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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “Recent Wines” has been a long haul. A trip to Australia in springtime meant that whilst you were all away enjoying August holidays I was commuting between England and Scotland. Despite the thousands of miles I put on the … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Red Wine, Alsace Wine, Artisan Vignerons of Naoussa, Benje Blanco 2021 Envinate, Canary Islands Wine, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Gewurztraminer 2020, English Petnat Wine, Envinate Tenerife, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace, Lambert Spielmann Complétement Red 2021, Magula Gabay Bernheim SEN 2020, Magula SEN Rosé, Matt Gregory The Ancestral Pink 2021, Northern Greece Xinomavro, Ramato Wine, Recent Wines August 23 (Pt3), Rosé Wine from Slovakia, Skyphos Xinomavro IGP Macedonia, Specogna Colli Orientali del Friuli, Specogna Pinot Grigio Ramato 2021, Tenerife Wine, Wine from Leicestershire
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After the London interlude we are back to “Recent Wines”, this being Part 2 out of three for the month of August. We kick off with a remarkable wine from England’s South Downs, followed by wines from Corbières, Oregon, Jerez … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Apache Vin des Potes, Chris and Andrea Mullineux, Corbières Wine, Dermot Sugrue, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Pinot Réserve 2020, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo Navazos, Hiyu Farm, Hood River Wine, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Florpower 99, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada Bota Punta 80, Mullineux Wines Syrah 2008 Swartland, Oregon Wine, Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois, Recent Wines August 2023 (Pt 2), Sanlúcar Wine, Smockshop Band Spring Ephemeral Rosé, South African Wine, Sugrue South Downs Rosé Ex Machina 2016, Swartland Wine, Yohann Moreno
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Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July has been a month for hoovering up a few wines I’ve written about before, so again there are only five wines to tell you about in Part 2. I should explain that I don’t see myself as a wine … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Czech Wine, Georgian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Austrian Wine, Balagny Fleurie En Remont 2019, Beaujolais, Burgenland, Corsican Rosé, Czech Wine, Fleurie, Georgian Wine, Julie Balagny, Kakheti Orange Wine, Koppitsch Neusiedl am See, Koppitsch Petnat Pretty Nuts 2021, Korab Carbonic for All, Natural Wine, Nika Winery Ma Fille 2019, Petr Korab Moravia, Qvevri Wine, Recent Wines July 2023 Pt2, Rkatsitelli and Mtsvane blend, Sciaccarellu Corsica, Waitrose Loved & Found Wines
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Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin the first selection from the wines we drank at home in July with a new (to me) wine from a favourite producer in Hungary. Next up, a classic Bugey-Cerdon, then a classic Saar wine but from the region’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, André Durrmann Andlau, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Austrian Wine, Bugey Wine, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland Wine, Catherine & Patrick Bottex Bugey, Durrmann Rosé Nature 2021, German Wine, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Niedermenniger Herrenberg "Onkel Peter" 2020, Recent Wines July 2023 (Pt 1), Reka-Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Saar Wine, Yann Durrmann Andlau
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Koppitsch (Producer Profile)
Looking back, it was at Raw Wine in 2017 when I first met Alex and Maria Koppitsch. Their wines were lovely, and equally as important, to me at least, so were its makers. I found it inconceivable that they didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A Quite Soft Light 2019 Koppitsch, Abendrot 2021, Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Alex Koppitsch Winemaker, Austrian Natural Wine, Austrian Petnat, Austrian Wine, Homok, Koppitsch Burgenland, Koppitsch Rét, Koppitsch Rosza, Neusiedl am See, Neusiedlersee, Perspective Wines, Roland Wines, Touch 2021
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Brad’s not Brash – Brash Higgins Producer Profile
Brad Hickey is a Chicago lad who, I assume, never thought he’d end up making wine in South Australia. He did a bit of corporate stuff, as so many of us do, but then like so many talented and creative … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Australia Alternative Varieties, Australian Amphora Wine, Australian Flor-aged Chardonnay, Australian Wine Producer Profile, Berkmann Wine Brash Higgins, Blewitt Springs Chardonnay, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins, Brash Higgins Bloom, McLaren Vale Wine, Nicole Thorpe Winemaker, South Australian Wine, Zibibbo in Australia
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Recent Wines June 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For the second part of my Recent Wines for June we have a small, but very eclectic, selection. We begin with two Mosel producers. One is a young woman making boundary-pushing wines in tiny quantities, the other is a young … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Mosel, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Birnen-und-Apfelwein, Blackbook Urban Winery London, Blackbook Winery Field Blend 2021, Crouch Valley Grapes, English Red Wine, English Wines, Essex Vineyards, Field Blend Drums > Space 2021, Galician Wine, German Pear & Apple Cider, German Wine, Jan Matthias Klein collaborations, Jan-Philipp Bleeke Cider, Jas Swan Winemaker, Kerner, Loved & Found Treixadura, natural wines, Recent Wines June 2023 Pt 2, Ribeiro Ribadavia Treixadura, Sóley 2020 Katla Wines, Sergio Verillo Winemaker, Spanish Wine, Staffelter Hof Staffers, Stefan Vetter Franken Sylvaner, Supermarket Wines of Interest, Waitrose Loved & Found Wines
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Recent Wines June 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
June has sped past and we have also drunk slightly fewer wines at home this month too, a result of frequent trips away. I shall still split this into two parts, the first containing wines from Burgundy, The Jura, Moravia … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Lebanese Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot, Andrew Nielsen Winemaker, Arbois Petnat, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines Restaurant Collaborations, Beaune 1er Cru Boucherottes, Beaune Boucherottes 2012 Le Grappin, Bekaa Valley Wine, Blauer Wildbacher, Château Musar Lebanon, Château Musar Rosé 2004, Czech Wine, Franz and Christine Ströhmeier St Stefan, Hochar Family, Jura Petnat, Jura Wine, L'Octavin Betty Bulles Rouge, Le Grappin 2012, Lebanese Wine, Moravian Wine, Recent Wines June 2023 Pt1, Red Burgundy, Schilcher, Smashable/AMBR 2021, Ströhmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Tayer+Elementary Wine Range, Tayer/Petr Koráb collaboration, Weststeiermark Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 