Category Archives: Rust

Austria at the IOD

Posted on 06/02/2018 by

As with the Australia Day Tasting the other week, I’d not been to the annual Advantage Austria London tasting for a couple of years, but the 2018 event seemed to suggest a few of the newer, exciting, producers were attending alongside the … Continue reading →

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Now We Have Sunshine (Recent Wines)

Posted on 08/06/2016 by

There’s something about a spell of sunny weather that makes me want to drink more wine. Something to do with long evenings and tables out in the garden. I thought I’d share a few recent bottles that seemed to fit … Continue reading →

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A Bit of a Theise

Posted on 23/06/2015 by

Terry Theise’s book Reading Between the Wines (UCP, 2010) had been floating just above my radar for a long while. It was the recommendation of Heidi Schrœck about a month ago which acted as a catalyst to make me read it, … Continue reading →

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Rust Never Sleeps

Posted on 22/05/2015 by

After a week of eating and drinking in Vienna, we made a journey I had been waiting to make since a planned visit to the Neusiedler See in 2013 had to be cancelled. And before talking about the wine I … Continue reading →

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