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London Wine Fair 2022 – Olympia as Dionysus Might Have Imagined It
As I said in an Instagram post on Wednesday, the London Wine Fair is perhaps not my usual habitat, at least at first sight, but it does give me the opportunity to look outside my box and discover some new … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Sake, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Agiorgitiko, Alliance Riceys, Canava Chrissou Santorini, Champagne Arnaud Tabourin, Champagne Péhu-Guiardel, Champagne Virginie T, Clos Cibonne Tibouren 2020, Dorper Stellenbosch Chenin, Gekkeikan Nigori Sake, Graft Wine, Japan Centre Sake at LWF, Katoukichibee Shouten Born Gold, Koerner Clare Valley, Koerner Watervale Pigato, Ktima Tselepos Greece, London Wine Fair 2022, Lyme Bay Pinot Noir 2020, Lyme Bay Winery Devon, Moschofilero Grape, Sake, Tselepos Mantinia, Tselepos Nemea, Tselepos Santorini Assyrtiko, Vineloper Adelaide Hills, Yuzu Sake
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 3)
This is the final part of my coverage of the Real Wine Fair 2022. We shall step out of mainland Europe to cover producers from England, South Africa, Georgia and Lebanon. It brings to a close a fantastic event, but … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, English Wine, Georgian Wine, Lebanese Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, South African Wines, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged A Fermament 2020, Bernhard Bredell, Charlie Herring Wines, Chinuri Grape, Daniel Ham Winemaker, Domaine Hugo Wiltshire, Eddie Chami Mersel Wines, English Heritage Vine Wine Project, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Frolic English Petnat 2021, Hampshire Wine, Hugo Stewart Botleys, Iago Bitarishvili, Iago's Wine Kartli Georgia, Lebanese Wine, Lost in a Field Petnat Rosé, Maksar Mercel Wine Region Lebanon, Marina Kurtanidze, Marina's Wine Kartli, Mersel Wines Lebanon, Mtsvane Grape, Perfect Strangers 2021, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider 2021, Perfect Strangers English Artisan Cider, Promised Land Riesling 2020, Qvevri Wine Georgia, Scions of Sinai Lower Hederberg, South African Wine, Tavkveri Grape, Tim Phillips, Tim Wildman Lost in a Field, Wine in Wiltshire
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 2)
In my introduction to Part One of my coverage of RealWine 2022 I mentioned that, wandering around the tables and bumping into friends, I was bombarded with producer recommendations, most of which I had no time to visit. One or … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Altesse de Montagnieu, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Angiolino & Alessandro Maule, Beaujolais, Bugey, Burgundy, Côte de Brouilly du Grappin, Dimitrios and Eleftheria Kioutsoukis, Domaine L'Achillée Scherwiller, Du Grappin, Emma Bentley, Fleurie-Poncié, Garganega, Greek Wine, Groslée-St-Benoît Bugey, Kamara Estate Thessaloniki, La Biancara Veneto, Le Grappin, Les Caves de Pyrene, Macon-Villages Du Grappin, Maison Yves Duport Bugey, Modern Natural Artisan Retsina, Monatgnieu, Mondeuse in Bugey, Provisions London, Riesling Schieferberg 2019, St-Aubin En L'Ebaupin 2014, Veneto Natural Wine, VinNatur Group, Yves Duport Winemaker
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 1)
RealWine, or the Real Wine Fair, took place at London’s Tobacco Dock venue on Sunday and Monday. This is one of the biggest natural wine fairs in the UK (along with Raw Wine), and possibly in Europe now. Organised for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Burgenland, Czech Petnat, Czech Wine, DB Schmitt Flörsheim Rheinhessen, Dva Duby Moravia, Erich & Michael Andert, German natural wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Jiri Sebela, Les Caves de Pyrene, Moravian Wine, natural wines, Petr Korab, Real Wine Fair 2022 (Pt 1), Weingut Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, Wine Tasting Events
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Recent Wines April 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Almost half way through May and finally some wines from April emerge. I’m late because I had another week in Scotland, fuelled more by Whisky than wine, it must be said. But now back in the South of England, I … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Sake, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Akashi Brewery Company, Alsace Wine, Arbois Wine, Auvernier Non-Filtré Dom de Montmollin, Baia Abuladze, Baia's Wine 2020 Imereti, Christian D'Orléans Cellettes, Cour-Cheverny Loire, Czech Wine, DVA Duby Vox Silentium 2017, Georgian Wine, Jiri Sebela Winemaker Moravia, Junmai Ginjo Sparkling Sake Akashi-Tai, Jura Wine, Krakhuna, Lambert Spielmann Complètement Red 2020, Lambert Spielmann Epfig, Le Mûr Mûr de la Gaudronnière Moelleux 2011, Loire Wine, Moravian Frankovka, Moravian Wine, Neuchâtel Chasselas, Orange Was The Colour of Her Dress 2015, Patrice Beguet Mesnay, Rare Loire Moelleux Wine, Recent Wines March 2022 (Pt 1), Romorantin Grape Variety, Sake Japan, Skin Contact Savagnin, Sparkling Sake, Tsitska, Tsolikuri, Wine from Obcha
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Recent Wines March 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Continuing swiftly into Part 2 of the wines we most enjoyed at home during March, we begin with a gorgeous Crémant du Jura, then a long-time friend from Burgenland, my first taste of a natural wine producer from Alsace, a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Arthur Bohn, Austrian Wine, Blaufränkisch Ried Külm 2017, Bohn L'Indigène 2020, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland, Buronfosse Crémant du Jura 2016, Charlie Herring Wines, Domaine Bohn Reichsfeld Alsace, Franconia/Württemberg wine, German Wine, Hampshire Artisan Cider, Heidi Schröck Rust, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Blanc 2019, Peggy and Jean-Pascal Buronfosse, Perfect Strangers 2017 (disg 11/20), Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Recent Wines March 2022 (Pt2), Renardat-Fâche Mérignat Bugey, Ried Külm 2017, Rotalier Sud Revermont Jura, Ruster Blaufränkisch, Tim Phillips winemaker
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Recent Wines March 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
March already seems an age away. I’m late with my “Recent Wines” articles, in part because of the Vineyards of Hampshire piece, but we’ve also got builders in so we’re a bit upside down. There are only a dozen wines … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice and Olivier De Moor, Aligoté, Château de Bonnezeaux, Dato Noah Nika Winery, De Moor Aligoté 2019, Dolcetto D'Alba Roussot, Dry Chenin Bonnezeaux, Felix Keller, Francesco Rinaldi Piemonte, Frimas 2019 Ch de Bonnezeaux, Georgian Wine, Guyonne Saclier de la Bâtie, Hermit Ram Field Blend Red 2918, Keller Weißer Burgunder Chardonnay, Klaus Peter Keller, Langhe Dolcetto, Loire Wine, New Zealand Wine, Nika Bakhia, Nika Winery Kakheti Georgia, North Canterbury Wine NZ, Recent Wines March 2022 (Pt1), Rheinhessen, The Hermit Ram, Theo Coles Winemaker, Weingut Keller Rheinhessen
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Basket Press Wines – Portfolio Tasting March 2022
The tasting round seems to be getting back in full swing now and I think for most people writing about wine there are just too many to write about. On Monday 14th March Basket Press Wines held theirs, at The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Basket Press Wines Portfolio Tasting 2022, Czech Cider, Czech Wines, Dluhe Grefty Moravia, Dva Duby Moravia, Ice Cider, Jaroslav Osička Moravia, Kmetija Stekar, Krasna Hora Blanc de Noir Sekt, natural wines, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Petr Koráb Neronet 2016, Richard Stavek Moravia, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Utopia Cider, Utopia Ice Cider
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Recent Wines February 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
The second part of the most interesting wines drunk at home during February really does contain some crackers. It would be impossible to single out a wine of the month from this part alone, hard enough even to choose a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Arbois, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Bierzo, Burgenland Wine, Domaine Giachino Persan 2017, Domaine L'Octavin Elle Aimée 2018, Equipo Navazos, Fine Manzanilla, Gerhard & Brigitte Pittnauer Gols, Gols Neusiedlersee, Hungarian Sparkling Wine, Isére Wines, Jerez Wines, Jura Wine, La Bota de Manzanilla 71, Madame Flöck Schmetterling 2020, Madame Flöck Wines Winingen, Mencia, Mosel Blend, Natural Wine, Persan, Pittnauer Perfect Day 2020, Réka-Koncz Freiluftkino 2019, Recent Wines February 2022 (Pt2), Sanlucar, Spanish Fortified Wines, Spanish Wine, Terrassen Mosel, Veronica Ortega Bierzo, Veronica Ortega VO 2016
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Recent Wines February 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
I am hoping that March will see me capable of easing myself into wine life with a few well-judged trips to London in March, and perhaps even elsewhere, but until that happens, I can only give you another round of … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Demua 2015, Alazani Valley Georgia, Cascina Degli Ulivi Piemonte, Christoph Schaefer, Coste della Sesia DOC, Craig and Anne Wessels, Domaine D'Audaux, Equipo Navazos Jerez, Georgian Wine, Graach Wine, Graacher Domprobst Kabinett 2018, Hemel-en-Aarde Wine, IGT Comté Tolosan, Jamie Hutchinson, Kakheti Wine Georgia, La Bota de Florpower 84 MMXVI, Lessona, Mosel Riesling, Nebbiolo Blend, Nika Winery Anna Red Wine 2019, Pago Miraflores La Baja Sanlúcar, Paolo and Luca De Marchi, Petit Manseng Sec, Piemonte Wine, Proprieta Sperino, Qvevri Wine, Recent Wines February 2022 Pt 1, Restless River Craig Wessels, Saperavi Blend, South African Piquette, South African Wine, Stefano Bellotti, Timorasso Blend, Uvaggio 2017, Wanderlust Piquette, Willi Schaefer
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 