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Category Archives: Savoie Wine
Paradise Lost – A Eulogy for Two Great Natural Winemakers
I’m sure that most readers will know by now that this year has already seen the loss of too many winemakers. The death of one who meant a lot to me happened in tragic circumstances on 5th May, Pascal Clairet … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Wine, Wine Heroes
Tagged Ayze Savoie, Cul de Brey, Domaine Belluard Ayse, Domaine Belluard Gringet Le Feu, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Dominique Belluard, Gringet Grape, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Perles du Mont Blanc, Pascal Clairet, Winemaker Eulogies
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Recent Wines May 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 of May’s most interesting wines drunk at home begins with two stunning wines, from the Jura and Burgenland (the second of those a fellow blogger coincidentally chose as his wine of the month for May). From here we … Continue reading
Posted in Aligoté, Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Portuguese wine, Savoie Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, "1515" 2016 Les Vignes de Paradis, Alentejo Red Blend, Alice Bouvot, Aligoté Doré, Alsace Pinot Noir, Antonio Maçanita & Sandra Sárria, Bourgogne Aligoté, Burgenland, Domaine L'Octavin, Dominique Lucas, Fitapreta Tinto 2019, Franken Pinot Meunier, French Chasselas, Gols Wine, La Charme aux Prétres 2017, Le Roi des 8 Cépages, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Max Sein Le Rouge Nu, Recent Wines May 2021 (Pt2), Rennersistas Grauburgunder 2019, Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature 2018, Savoie Wine, Sylvain Pataille Aligoté Doré, Sylvain Pataille Marsannay
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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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Dynamic By Name, Dynamic By Nature
The UK is blessed with an almost uncountable number of wonderful wine merchants, and I love too many of them to be deemed a truly loyal customer. They range from tiny enterprises like Basket Press, Modal Wines and Nekter up … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Biodynamic Bordeaux, Bordeaux Sans Sulfites, Bordeaux-Côtes-de-Francs, Burgenland Austria, Chateau Le Puy Bordeaux, Chiara de Iulis Pepe, Cosse Maisonneuve Cahors, Domaine de Beudon Fully, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Giachino Savoie, Domaine Ligas Greece, Dynamic Vines, Dynamic Vines Portfolio Tasting 2020, Emidio Pepe, Emmanuel Giboulot Burgundy, Evelyne Clairet, Gut Oggau 2017s and 2018s, Gut Oggau Burgenland, Gut Oggau Family Reunion, Ktima Ligas Pella, La Tournelle Vin Jaune 2011, Matthieu Cosse, Modern Cahors, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 1980, Neusiedlersee, Pascal Clairet, Prieuré Saint-Christoph, Roditis, Roussette de Savoie, Sulphur Free Bordeaux, Swiss Wine, Uva Arbosiana, Valais Wine, Xinomavro
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Wink Lorch’s Wines of the French Alps
It is five years since Wink Lorch self-published her Jura Wine. Over those five years since publication this award winning book has proved an invaluable guide to a region which has gone from backwater to trend setter over less than two … Continue reading
Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus
It seems a long time ago, August, days of thirty-degree plus temperatures, three meals a day taken out in the garden, and hardly a serious red wine drunk. Nothing here will be anything more than light red, although the Blank … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Austria, Austrian Wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Rosé Wine, Savoie Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Blauer Wildbacher, Bruno Schueller, Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee, Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Gerard Schueller Sylvaner, Dominique Lucas, Famille de Conti Petillant Naturel, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Vignes de Paradis Savoie, Puszta Libre! 2017 Claus Preisinger, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Recent Wines August 2018, Rotes Haus Wiener Gemischter Satz Nussberg, Schilcher, Schilcher Frizzante Strohmeier, Tibouren Clos Cibonne 2014, Top Alsace Sylvaners, Tour des Gendres, Vin des Allobroges Savagnin
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Summit in Sight – Alpine Tasting for Wink’s Book
Last Monday was not only the final day of Real Wine 2017, but also the day when Wink Lorch‘s successful Kickstarter finished. Wink now has the funds to go ahead with her (ahem!) long awaited second book project on The Wines of … Continue reading
Posted in Savoie Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Altesse, Ayze Wine, Bugey Wine, Bugey-Cerdon, Clairette de Die, Diois Wines, Domaine Achard-Vincent, Domaine Belluard Le Feu, Domaine du Petit Aout, Domaine L'Idylle Cruet, Domaine Prieuré St-Christophe, Domaine Renardat-Fache, Domaine St-Germain Fréterive, Espenenc, Gringet, Hauts-Alpes Wine, Maison Philippe Grisard, Michel Grisard, Mondeuse, Mondeuse Blanche, Mondeuse La Perouse, Mondeuse Les Taillis, Persan, Prieuré St-Christophe Prestige 1997, Roussette de Savoie, Savoie Wine, Wink Lorch, Yann de Agostini
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