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Category Archives: Wine Agencies
Small is Beautiful
Regular readers will know who I’ve been buying wine from in 2015, my favourite small merchants and wine shops. There is another group of people who maybe don’t get as much press, or coverage in social media, who are doing … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants
Tagged Alpine Wines, Coche-Dury, Domaine de Cébène, Domaine Montesquiou, Domaine Treloar, Dry River, Hand Picked Burgundy, Heidi Schrock, Leon Stolarski, Rainer Christ, Rhys, Simon Maye & Fils, Specialist Wine Merchants
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Where Have They Been Hiding?
It’s all “New” something at the moment, isn’t it. We had Jon Bonné’s New California, we have been hearing a lot about the New South Africa this summer, and we have our very own New Beaujolais (three dinners in London … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books
Tagged Anton van Klopper, Castagna, Caves de Pyrene, Damien Tscharke, Jauma, Max Allen, Red Squirrel, Si Vintners, Sorrenberg, Sustainability in Australian Viticulture, The Future Makers, The New Australia, The Wine Idealist, Tom Shobbrook, Vinteloper, Winemakers Club
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Dynamic Day in London
There is a lot going on in the world of wine in London this week. Monday was no exception, but I’m so glad I decided to choose the trek down to the Spa Terminus for Dynamic Vines‘ 10 Year Anniversary … Continue reading
A Wing and A Prayer (Actually Making Some)
So, I’ve spent decades drinking it, swanning around wine regions, poking my nose into dozens of wineries on several continents. I’ve even got some vines growing in the garden, yet up until yesterday I’d never tried my hand at actually … Continue reading
Posted in Wine Agencies
Tagged Brighton Permaculture Trust, DIY Winemaking, Plumpton College, Wine Making
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Squirrelled Away in Soho
It’s around 1pm on Wednesday and I’m walking through a big black door in Soho, entering the tight confines of a hallway to a very old town house. One young lady vets me, another locates my name on a list … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Altavia, Black's Club Soho, Clos Cibonne, David Bowley, Emil Bauer, Emily Scott, Eschenhof Holzer, Francesca Bruna, Franco Mondo, Frédéric Guilbaud, Kloster Ebernach, Ligurian Wine, Nik Darlington, Oli North, Parxet Cava, Parxet Titiana, Red Squirrel, Roberto Bruna, Sparkling Muscadet, Tenuta La Pergola, Vinteloper
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Watching Stéphane Tissot
We first visited Domaine André & Mireille Tissot in Montigny-lès-Arsures in the early 1990s. We were staying nearby and we found our way to their small tasting room down a hill behind the church, where we were entertained by a very … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A&M Tissot, Amphora Wines, Arbois, Bénédicte Tissot, Clos de la Tour de Curon, Jura, Montigny-lès-Arsures, Stephane Tissot, Vin Jaune
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Between the Wood Smoke and the Water – Arbois Week
I began visiting the Jura region in Eastern France more than twenty-five years ago. It began as a day trip from our then fairly regular wine visits to Burgundy, and then as a stop-off en route to Geneva by the … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Travel
Tagged Arbois, Bistro de la Tournelle, Bistrot des Claquets, Cave du Comté Arbois, Domaine A&M Tissot, Fète du Biou, Hirsinger, Jean-Paul Jeunet, Jura, La Balance Restaurant, Le Jardin Saint-Vincent, Pupillin, Stephane Tissot, Vins et Vinaigres Arbois
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Spice Oddity #2 (Without Major Tom)
The second Spice Oddities at the India Club was a perfect example of how far some wine lovers will go to select truly “different” wines, odd in their origins (to a degree) but certainly not in their flavours. All seven … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 