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Recent Wines April 2026 (Part 2)
For the second part of April’s wines, we begin with three very different French classics, a Condrieu, an Alsace Riesling and a Saint-Emilion. Then we repeat Part 1 with another Baden Spätburgunder (a different producer), followed by a wine from … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Californian Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Rhone, Rosé Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Riesling, Baden Spätburgunder, Baden Wine, Condrieu, Condrieu Le Grand Vallon 2019 Villard, Familie Mantler Dry Rosé 2025, François Villard Condrieu, Jack Roberts & Johanna Jensen Keep Wines, Keep Wines Oakville Napa Valley, Maison Trimbach Alsace, Mantler Family Wines Niederösterreich, Oberrotweil Spätburgunder 2022 Peter Wagner, Peter Wagner Baden, Pinot Meunier in Napa Valley, Recent Wines April 2026 Pt 2, Saint-Emilion, Trimbach Cuvée Frédéric Emile 2005, Virginie de Valandraud 2016, Yount Mill Vineyard Pinot Meunier 2019 Keep Wines
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Recent Wines November 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We switch the vibe a little for Part Two of the wines we drank at home during November. Nothing from the likes of Albania and Ukraine, but instead four French wines and one from Austria. From France we have a … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Beaujolais-Lantignié J-M Burgaud, Beaujolais-Villages Domaine Burgaud, Bertrand Lilbert, Blanc de Blancs from Cramant, Champagne Lilbert Cramant, Cornas, Cornas Cuvée des Coteaux 2005 Robert Michel, Cramant Blanc de Blancs Lilbert, Fred Loimer Langenlois, Jean-Marc Burgaud, Kamptal Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace Wine, Lambert Spielmann Domaine in Black, Lilbert et Fils BdeB 2006, Loimer Kamptal Austria, Marriage Plus Vieux Lambert Spielmann, Natural Wine from Beaujolais, Recent Wines November 2025 Pt2, Robert Michel Vigneron, Wine
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The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide – Rhône Valley by Matt Walls (Review)
As this is the fourth of these Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides I have read and reviewed, you will probably surmise that I am rather taken with them. They are portable, quite inexpensive, and offer the wine lover not only some … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Restaurants, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Shops, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Academie du Vin autumn 2025, Avignon accommodation and dining, Lyon accommodation and dining, Matt Walls Author, Matt Walls Rhône, Rhône Dining, Smart Traveller's Wine Guide Rhône Valley, Smart Traveller's Wine Guides Series, Travel Guide Rhône Valley Appellations and Satellites, Wine Shops Rhone Valley, Wine Travel Guide Rhône, Wineries to visit Rhône Valley & satellites
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Recent Wines July 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of my Recent Wines for July contains, once more, just five bottles. We start with a lucky leftover from Czech Moravia, followed by a cult cider from Switzerland. One might suppose neither should be aged, but this is … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bruno & Théo Schloegel Alsace, Chapoutier Rhône and Australian Blend, Cidrerie du Vulcain Fribourg Switzerland, Czech Natural Wine, Dark Horse Petnat 2022 Petr Koráb, Domaine Lissner Wolxheim Alsace, Edelzwicker Lissner, English Wine, Hemispheres White 2023, Jacques Perritaz Cider Maker, La Vigne est Notre Jardin Lissner, Lissner's Alsace Field Blend, Maison Lissner Wolxheim Alsace, Matt Gregory The Red 2022, Matt Gregory Wines Leicestershire, Maxime Chapoutier Cross-Regional Blend, Natural Wine from Leicestershire, Petr Koráb Boleradice Moravia, Recent Wines July 2025 (Pt 2), Swiss Artisan Cider, The Wine Society's Generation Series Hemispheres White, Transparente 2018 Cidrerie du Vulcain
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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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Adventures on the Wine Route (Kermit Lynch) – Still Relevant Today
It’s now over a year since I last left the UK, and almost eighteen months since I stood in a vineyard. The craving for wine travel, within the context of realising how very lucky I am, of course, grows every … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Rhone, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Adventures on the Wine Route, Against Big Wines, Classic Wine Writing, Drilling for Wine, Filtering Wine, Gérard Chave, Kermit Lynch, Natural Wine Genesis, Robin Yapp, Wine Book Review, Wine Travel
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Recent Wines March 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
I’m writing this as Easter approaches for us in our part of the world, and a quarter of the year has almost gone…and where? Of all the deprivations of this Lockdown situation, being unable to travel to see family, both … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Rhone, Swiss Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged Alsace Riesling, Ancre Hill Monmouth Wales, Ancre Hill Sparkling Rosé, André Ostertag, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Arthur Ostertag, Bechtel Weine Eglisau, Côte-Rôtie 2004 Stéphane Ogier, Crémant du Jura Pignier, Deutschschweiz, Domaine Ostertag Epfig, Domaine Pignier Montaigu Jura, Domaine Stéphane Ogier Ampuis, Federweiss, Jutta Ambrositsch Glockenturm 2016, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, Mathias Bechtel, Muenchberg Grand Cru, Mukenthal Grinzinger Gemischter Satz, Quite 2018 Veronica Ortega, Réka-Koncz A Change of Heart Red Wine, Recent Wines March 2021 (Pt1), Veronica Ortega Mencia Bierzo, Veronica Ortega Valtuille de Abajo, Welsh Sparkling Wine, Welsh Wine, Wines of Eastern Hungary
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 