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Review of the Year 2021
My Review of 2021 will be a little different this year. It has been a tough year for many parts of the wine trade, especially so for small and specialist importers, not to mention restaurants and the rest of the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Writing
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Recent Wines April 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
April arrived swiftly, May even more quickly, but as I begin my roundup of last month’s bottles, with reference to my previous article, I can pretty confidently assure you that no “Roundup” was used on any of these wines. They … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Trousseau, Alternative Mosel, Andrjez Grestza, Arbois Wine, Blank Bottle for Butlers, Blank Bottle Winery A Rare Moment Blend, Burgundian Melon de Bourgogne, Champagne Stroebel Héraclite, Darling Pinotage Western Cape, Domaine L'Octavin Commendatore 2013, Jan Matthias Klein, Jas Swan Mosel, Katla Wines Sif 2019, Konkret Rot 2012 Meinklang, Kröv Mosel, La Soeur Cadette Melon 2018, Les Corvées Arbois, Magula Veltlín 2018, Meinklang Burgenland, Meinklang Pamhagen, Montanet Family, Pandamonium Project, Papa Panda's Rising Petnat, Pieter Walser for Butlers Wine Cellar, Recent Wines April 2021 (pt1), Slovakian Grüner Veltliner, Slovakian Wine, Staffelter-Hof Winery, Suchá nad Parnou, Timothée Stroebel Champagne, Vézélay Wine, Villers Allerand Stroebel, Wines of Lower Carpathians
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Feral Art et Vin – Going Wild in Bordeaux
It’s an inescapable fact that the wine trade is, despite occasional deviations, one of the friendliest professions you could imagine working in. For some reason people in wine just seem on the whole to be extremely friendly, supportive, co-operative, and … Continue reading
Recent Wines January 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part 2 of the most interesting wines we drank at home during January we head first to Beaujolais before a massively contrasting wine made by an Englishman in South Africa. Next up a wine from Italy’s Cinque Terre, a … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Bordeaux Wine, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, South African Wines, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies
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Recent Wines December 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
I’m not going to lie to you, this third Lockdown in the UK is pretty hard. First time around we at least had the sunshine, and no idea really that things would go quite the way they did (well, we … Continue reading
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Recent Wines December 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
There’s a strange feel to writing about the wines we drank at home during December. Looking back on the first ten bottles, which will comprise Part 1, it seems so long ago that I drank them, more so than usual. … Continue reading
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Review of the Year 2020
Well indeed, what a year 2020 has been! Like no other, for sure. But although everyone involved in the world of wine has experienced life in different ways, wine is still there, and has given us all immense pleasure, a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Anne Krebiehl Wines of Germany, Jamie Goode, Littlewine, Luis Gutiérrez, Réka Koncz, Review of 2020, Sportsman Seasalter, The Goode Wine Guide (2020), Trink Magazine, Veronica Ortega Bierzo, Wild Flor Hove, Wine in Lockdown, Wine Zoom Phenomena, Wines of the Year
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 