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Recent Wines April 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
For the wines drunk at home back in April, before we headed off to Australia, we have just six, plus an unusual beer. All the wines are classics in their own way (four are what we’d term natural wines and … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Winemaker, Amphora Wines, Arbois Wine, Austrian Wine, Beer and Cider blend, Domaine A&M Tissot, Domaine Ganevat, Elisabetta Foradori Trentino, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Foradori Teroldego Morei 2013, Ganevat Les Cèdres Chardonnay 2015, German Wine, Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese 2010 JJ Prüm, Graff, Italian Wine, JJ Prüm, Jura Wine, Knoll Ried Loibenberg 2007, Loibner Riesling Smaragd 2007, May Provisions & Charlie Herring Graff (2020), Mosel Riesling, Recent Wines April 2023, Stéphane Tissot Trousseau Amphore 2015, Teroldego in Tinaja, Tim Phillips winemaker, Trentino Wine, Wachau Wine, Weingut Knoll Wachau, Westwell Petulant Pink 2021, Westwell Wines Kent
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Recent Wines March 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After a bulkier eight-wine Part 1 we have a slightly lighter Part 2 encompassing wines from Alsace (2), The English Midlands, The Loire, The Mosel and Burgenland. I guess in drinking so much more Alsace than I was a year … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Vinegar, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex and Maria Koppitsch Neusiedl-am-See, Alsace Wine, Artisan Cider Vinegar, Austrian Natural Wine, Bernard Baudry Chinon, Burgenland Wine, Cabernet Franc, Chinon Clos Guillot 2020 Bernard Baudry, Chinon Wine, Czech Artisan Vinegar Utopia, Dornfelder in Mosel, English Petnat, English Sparkling Red Wine, Jan-Philipp Bleeke Red Aquarius, Jérôme François Winemaker Ostheim, JPB Winemaking Traben Trabach, Koppitsch Wine Perspektive Weiss 2020, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles Alsace 2019, Lambert Spielmann Epfig, Loire Wine, Mariage Plus Vieux 2020 Lambert Spielmann, Matt Gregory Ancestral Red Petnat 2021, Matt Gregory Winemaker Leicestershire, Matthieu Baudry winemaker, Mosel Red Wine, New Natural Wine Mosel, Recent Wines March 2023 Pt 2, Utopia Drinking Vinegars, Wine in Leicestershire
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Like a Child in a Sweet Shop – Made From Grapes and Sevslo Wine, Glasgow
If you have been reading this blog recently you will probably have seen my piece on Vanessa Letort and her “Du Vin aux Liens” project, and the wine journey that flowed from my discovery of this wine collective and all … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Women in Wine
Tagged Glasgow wine shop, Liam Hanlon, Made from Grapes Glasgow, Natural Wine in Glasgow, Natural Wine in Scotland, Séverine Sloboda, Scottish Wine Importer, Sevslo Wine, Small Producer Wine Importer Scotland, Women in Wine
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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of the wines we drank at home in February takes us to ground mostly not covered in Part One. We begin in Austria’s Rust, then Georgia’s Imereti, before we travel back to Alsace. Realising I’d not been drinking … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adeline Houillon Pupillin, Alice & Olivier De Moor Courgis, Alsace Riesling, Alsace Wine, Austrian Wine, Baia's Wine, Bruyère-Houillon Ploussard 2017, Bugey Molette, Burgenland Furmint, Caroline Ledédenté Bugey, Chablis Humeur du Temps 2018, David Keoberlé, De Moor Chablis, Domaine Muller Koeberlé Saint-Hippolyte, Farid Yahimi, Fred #8 Strekov 1075, Furmint Aus Dem Quarz Wenzel, Georgian Wine, Gvantsa Abuladze, Gvantsa's Wine Imereti, Jura Ploussard, Jura Wine, Otskhanuri Grape Variety, Raoni Riesling, Recent Wines February 2023 (Pt2), Reynaud Bruyère Pupillin, Ruster Wine, Slovakian Wine, Sons of Wine Alsace, Southern Bugey Wine, Strekov Fred Red Blend, Table by Caroline Ledédenté, Weinbau Wenzel Rust, Zsolt Suto
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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Time seems to be zipping forward quite swiftly in 2023, especially as the evenings are noticeably lighter here now, though it seems that winter’s icy claws are about to grip tightly once more, hopefully a last-gasp before proper spring. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines Kent, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Breaky Bottom Oliver Minkley 2011, Catherine Riss, Du Vin aux Liens Vanessa Letort, Early Unfortified Palomino, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo-Navazos, Hungarian Wine, Kekfrankos Eastern Hungary, La Table Rouge Babylone 2019, Libre Comme L'Air Pinot Noir, Meinklang Pamhagen Burgenland, Meinklang Vulkan #2, Natural Wine, Navazos-Niepoort Blanco 2014 (mag), Palomino Fino, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex Wine, Pineau d'Aunis, Recent Wines Feb 23 Pt1, Reka-Koncz A Change of Heart, Somlo Wine Hungary, Westwell Pelegrim New Release
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One New Wine Leads To Another – Du Vin aux Liens and other stories
Anyone who has known me a long time will know I have been a wine obsessive since my mid-twenties, but that back in the day, like many of my generation, I was hooked on Bordeaux, Burgundy and other classics. If … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Women in Wine
Tagged Alsace Wine, backinalsace.com, Côtes du Toul, David Koeberlé, David Nielsen Back in Alsace, Domaine de la Legerete, Domaine Muller-Koeberle, Du Vin aux Liens, Farid Yahimi, Haut Koenigsbourg Riesling Roani, Lorraine Wine, Made from Grapes Glasgow, Maison Crochet Toul, Riesling Terre, Severine Sloboda, Sevslo Wine Glasgow, Sons of Wine, Vanessa Letort, Winekraft Edinburgh, Yannick Meckert
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Recent Wines January 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part 2 of the “wines I drank at home” in January we have another select but diverse bunch, from Beaujolais as natural as it comes, to South African Chardonnay, “Noir and Meunier” from Kent, Wiener Gemischter Satz and a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, English Wine, Natural Wine, South African Wines, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Pinot Noir and Meunier blend, Beaujolais, Blank Bottle Winery Luuks 2020, Dane Johns Gippsland Victoria, English Red Wine, Julie Balagny B...j.l..s 2021, Momento Mori Etcetera Etcetera 2019, Momento Mori Wines, Pieter Walser Chardonnay Stellenbosch, Pinot Meunier in England, Recent Wines January 2023 Pt 2, Ried Nussberg Vienna, Schioppettino in Australia, South African Chardonnay, Vienna Wine, Weingut Zahel Vienna, Westwell Double Pinot 2021, Westwell Wines Kent, Wiener Gemischter Satz Ried Nussberg, Wiener Wein
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Recent Wines January 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
A somewhat reduced number of wines were consumed at home in January, not, I should stress because of any “Dry January” leanings, but down to the “Not Covid” virus that struck me down for most of the first two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Andrew Nielsen Winemaker, Australian Savagnin, Australian Wine, Beechworth Victoria Wine, Blauer Portugieser, Castagna Savagnin 2018, Du Vin Aux Liens Terre 2019, J-F Coutelou, Julian Castagna Beechworth, Languedoc Wine, Le Grappin, Magula Carboniq 2020, Mas Coutelou La Buvette de Paulette, Mas Coutelou Puimisson, Natural Wine, recent wines January 2023 Pt 1, Saint-Aubin En L'Ebaupin, Skin Contact Amphora Riesling, Slovenian Wine, Vanessa Letort Winemaker
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Recent Wines December 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Straight from my Wines of the Year we move swiftly on to the wines I drank at home during December 2022. I say wines, but of the eight bottles which form Part 1 (lots consumed in December), one is a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Bereche Campania Remensis, Champagne Bereche, Czech Wine, Domaine Giachino Monfarina 2020, Domaine Giachino Savoie, Dva Duby Ex Opere Operato, Dva Duby Moravia, English Wine East Midlands, Equipo Navazos Sherry, Kanpai Sake London, Kumo Cloudy Premium Sake, Manzanilla Pasada Bota 80 Equipo Navazos, Matt Gregory Wines Leicestershire, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Recent Wines December 2022, Reka-Koncz A Change of Heart Kekfrankos, Savoie Wine, Wine from Leicestershire, Wine of Eastern Hungary
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 