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Recent Wines September 2025 (Part 2)
Part Two of the wines we drank at home during a September in which we spent half the month away nevertheless contains some very interesting wines. We begin in Alto Adige and move on to Mallorca. Mid-month we drank a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Wine, Ayler Kupp, Cantina Terlano, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay, Classic Alto-Adige blend, Cuvée Terlaner 2023, English Red Wine, Florian Lauer winemaker, Jura Ouillé Chardonnay, Kellerei Terlan, Mallorcan Wine, Manto Negro Grape Variety, PIWIs in England, Recent Wines September 2025 Pt 2, Saar Wein, Südtirol Wine
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Peter Hall – Breaky Bottom (1943 – 2025)
I spent half of my life living in Brighton. It was a tolerable (at first) commute to London, and what could be nicer that bringing up children by the sea? But we are hill and mountain walkers at heart, and … Continue reading
The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide – Rhône Valley by Matt Walls (Review)
As this is the fourth of these Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides I have read and reviewed, you will probably surmise that I am rather taken with them. They are portable, quite inexpensive, and offer the wine lover not only some … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Restaurants, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Shops, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Academie du Vin autumn 2025, Avignon accommodation and dining, Lyon accommodation and dining, Matt Walls Author, Matt Walls Rhône, Rhône Dining, Smart Traveller's Wine Guide Rhône Valley, Smart Traveller's Wine Guides Series, Travel Guide Rhône Valley Appellations and Satellites, Wine Shops Rhone Valley, Wine Travel Guide Rhône, Wineries to visit Rhône Valley & satellites
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Recent Wines August 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of my August Wines begins spectacularly with a twenty-five-year-old bottle from what is one of my half-dozen favourite sites in Champagne, one which can produce extraordinary gastronomic wines. That was followed by a wine of the same age … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Bordeaux Wine, Champagne, Fine Wine, Jura, Loire, New Zealand Wine, Rosé Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
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Recent Wine August 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
After a quiet month in July, well aside from a trip to the home country, August was ram-packed with visitors. Even without writing about everything we drank, I’m still left with eighteen bottles to share with you. Some of them … Continue reading
Posted in Amphora Wine, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Bordeaux Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Château Beaumont Haut-Médoc, Czech Natural Wine, Fattoria di Sammontana Tuscany, Good Commercial Aussie Chardonnay, Good Value Classic Bordeaux, Jülg Weissburgunder vom Kalk, Krasna Hora Anna Petnat 2023, Larry Cherubino Pedestal Chardonnay 2023, Margaret River Chardonnay, Moravian Natural Wine, Moravian Wine, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Pfalz Wine, Recent Wines August 2025 Pt1, Sammontana Primo Fuoco Bianco 2023, Schweigen Wein, Solar Red 2024 Petr Koráb, The Wine Society Generation Series, Tuscan Amphora White Wine, Weingut Jülg Schweigen Pfalz, Wine Society 150th Anniversary Haut-Médoc 2019
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Recent Wines July 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of my Recent Wines for July contains, once more, just five bottles. We start with a lucky leftover from Czech Moravia, followed by a cult cider from Switzerland. One might suppose neither should be aged, but this is … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bruno & Théo Schloegel Alsace, Chapoutier Rhône and Australian Blend, Cidrerie du Vulcain Fribourg Switzerland, Czech Natural Wine, Dark Horse Petnat 2022 Petr Koráb, Domaine Lissner Wolxheim Alsace, Edelzwicker Lissner, English Wine, Hemispheres White 2023, Jacques Perritaz Cider Maker, La Vigne est Notre Jardin Lissner, Lissner's Alsace Field Blend, Maison Lissner Wolxheim Alsace, Matt Gregory The Red 2022, Matt Gregory Wines Leicestershire, Maxime Chapoutier Cross-Regional Blend, Natural Wine from Leicestershire, Petr Koráb Boleradice Moravia, Recent Wines July 2025 (Pt 2), Swiss Artisan Cider, The Wine Society's Generation Series Hemispheres White, Transparente 2018 Cidrerie du Vulcain
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 