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Category Archives: Swiss Wine
Recent Wines April 2025 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The opening wine from this third and final part of the bumper April edition of Recent Wines (what we drink at home) is a well-aged Burgundy Grand Cru. You might think it’s downhill all the way after that but not … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Savagnin in Amphora, Burgenland Natural Wine, Celler Pardas Alt Penedès, Claus Preisinger Gols, Clos de Vougeot 1999 Lamarche, Czech Natural Wine Can Age, Devinière Pinot Gris 2020 Geneva, Domaine A&M Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, Domaine de la Devinière Satigny Geneva, Dva Duby Dolni Kounice Moravia, Dva Duby Frankovka 2015, Geneva Wine, Jura Orange Wine, Jura Wine, Moravian Wine, Pardas Sumoll, Pardas Sus Scrofa 2022, Preisinger Kalkundkiesel Weiss 2022, Recent Wines April 2025 (Pt 3), Stéphane & Bénédicte Tissot, Stéphane Tissot Savagnin Amphore 2016, Willy & Camille Cretigny Winemakers at Satigny
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Recent Wines October 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
October was a strange month because I managed a bout of Covid, which sort of curtailed my drinking for part of the month. Thankfully I recovered in time for a trip to Nepal but it does mean you will be … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Armenian Wine, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Bugey, Czech Wine, English Wine, Grape Varieties, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adrian Pike Winemaker Westwell Wines, Areni Noir Armenian Grape Variety, Bugey Cerdon Ancestral Method, Bugey-Cerdon, Cécile and Vincent Balivet winemakers, Domaine Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Dva Duby Malvasia 2019, Dva Duby Moravia, Flaxman Valley South Australia, Galia Pike Labels Westwell Wines, Jiri Sebela Dva Duby, Karasi Areni Noir 2021 Zorah Wines, L'Arène Chasselas 2022, Lo Triolet Introd Val D'Aosta, Mario Martin Winemaker Aosta, Matthias Orsett Fully Valais, Moravian Wine, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wines October 2024, Shobbrook Flaxman Cabernet Franc, Skin Contact Chasselas, Tom Shobbrook Wines, Torrette Val D'Aosta, Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Yeghegnadzor Valley Armenia, Zorah Wines Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Zorik Gharibian Zorah Wines
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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 2)
In the first part of this article, I introduced six of my favourite wine regions with my tourist hat on. Six wine regions I love to visit for reasons other than, or perhaps rather in addition to, the wine. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Italian Wine, Japan, Neusiedlersee, Piemonte, Rust, Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Acqui Terme to the Ligurian Coast, Aosta, Burgenland Travel, Domaine Sogga Obuse, Excursions from Rodez, Favourite Wine Regions, Japanese Wine, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Lavaux Wine Tasting and Walking, Nagano Wine Region Japan, Neusiedlersee, Nizza and Acqui Terme, Piemonte Monferrato Hills, Val d'Aosta, Vallée d'Aoste, Wine and Tourism in Aveyron, Wine Region Tourism
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Recent Wines, June Part 2, is a little different to Part 1. No spectacularly old and expensive wines I can no longer afford, but plenty of quality and interest, inspiration and pleasure, in this second half-dozen wines. We begin with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Sherry, Sicily, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Catarratto Fabrizio Vella Sicily, Champagne Gallimard Les Riceys, Equipo Navazos, Fabrizio Vella, Gallimard Reserve Blanc de Noirs, Gamaret-Garanoir Cave de la Côte, Langhe Nebbiolo Schiavenza, Manzanilla Florpower Bota 101, Max Kilburg Mosel, Max Kilburg Wintricher Ohligsberg Kabinett 2022, Mosel Wine, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt2), Schiavenza di Pira Luciano Serralunga, Sicilian White Wine, Skin Contact Catarratto, Swiss experimental grapes, Swiss Red Wine, Vaud Wine, Vintage Manzanilla, Weingut Geierslay Mosel, Wines of Jerez and Sanlucar, Wintricher Ohligsberg
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Recent Wines May 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
After a couple of very recent tastings, I need to take you all the way back to May. We moved house in May and we were consumed by decorating, unpacking, and actually a week of enforced eating out because we … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Portuguese wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Piemonte, Cas' Amaro Lisbon, Charlie Herring Cider, Domaine Montmollin Neuchâtel, English Bacchus, English Wine, Falatorio Sercial Reserva 2020, Good Value Piemontese Red Wine, Jonas Dostert Chardonnay 2021, Jonas Dostert Mosel, Jorge Pascoa Winemaker, Lisbon Wine, Lyme Bay Bacchus 2023, Lyme Bay Winery at Marks & Spencer, Lyme Bay Winery Devon, Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Mosel Chardonnay, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Old Vines in Bramaterra, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Perfect Strangers Still Cider, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines May 2024, Rosso Noah Coste della Sesia Rosso DOC, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips, Vinho Regional Lisboa
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Recent Wines January 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a dozen wines from January, divided into two equal parts. Here in Part 1 there are wines from Austria’s Burgenland, NE Italy, Alsace, Eastern Switzerland, a new wine and a new producer to all of us from Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Natural Wine, Alsace Wine, Austrian Wine, Bechtel Blauburgunder 2018, Bechtel Weine Blauburgunder 2018, Czech Natural Wine, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, Gernot and Heike Heinrich Gols, Gols Burgenland Natural Wine, Heinrich Graue Freyheit 2020, Matthias Bechtel Eglisau Zürich, Mira Nestarecová Cabernet Franc 2022, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Dry Gewurztraminer, Neusiedlersee, Recent Wines January 2024 (Pt 1), Refosco, Rita and Rudolf Trossen Mosel, Schieferstern Purus 2016, Specogna Refosco 2019 Friuli, Swiss Wine, Trossen Schieferstern Purus 2016, Velké Bilovice Wine Village, Wine from NE Italy, Yann Durrmann Andlau, Zegwur Cuvée Nature 2022 Durrmann
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Recent Wines September 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
After the big batch of wines we drank here during August, September’s selection is somewhat smaller, but I hope the ten wines I have chosen are as interesting as ever. Part One is made up of five wines, the first … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Wine, Baden Wine, Chablais Wine, Chasselas, Czech Wine, Dertingen Wine, Domaine Albert Hertz Eguisheim, Du Vin Aux Liens La Petite Lanterne, Frédéric Hertz Winemaker, German Wine, Henri Badoux Aigle Les Murailles 2021, La Petite Lanterne Petnat Alsace, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2019, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab Solar Red 2022, Ryzlink Vlassky 2018 Syfany Winery, Swiss Wine, Vanessa Letort, Vaud Wine
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Recent Wines May 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
May, post-Australia, brought eight wines drunk chez-nous and worthy of bringing to your attention, and I must say that for me every one of them was genuinely delicious. Ranging from the obscure to the well know, and from cheap as … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Champagne, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aged Foillard, Alsace Wine Blend, Chôteau Doisy-Védrines Sauternes 2011, Clos des Cimes Petite Fugue 2021, Domaine Albert Hertz Eguisheim, Drôme Wine, Elodie Aubert Vigneronne, Fendant La Liaudisaz 2018 Chappaz, Fine Beaujolais, Foillard Côte du Py 2011, Frédéric Hertz Vigneron, Guet-Apens Du Vin aux Liens 2019, Maison Crochet Native 2020, Maison Crochet Toul Lorraine, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fully, Max Baumann Franken, Max Sein Wein Rosé, Morgon Côte du Py, Recent Wines May 2023, Sauternes, Serious Fendant, Swiss Wine, Syrah Dark Rosé, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2006, Valais Wine, Vanessa Letort
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Recent Wines July 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part Two of my catchup on July’s wines we have some stunning bottles from Italy’s Veneto, the north of Alsace, two came from around Austria’s Neusiedlersee, one from Zurich in the Deutschschweiz, and to start off, a wine made … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Petnat, Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Angiolino Maule, Apres L'Heure Christophe Lindenlaub, Bechtel Weine Federweiss Zurich AOC, Burgenland Wine, Christophe & Jacques Lindenlaub Dorlisheim, Deutschschweiz Wine, Eglisau Wines, English Petnat, Federweiss, G'mischter Sotz 2020 Andert, Gut Oggau Winifred Rosé 2021, La Biancara Veneto, Lost in a Field Frolic 2021, Mathias Bechtel Winemaker, Natural Garganega, Recent Wines July 2022, Sassaia 2020 IGT Veneto, Swiss Wine, Tim Wildman MW
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Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 of June’s “Recent Wines” is, as a half-dozen, perhaps, almost as diverse as it can be, although I’m sure someone will be there to shoot down that statement with regard to origin (no Americans, Africans or Antipodeans). I … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Japan, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Black Chalk Wild Rose 2017, Côtes Catalanes, Chasselas Grape Variety, Chateau Mercian Yamanashi, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, Christian Binner Si Rose, Domaine de la Maison Blanche, Fenouillèdes Agly Valley, Fuefuki District Yamanashi, Hampshire Wine, Hegyi-Kaló Cseresznyeérés Rosé 2018, Hegyi-Kaló Eger, Hungarian Wine, Jacob Leadley, Japanese Wine, Koshu Grape Variety, La Côte Wines Switzerland, Le Soula Blanc 2016, Le Soula Roussillon, Mont-sur-Rolle Vaud, Recent Wines June 2022 (Pt 2), Swiss Wines, Yamanashi Wine, Yves and Antoine de Mestral
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 