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Recent Wines October 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Back into the swing of Recent Wines, those drunk mostly at home, this first selection from October (Part 1) comprises bottles from Roussillon, Kent, Czech Moravia, Kalecik in Türkiye and Bucelas in Portugal. It’s a nice selection of which you … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Turkish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Winemaker, Anatolian Wine, Arinto from Bucelas, Bernardo Cabral Winemaker, Bucelas Branco 2022 Quinta das Murgas, Bucelas Portugal, Czech Natural Wine, Czech Wine, Kalecik Kizilirmak Valley Türkiye, Marjorie Gallet Roc des Anges, Mira Nestarcova Moravia Czechia, Mira Pinot Noir 2022, Oküzgözü Grape Variety, Recent Wines October 2025 (Pt 1), Roc des Anges Roussillon, Segna de Cor 2022, Turkish Wine, Vinkara Wines Kalecik Türkiye, Westwell Wine Estate Kent, Weswell Village Chardonnay 2023, Wine, Wine of Velké Bilovice
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Recent Wines June 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin Part 2 of June’s Recent Wines, those we drank at home, with a very rare and special Californian white. Wine number two isn’t quite as rare but it is also a remarkable and special wine. How to follow … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Savoie Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Pinot Bianco, Bridgehead Vineyard Contra Costa County, Californian Palomino, Dirk Niepoort Batuta, Domaine Montmollin Auvernier Neuchâtel, Domaine Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Dominique Lucas Ballaison Savoie, Dordogne Wine Ferme L'Apogee, Douro Table Wine, Ferme L'Apogee Nasturtium Sauvignon Gris 2023, Ferme L'Apogee Sainte-Croix Dordogne, J Hofstätter Sudtirol/Alto Adige, J Hofstätter Weissburgunder 2024, Kheops Chardonnay Savoie, Les Vignes de Paradis Kheops Chardonnay, Neuchâtel Wine, Niepoort Batuta 2004, Niepoort Douro Table Wine, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Recent Wines June 2025 (Pt 2), Sauvignon Gris, Savoie Natural Wine, Swiss Oeil de Perdrix Rosé, The Alley 2019 Christina Rasmussen, Weingut J Hofstätter Termino, Wine from Crépy Lac Léman, Wine in a Pyramid
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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 May 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
After a couple of very recent tastings, I need to take you all the way back to May. We moved house in May and we were consumed by decorating, unpacking, and actually a week of enforced eating out because we … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Portuguese wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Piemonte, Cas' Amaro Lisbon, Charlie Herring Cider, Domaine Montmollin Neuchâtel, English Bacchus, English Wine, Falatorio Sercial Reserva 2020, Good Value Piemontese Red Wine, Jonas Dostert Chardonnay 2021, Jonas Dostert Mosel, Jorge Pascoa Winemaker, Lisbon Wine, Lyme Bay Bacchus 2023, Lyme Bay Winery at Marks & Spencer, Lyme Bay Winery Devon, Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Mosel Chardonnay, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Old Vines in Bramaterra, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Perfect Strangers Still Cider, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines May 2024, Rosso Noah Coste della Sesia Rosso DOC, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips, Vinho Regional Lisboa
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Recent Wines April 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 for April is, somewhat similarly to Part 1, made up of a mix of the wines I usually drink and a bottle which doesn’t feature very often these days. We begin in Jerez, zip around Europe via Côte-Rôtie, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Rhone, Sherry, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Douro White Wine, Côte-Rôtie, Dane Johns Gippsland, Equipo Navazos, Gippsland Wine, Hajos Baja Hungary, Jerez, Kékfrankos, La Bota de Fino 68, Macharnudo Alto, Michel et Stéphane Ogier, Nikau Farm, Nikau Farm Amphora Granite 2020, Ogier Côte-Rôtie 2005, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines April 2024 (Pt 2), Sherry, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Sziegl Pince Kekfrankos Diofas 2019, Tonimbuk Amphora Granite 2020, Uivo Rabigato Folias de Baco, White Wine from Cima Corgo, Wine of Hungary's Great Plain
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Real Wine 2024 (Part 3)
There are six producers here in Part 3 so I’ll have to be a little more general, especially as one or two twisted my arm to taste quite a few wines. We are also all over the place here, in … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Georgian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andre Pereira, Angiolino Maule, Aurélien Beyeklian, Bodegas Cota 45 Sanlucar Jerez, Bugey, Bugey Cerdon, Cota 45 Pandorga PX, Czech Wine, Emma Bentley Vinnatur, Gambellara, Georgian Wine, Italian Wine, Jerez Unfortified Wine, Jerez Wine, La Biancara Veneto Italy, La Cuverie Bugey France, London Wine Festival, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine Tasting, Nika Bakhia, Nika Winery Kakheti Georgia, Petr Koráb Boleradice Moravia, Portuguese wine, Quinta do Montalto, Ramiro Ibanez, Real Wine 2024 Pt3, Uncondemned Wines Lisboa Portugal
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Recent Wines March 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
March began with some stormy weather, then up here in Scotland we had some marvellous spring days bringing floral profusion to our little rain shadow just outside Edinburgh. As I type, at the end of the month, we have wetter … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Wine, Australian Alt Varieties - Fiano, Baden Spätburgunder, Baden Wine, Bernard Huber Baden, Blank Bottle Smaug the Magnificent 2017, Blank Bottle Winery, Bombacher Sommerhalde Spätburgunder R 2011, Fabrice Dodane Mathenay Arbois, Folias de Baco Alijo Portugal, German Wine, Jade & Jasper Fiano 2021, Julian Huber Baden, Jura Wine, Laura and Brendan Carter Winemakers, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Trio Sauvage 2020, Natural Wine, Pieter Walser, Portuguese Light Red Wine, Recent Wines March 2024 Pt1, Savagnin de Voile Domaine de Saint-Pierre, South African Wine, South Australian Wine, Tiego Sampaio Winemaker, Uivo Renegado 2022, Unico Zelo Riverland Fiano, Upper Douro Natural Wine, Western Cape White Blend
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Butlers Wine Cellar – The Evolving Nature of Wine Retail in Brighton
A lot of you read my “interview” with Feral Art & Vin in Bordeaux last month. I think I mentioned that it was the first in a short series on wine shops which rock my wine world, and for the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, English Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Blank Bottle Winery, Brighton Crew Club Supporters, Brighton Wine Shop, Butlers Wine Cellar Brighton, English Sparkling Wine Specialist, Portuguese Wine Specialist, Source for Breaky Bottom
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 