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Category Archives: Vegan Wine
Are We Doing Enough?
Last week we had Earth Day, and all media was full of climate doom and save the planet pleas from environmentalists and scientists. Most of us probably gave the matter some thought, whilst others would have let the warnings pass … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Vegan Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Science
Tagged Intensive Viticulture, Natural Wine, Organic Viticulture, Regenerative Viticulture, Soil Health in the Vineyard, Sustainable Viticulture Issues, Vineyard Health, Wine and Chemicals, Wine is Part of Agriculture
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Beyond Natural Wine
As many of you know, the French Wine Authorities (shall we call them?) have recently acceded to a legal framework and definition for “natural wine”. For many years wine drinkers, mainly through social media and mainly those who bear some … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Philosophy and Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, Wine and Health
Tagged "Natural Wine is no Longer Enough", Alice Feiring, Beyond Natural Wine, Biodiversity within a vineyard monoculture, Hannah Fuellenkemper, Littlewine.co, Mindful Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Charter, Natural Wine Regulation, Simon Woolf, Sustainability and Wine, The Morning Claret, Vin Méthode Nature, Vineyard Biodiversity, Vineyard Ecology
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“…Yellow, Orange and Red” – the Diverse and Wonderful Indigo Portfolio
I used to think of Indigo Wine as a small-to-medium importer with a portfolio focused on Spain, but in truth they seem to have grown rather rapidly into something larger and much more diverse, but without loss of direction. There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beer, Portuguese wine, Spanish Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Beavertown Seven Deadly Sins, Biercraft Portfolio 2019, Birgit Braunstein Burgenland, Bodegas Peixes Galicia, Braybrooke Beer Co, César Marquéz Bierzo, China Exchange Tastings, Coto de Gomariz Ribeiro, Dominio del Águila Ribera del Duero, El Chibirique 2016, El Ciruelo2016, Eugenio Bocchino Alba, Evening Land Amity Hills, Fedellos de Couto, Gaintza Getaria, Hirsch Kamptal, Honey Märzen Beavertown/Braybrooke, Indigo Wine Portfolio 2019, La Floridita 2018, Lobban Wines, Lucky Saint alcohol free lager, Pamela Geddes, Peter Wetzer Sopron, Ribera Sacra, Salem Wine Company, Suertes del Marqués Tenerife, Txacoli, Vitor Claro Portalegre
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Vegan Wine…What?
Yes, Vegan Wine. As my family is vegan, I eat a largely plant-based diet, although the fundamentalists among them are still horrified that I am prone to lapses when out at wine functions, or in desperate need of cheap chocolate. … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 