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Category Archives: Wine Agencies
A Crush on You
When I wrote about the Red Squirrel portfolio tasting the other day, I promised to devote another piece entirely to the wonderful Okanagan Crush Pad. I think most of us are probably au fait with what the concept of a crush pad … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alberto Antonini, British Columbia Wine, Canadian Wine, Christine Coletta, Haywire Cannonview Pinot Noir, Haywire Free Form White, Haywire Switchback Pinot Gris, Haywire White Label Gamay, Matt Dumayne, Narrative Ancient Method 2013, Okanagan Crush Pad, Okanagan Valley, Steve Lornie
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It’s GGs and Reds Time Again
Howard Ripley’s tastings are always a contrast to many of the other Autumn events on the calendar. First of all, you can guarantee sedate surroundings, this time in the Pensions Room at Gray’s Inn, tucked behind High Holborn and the … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ayler Schonfels, Carl von Schubert, Donnhoff, German Red Wines 2014, Goldtropfchen, Grosse Gewachse 2015, Hermansholle GG, Howard Ripley, Jaspis Pinot Noir 2013, JJ Prum 2015, Julian Haart, Keller Hubacker, Klaus Peter Keller, Maximin Grunhaus, Maximin Grunhauser Spatburgunder 2014, Niederberg Helden, Peter Lauer, Schloss Lieser, Spätburgunder 2014, Thomas Haag, Ziereisen
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Nuts in Farringdon
Many readers will know of 67 Pall Mall. It’s a members club for lovers of fine wine. On the edge of the City, on Farringdon Street, under Holborn Viaduct in the arches long ago occupied by Oddbins’ Fine Wine shop … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Arnold Holzer, Bellwether Wines Coonawarra, Bioweingut Diwald, Champagne A Levasseur, Chateau Combel-la-Serre Cahors, Chateau L'Argentier Sommières, Dal Zotto King Valley, De Kleine Wijn Koöp, Eschenhof Holzer, Großriedenthal Wagram, Martin Diwald, Okanagan Crush Pad, Pasaeli, Pure Malbec, Red Squirrel Wines, Seyit Karagözoglu, Tim Manning, Turkish Wines, Valdonica Maremma, Winemakers Club Tasting Venue
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Working Up a Genuine Thirst
We recently had some extensive building work done and, in order to save some money for a lot of new carpets, we decided to do all the decorating ourselves. I know, so much less exciting than hitting the South of … Continue reading
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Now We Have Sunshine (Recent Wines)
There’s something about a spell of sunny weather that makes me want to drink more wine. Something to do with long evenings and tables out in the garden. I thought I’d share a few recent bottles that seemed to fit … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rust, Wine Agencies
Tagged #Bagnums, Alexis Porteret, Brice Omont, Domaine des Ardoisières, Domaine des Bodines, Du Grappin, Emilie Porteret, Fabien Jouves, Heidi Schrock, Jurançon Noir, Olivier Collin, pét-nat, Red Bulles, Rust, St-Pierre-de-Soucy, Summer Wines, Trousseau Gris, Ulysse Collin, Vin des Allobroges, Wind Gap, You Fuck My Wine
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The Real Deal (Part 1)
I was at East London’s Tobacco Dock yesterday for the Real Wine Fair. This is an event for natural and low intervention, organic and biodynamic, winemakers organised by Les Caves de Pyrene, the wine agency who were first responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Aveyron, biodynamic wines, Cascina degli Ulivi, Dierdre Heekin, La Garagista Farm and Winery, Les Caves de Pyrene, Majesty of Sainte Foy Conques, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Fair, Natural Wine London, Nicolas Carmarans, Real Wine Fair, Stefano Bellotti, Vermont Wine
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Off to See the Wizards of Oz(gundy)
It’s that time of year again, and despite telling you in my last post that I wasn’t going to join the wall to wall wallpaper of 2014 Burgundy Primeurs Week, you know that when it comes to the annual Vinoteca … Continue reading
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