Category Archives: Savoie Wine

Wink Lorch’s Wines of the French Alps

Posted on 08/08/2019 by

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 →

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Recent Wines May 2019 #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 17/06/2019 by

Although May’s weather wasn’t perfect, it was somewhat better than June has been thus far. That might account for the inspiration to drink once more from the wide brimmed cup. We also drank deeply, I should perhaps say with a … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 17/09/2018 by

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 →

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It’s a Wonderful Life (That You Bring)

Posted on 31/01/2018 by

I’ve been up to a few things this month that didn’t really fit into any of the other articles, and I thought I’d mention them here. They do amount to a free plug for the places mentioned, but I don’t … Continue reading →

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Summit in Sight – Alpine Tasting for Wink’s Book

Posted on 14/05/2017 by

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 →

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