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Ally Wines Tasting (Edinburgh) – “Curiously Cool American Wines”
I was very pleased to attend a tasting/masterclass introducing Ally Wines to the Edinburgh market on Monday. Ally Wines (pron. Al-eye, not Al-ee) is a London-based importer of small production artisan wines from the West Coast of America. Under the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, North American Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Masterclass, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ally Wines Tasting Edinburgh, American Wines Tasting Oct '24, Antiquum Farm Pinot Gris, Bassi Vineyard San Luis Obispo, Bel Canto Cara Mia Red Cadence Vineyards, Cadence Vineyards Washington State, Californian Trousseau, Californian Wines, Central Coast Wine CA, Daisy Pinot Gris Stephen Hagen, De Sante Old Vines Napa Valley, Dunites Moy Mel 2020, Ernest Vineyards Mendocino County), Fine Disregard Oak Knoll Semillon, Fine Disregard Wine Co Milhouse Semillon, Jennifer Williams-Bulkeley Ally Wines, Kiona and Björnson Vineyard Collaboration, Kiona Cuvée Artemesia, Kiona Red Mountain Lemberger, Kiona Vineyards Red Mountain Washington State, Napa Alternative Varieties, Oregon Wine, Ossum Epiphenea Light Table Wine, Outward Pinot Gris Petnat, Red Mountain AVA Washington State, Sandar & Hem Santa Cruz Mountain Pinot Noir, Shypoke Olivia's Sangiovese Calistoga Napa Valley, Siletto Family Adroit Trousseau San Benito County, Washington State Lemberger, Washington State Wine, ~Disciples Red Wine by The Crane Assembly Napa
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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach
A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Craft Spirits, Natural Wine, Premium Spirits, Whisky, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings, Women in Wine
Tagged Best Edinburgh Beer Shop, Best Edinburgh Whisky Shop, Best Edinburgh Wine Fairs, Britain's Best Wine Shops, Chris Mitchell Cork & Cask, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Wine Fairs, Edinburgh Wine Merchant, Edinburgh Wine Shop, India Parry Williams, Jamie Dawson, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Neighbourhood Wine Shop Edinburgh
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Recent Wines September 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a baker’s dozen of wines for September, and I shall split that two ways, seven wines here in Part One, the six remaining to follow in Part Two. Below, we begin the usual eclectic mix with a classic … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Cider, Natural Wine, Petnat, Slovakian Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aeble Cider Anstruther, Bergerac Moelleux, Bergerac Wine, Côtes de Toul, Domaine de la Légèreté Lorraine, Domaine des Verdots, Domaine Durrmann Alsace, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Du Vin aux Liens, Durrmann Gaz de Schistes Petnat, Farid Yahimi, Fife Cider, Hendre Huffcap Pear Variety, Herefordshire Perry, Little Pomona Cider Company, Lorraine Wine, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Maison Wessman, Naoufel Zaim, Natural Wine, Naughton Cider Company, Nussberg, Perry, Peter Crawford Naughton Cider, Pulsations Pinot Noir des Joncyns, Recent Wines September 2024 (Pt 1), Scottish Cider, Source des Verdots Moelleux, Vanessa Letort, Viennese Field Blend, Viennese Wine, Vino Magula Sucha nad Parnou, Wieninger Vienna, Wine of Little Carpathians/Trnava
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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The third and final part of August’s wines brings to the table five possibly less august bottles than we drank in Part 2, but then it’s all relative, isn’t it. In order to bring you these articles I have to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Bordeaux Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Cider, Italian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Ancestral Method Chenin Blanc, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux Blanc, Charlie Herring Wines Hampshire, Chianti Classico 2019 Querciabella, Czech Wine, Domaine La Taille aux Loups Husseau, Jacky Blot Triple Zéro NV, Jaroslav Springer Pinot Noir 2020, Jean-Philippe Blot, Loire Sparkling, Matthieu Cosse and Jérôme Ossard, Matthieu Cosse Blaye Blanc 2020, Moravian Wine, Perfect Strangers Vintage Cider 2018, Querciabella Greve in Chianti, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 3), Sauvignon Blanc Muscadelle Blend, Sparkling Montlouis, Stapleton Springer Moravia, Tim Phillips, Triple Zéro, Tuscan Wine
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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August, that month of sunshine, holidays, outdoor dining, beach picnics…well only in part it seems, at least for most of us confined to the UK at this time. Hopefully I shall find some longer spell of warmth soon, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Australian Wine, Beechworth Wine, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Marraine Pooks 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Castagna Beechworth, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna La Chiave Sangiovese, Czech Wines, English Sparkling Wine, Fife Cider, Fleming's Fife Cider Wild Blend, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Julian Castagna, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben 2018, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petnat André Rosé Syfany Winery, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 1), Saar Wine, Scottish Cider, Seyval Blanc Sparkling Wine, Sussex Sparkling Wine, Syfany Winery Moravia, Wine of Victoria
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Recent Wines July 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July Part Two kicks off with two wines from Spain, one from the south and one from the north, totally different but both special wines. Then we head east to Austria’s Burgenland, from where it’s just a short drive to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Petnat, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Austrian Natural Wine, Bierzo Mencia Veronica Ortega, Czech Wine, Dark Horse Brut 2022 Petr Koráb, Freedom Hill Vineyard, German natural wine, German Wine, Joiseph Jois Burgenland, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Kelley Fox Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc 2022, Kelley Fox Wines Oregon USA, Kerner blend in Baden, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Baden, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Moravian Wine, Muchada-Léclapart Lumière Sanlúcar, North American Pinot Blanc, Oregon Wine, Palomino table wine, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Recent Wines July 2024 Pt2, Sanlúcar table wine, Veronica Ortega Bierzo Quite, Veronica Ortega Valtuille, Willamette Valley, Wines of Northern Spain
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 