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Category Archives: Wine Agencies
Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August, that month of sunshine, holidays, outdoor dining, beach picnics…well only in part it seems, at least for most of us confined to the UK at this time. Hopefully I shall find some longer spell of warmth soon, but what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Cider, Czech Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Petnat, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Australian Wine, Beechworth Wine, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Marraine Pooks 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Castagna Beechworth, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna La Chiave Sangiovese, Czech Wines, English Sparkling Wine, Fife Cider, Fleming's Fife Cider Wild Blend, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Julian Castagna, Krettnacher Euchariusberg Riesling Kabinett Alte Reben 2018, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petnat André Rosé Syfany Winery, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 1), Saar Wine, Scottish Cider, Seyval Blanc Sparkling Wine, Sussex Sparkling Wine, Syfany Winery Moravia, Wine of Victoria
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Recent Wines July 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July Part Two kicks off with two wines from Spain, one from the south and one from the north, totally different but both special wines. Then we head east to Austria’s Burgenland, from where it’s just a short drive to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Petnat, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Austrian Natural Wine, Bierzo Mencia Veronica Ortega, Czech Wine, Dark Horse Brut 2022 Petr Koráb, Freedom Hill Vineyard, German natural wine, German Wine, Joiseph Jois Burgenland, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Kelley Fox Freedom Hill Pinot Blanc 2022, Kelley Fox Wines Oregon USA, Kerner blend in Baden, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Baden, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Moravian Wine, Muchada-Léclapart Lumière Sanlúcar, North American Pinot Blanc, Oregon Wine, Palomino table wine, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Recent Wines July 2024 Pt2, Sanlúcar table wine, Veronica Ortega Bierzo Quite, Veronica Ortega Valtuille, Willamette Valley, Wines of Northern Spain
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The bumper June edition of my Recent Wines of 2024 runs to a third part this year. The final half-dozen wines here start with a Bugey (yawn, but you’ll thank me one day). Then we stay off-piste with Lagrein Rosé, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Lagrein Rosé, Amontillado "I Think" Equipo Navazos, André Grape Variety, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Cantina Terlano Lagrein Rosé, Chardonnay "Le Glanon" Juravinum, Czech Wine, Elbling in Luxembourg, Elbling Roche Liquide Racines Rebelles, Equipo Navazos, Fruitière Viticole de Pupillin Natural Wine, Kaja Kohv Winemaker Racines Rebelles, Lagrein Rosé, Luxembourg Wine, Montilla-Moriles Spain, Moravian Wine, Moselle Wine Luxembourg, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Jura, Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Pupillin Chardonnay, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt 3), Syfany André 2017, Syfany Winery Moravia
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Recent Wines May 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
After a couple of very recent tastings, I need to take you all the way back to May. We moved house in May and we were consumed by decorating, unpacking, and actually a week of enforced eating out because we … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Portuguese wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Piemonte, Cas' Amaro Lisbon, Charlie Herring Cider, Domaine Montmollin Neuchâtel, English Bacchus, English Wine, Falatorio Sercial Reserva 2020, Good Value Piemontese Red Wine, Jonas Dostert Chardonnay 2021, Jonas Dostert Mosel, Jorge Pascoa Winemaker, Lisbon Wine, Lyme Bay Bacchus 2023, Lyme Bay Winery at Marks & Spencer, Lyme Bay Winery Devon, Montmollin Oeil de Perdrix, Mosel Chardonnay, Oeil de Perdrix Neuchâtel, Old Vines in Bramaterra, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Perfect Strangers Still Cider, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines May 2024, Rosso Noah Coste della Sesia Rosso DOC, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips, Vinho Regional Lisboa
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Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Edinburgh (3 July ’24)
I have yet to dine at Timberyard’s new outpost in Edinburgh, Montrose, doubtless the cause being all our house moving escapades, but I did get to visit on Wednesday for a tasting with Peter Honegger from Newcomer Wines. I’ve known … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wachau, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Agly Valley, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Austrian Wine, Domaine Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature, Du Grappin Côte de Brouilly, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Foradori, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hungarian Wine, Kékfrankos from Sopron Hungary, Le Grappin Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Loire Wine, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Grape Variety, Matassa Cuvée Marguerite, Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Nikolaihof Grüner Veltliner, Nikolaihof Wachau, Northeast Italian Wine, Orthogneiss Domaine L'Ecu, Roussillon Wine, Trentino Alto-Adige Wine, Weninger Steiner 2017
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Recent Wines April 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
The catchup continues. We are right back in April for my “Recent Wines”. Two parts, the first showing wines from Franken, Hampshire, Burgundy, Burgenland and Jura. Silvaner Thüngersheim Rothlauf GG 2019, Weingut Rudolf May (Franken, Germany) I seem to be … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Burgundy, English Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Vin Jaune 2006 Dom de la Pinte, Charlie Herring Wines Hampshire, Denis Bachelet, Domaine Bachelet Gevrey Chambertin VV 2006, Domaine de la Pinte Arbois, English Sparkling Riesling, Franken Silvaner, Gevrey VV Bachelet, Gut Oggau Burgenland, Gut Oggau Field Blend, Hampshire Sparkling Wine, Maskerade Cuvées Gut Oggau, Maskerade Rosé 2021, Recent Wines April 2024 (Pt 1), Stephanie and Eduard Tscheppe-Eselbock, Thungersheim Rothlauf GG, Tim Phillips winemaker, Vin Jaune, Weingut Rudolf May Franken
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Real Wine 2024 (Part 3)
There are six producers here in Part 3 so I’ll have to be a little more general, especially as one or two twisted my arm to taste quite a few wines. We are also all over the place here, in … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Georgian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andre Pereira, Angiolino Maule, Aurélien Beyeklian, Bodegas Cota 45 Sanlucar Jerez, Bugey, Bugey Cerdon, Cota 45 Pandorga PX, Czech Wine, Emma Bentley Vinnatur, Gambellara, Georgian Wine, Italian Wine, Jerez Unfortified Wine, Jerez Wine, La Biancara Veneto Italy, La Cuverie Bugey France, London Wine Festival, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine Tasting, Nika Bakhia, Nika Winery Kakheti Georgia, Petr Koráb Boleradice Moravia, Portuguese wine, Quinta do Montalto, Ramiro Ibanez, Real Wine 2024 Pt3, Uncondemned Wines Lisboa Portugal
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Real Wine Fair 2024 (Part 2)
Part 2 from Real Wine 2024, five more producers, and as I’m way late with this, let’s crack on… NATALIA & PHIL HARRIS (Sussex, England) Okay, so technically these wines are billed as “Natalia Harris” but I’m going to give … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adam's Rib blend, Adelaide Hills Natural Wine, Alex Castagna, Beechworth Wine, Ben Walgate, Castagna Beechworth Victoria, Castagna Segreto and La Chiave, English Wine, Genesis Syrah, James Erskine Winemaker, Jauma Wines South Australia, Julian Castagna, Les Caves de Pyrene, Max Baumann Winemaker Dertingen, Max Sein Wein Baden, McLaren Vale Natural Wine, Natalia Harris Sussex, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Fairs, Natural Wine of South Australia, Phil Harris Sussex, Real Wine Fair 2024 (Pt 2), Walgate & Co Rye Sussex
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 