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Category Archives: Spanish Wine
Recent Wines July 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
My “Recent Wines” articles are usually reserved for the wines we drink at home, but there are of course exceptions. One such exception, as you will discover at the end of Part 2, is for a special bottle from my … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Regenerative Viticulture, Rosé Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines, Alex & Maria Koppitsch Neusiedl-am-See, Birdie Vinhos Wine Shop on Costa del Sol, Bodega Doña Felisa Ronda, Breñal 2024 Ronda, Chardonnay Ciudad Secreta, Chardonnay in concrete egg from Ronda, Cortijo Los Aguilares Ronda, Koppitsch Abendrot Burgenland, L'Archetipo Susumante 2025 Salento, Moravian Wine, Neuburger Grape Variety, No-till viticulture in Puglia, Recent Wines July 2026 Pt 1, Sierras de Malaga DO, Sparkling Red Susumaniello Puglia, Valentino Dibenedetto Salento Puglia, Vykoukal Neuburger 2021, Weingut Koppitsch Burgenland, Westwell Wines Kent, Westwell Wines New Rose 2023, Wines of Ronda Andalucia, Zdenek Vykoukal Moravia
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Recent Wines May 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin coverage of the wines we drank “at home” during May with the best two bottles we drank staying in a house belonging to friends in The Gers at the beginning of the month. They were both recommended by … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Chilean Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Altos de Guarilihue Semillon, Ana María Cumsille Chile, Blaise Duboux Epesses Vaud, Celler Entre Vinyes Penèdes, Chasselas, Chilean Semillon, De La Terre au Verre Lectoure, Domaine Jeandaugé Courrensan, Domaine Laougué Gers, La Voile 2021 Domaine Jeandaugé, Mornington Peninsula, Oniríc Brisat Entre Vinyes, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, Penèdes natural wine, Port Phillip Estate Mornington Peninsula, Racinette Lectoure, Recent Wines May 2026 Pt 1, Red Hill Chardonnay 2024 Port Phillip Estate, Sébastien Fezas Domaine Jeandaugé Gers, Villette Les Murets Blaise Duboux, Wine of Itata Chile, Wines of Lavaux Switzerland, Wines of the Gers
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Recent Wines April 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
April does seem such a long time ago now. Maybe it has something to do with the weather. I left Scotland towards the end of last month feeling it was quite warm, and London, and then Southwest France were even … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Champagne, English Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Artisan Sekt, Baden Wine, Champagne Diebolt-Valois Cramant, Dermot Sugrue Sussex, Diebolt-Valois Fleur de Passion 2006, Dominio de Queiron Rioja, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red 2023, Lambert Spielmann Domaine in Black, Lena Singer-Fischer Sekt, lenamachtsekt, Recent Wines April 2026 Pt 1, Rheinhessen Sekt, Rioja Blanco Mi Lugar Dominio de Queiron, Sekthaus Singer-Fischer Rheinhessen, Singer-Fischer Blanc de Blancs 2021, Sugrue South Downs Salt Eire MV, Talrain Blauer Spatburgunder 2021, Ziereisen Baden, Ziereisen Markgraflerland
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Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 3: Otros Vinos and La Voluta)
This third and final part of my articles on the trade tasting at Montrose Edinburgh on 9 March covers Spanish natural wine specialist Otros Vinos and one of their estates, La Voluta, which is not in Spain, but in Roussillon … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Catalonian Wine, Fernando Berry Otros Vinos, Jean-Benoit Vivequain La Voluta, La Voluta Joana 2017, La Voluta Languedoc-Roussillon, Los Comuns Catalunya, Montrose Tasting 9 March 2026, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Otros Vinos at Montrose Edinburgh, Trade Tastings Edinburgh, Vinyes Tortuga, Wine, Wine Tastings
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Recent Wines February 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February. Oh, that dark time. Actually, I’m feeling quite upbeat as I type this because the weeks of wet weather have given way to sunnier days, quite pleasant, with temperatures up to eleven degrees or more (in Celsius, which I … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Antoine Le Court-Chedevergne and Julia Naar, Arbois Wine with Beaujolais Fruit, Auvergne Wine, Bierzo, Biodynamic Chianti Classico, Chianti Classico Riecine 2022, Domaine de la Pierre aux Dames Geneva, Gamaret and Garanoir Blend, Geneva Wine, Jean Maupertuis Auvergne France, Jean Maupertuis Puy Long [2023], La Bosse a Rousseau 2023 Geneva, La Vizcaina Las Gundinas Raul Perez, Les Valseuses Jura, Les Valseuses Les Planches-près-Arbois, Love Will Tear us Apart Gamay, Maison Forte Geneva, Mencia Grape, Mira Nestarcova Czech Winemaker, Mira Nestarcová Velké Bilovice, Mira Sauvignon Blanc 2023, Moravian Wine, Puy Long Chardonnay XXIII, Raul Perez Bierzo, Recent Wines February 2026 Pt 1, Riecine Gaiole in Chianti, Vin Auvergnat, Wine
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Recent Wines January 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
January tends to be a quiet month for many in wine, although I seem to have heard more “Try January” than “Dry January” this year. Of course, I’m trying new stuff all the time, almost as if it is my … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rioja, Savoie Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aged Alsace Riesling, Alsace Pinot Noir, Austrian Sweet Wine, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay, Chignin Mondeuse, Domaine AS and J-F Quénard Chignin, Gerhard Kracher Illmitz, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Lindes de Remelluri Rivas de Teresso, Maison Maenad De L'Avant 2020, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Mondeuse, Muscat Ottonel TBA 2005 Kracher, Neusiedlersee, Recent Wines January 2026 Pt 1, Remelluri Rioja, Savoie Mondeuse, Sud Révermont Chardonnay, Telmo Rodriguez Remelluri, Terres Rouge Mondeuse 2023 J-F Quénard, Trimbach Frédéric Emile 2004, Trimbach Ribeauvillé, Wine, Zwischen den Seen Muscat Ottonel TBA Nummer 6
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 