Cuisine, Piemonte Wine Specialities, Quaquarini, Sestario, Valdespino Quina, wine lunches
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Natural Resistance
Being a little beyond my youth now, I grew up in a world without home computing and without mobile phones. I also grew up in a world without organic wine. That’s not quite true. Plenty of producers avoided chemical applications … Continue reading
Posted in Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine and Health
Tagged Cascina degli Ulivi, Emanuel Giboulot, Flavescence Dorée, Isabelle Legeron's Natural Wine, Jonathan Nossiter, Monty Waldin, Natural Resistance, Natural Wine, Organic Wine, Pesticides, Stefano Bellotti, Synthetic Vine Treatments, Thibault Liger-Belair
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 