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Category Archives: Wine Agencies
Strong and Stable – Howard Ripley 2016 Germans
When the world of politics is dissolving, you know that there are still a few remaining certainties in life, and one of those is that a Howard Ripley German Tasting will come up with the goods. Consistency is something the … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Mosel, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Abtsberg Superior, Florian Lauer, Franzen Bremmer Calmont, Howard Ripley 2016 Germans, Julian Haart, Klaus Peter Keller, Maximin Grunhaus, Philip Vesser, Raumland Trauben Secco Grape Juice, Saar Riesling Faß 16, Schäfer-Fröhlich, Schloss Lieser, Thomas Haag, Von der Fels Riesling, Von Schubert, Weingut Keller Rheinhessen, Weingut Peter Lauer
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Crafty Little Tasting
Crafty Little Tasting was the rather nice name Alliance Wine gave to a tasting of their more artisan winemakers, which took place at Carousel, on Blandford Street (London) on Tuesday. More than 170 wines were on show, and I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Abel Mendoza Rioja, Achinos Wine, Alliance Wine, Arribes del Duero, Berthet-Bondet Jura, Bizios Nemea, Bodegas El Lagarto, Cantina Merano Lagrein, Cantine Rallo Grillo, Casal de Arman Ribeira, Cellar del Roure Catalonia, Chateau-Chalon, Clement Klur Katzenthal Alsace, Crafty Little Wine Tasting, Domaine Bliskowice Poland, Domaine de Colette, Domaine de la Couvette, Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon, Domaine des Baumards Quarts de Chaume, Drift Farm, Equipo Navazos, Florpower Bota 44, Fumin, Gulfi Sicily, I Think Manzanilla En Rama, Jean Perrier Savoie, La Crotta di Vegneron, La Tour Melas, Manzanilla Bota 71, Manzanilla Pasada 59, Mas Cal Demoura, Mount Edward Central Otago, New Greek Wines, Olim Bauda, Oller del Mas Pla de Bages, Pazo de Senorans, Picapoll Negre, Polish Wine, Raats Family MR de Compostella, Riecine Chianti, Riecine Sebastiano Passito, Ruby Luby, Santorini Assyrtiko, Stella Bella Pink Muscat, T-Oinos, There are Still Mysteries Pinot Noir, Tinos Wines, Val d'Aosta Wine, Vassaltis Santorini, Venturi Baldini Lambrusco, Year of the Rooster Rosé
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Up the Junction
Thirty years ago I lived less than ten minutes’ walk north of Dalston Junction. This part of London was very different back then. There was no spanking new Overground Station where there are now two. There were certainly no “luxury … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Dining, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Wines, Best Calzone London, Dalston Food and Wine, Fed by Water, Fernando Berry, Furanxo, Marenas Montepilas, Newcomer Wines, Otros Vinos, Ridley Road Market, Spanish Delicatessen, Spanish Wines, Vegan London, Vegan Restaurants London
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Return to the Vaults Part 4 – Howard Ripley
In this final part of my article on March 2017’s Vaults Tasting I want to concentrate on the wines of Peter (Florian) Lauer, imported by Howard Ripley, but of course there were some other wines I had to try among the … Continue reading
Return to the Vaults Part 3 – Winemakers Club and Gergovie Wines
By splitting my article on the March 2017 Vaults Tasting into four parts, I hope I’m making it more manageable. If you really want to skip anything, it makes it easier, but to do so would be a mistake. I … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Aleks Klinec Ortodox, Domaine des Hauts Baigneux, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine Julien Mayer, Domaine Julien Meyer, Gergovie Wines, Hegyi-Kalo Eger, Hegyi-Kalo Kekfrankos, Hegyikalo, Jerome Jouret Ardèche, Karim Vionnet, Kiralyudvar Furmint, Klinec Medana 1 Classe 2006, La Grande Ourse, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles, La Vigne du Perron Bugey, Le Petit Domaine de Gimios, Marie Lavaysse, Muller-Thurgau, Nicolas Grosbois, Ostheim, Oszkar Maurer Serbia, Pascal Chalon Cotes du Rhone, Patrick Meyer, Petite Ourse, Philippe Mesnier, Pierre Lavaysse, Serbian Wine, Sittweg, Stefan Vetter Franken, Vaults Tasting, Vergé L'Ecart, Vergé Viré Macon, Winemakers Club
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Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1
In the run up to last weekend there was palpable excitement in the London wine fraternity, and doubtless beyond. Raw Wine was in town. Raw, founded and run by Isabelle Legeron MW, is one of the two big annual “natural … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Canadian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Albert Mathier, Alexander Koppitsch, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Meinklang, Okanagan Crush Pad, RAW Wine Fair, Rennersistas, Scholium Project, Somlo
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Saint-Chinian – Not All Schist!
I was at the Saint-Chinian Tasting at the Maison de la Région Occitanie in London’s Cavendish Square this week. It was quite a small tasting, just fourteen producers present, with a few of the names I know being absent. I … Continue reading
Posted in Languedoc-Roussillon, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ch Bousquette, Ch du Prieuré des Morgues, Ch La Dournie, Dom Boissezon Guiraud, Dom des Aspes, Dom Les Eminades, Domaine de Pech Ménel, Domaine des Jougla, Languedoc Wines, Maison de la Region Occitanie, Mas Champart, Saint-Chinian, St-Chinian, Vignoble Belot, Vins Virtuoses de Saint-Chinian
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 