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Category Archives: Wine Bars
Spry by Nature
As London appears to lose one of its most iconic natural wine bars, I have had the good fortune to become acquainted with what may well be something similar in Edinburgh. Spry Wines is a restaurant, bar and bottle shop … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Dining, Natural Wine, Restaurants, Wine, Wine Bars, Wine Shops
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Tagged Ante Cafe Leith Walk, By the Glass in Edinburgh, Dining Leith Walk Edinburgh, Edinburgh Dining, Edinburgh Natural Wine Bar, Edinburgh Wine Bar, Natural Wine Edinburgh, Spry Edinburgh, Spry Wines
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Winemakers Club (March 2022)
I joined a few friends at Winemakers Club, under the arches at Holborn Viaduct, on Wednesday night. That wouldn’t usually be worthy of comment but for the fact that it was my first evening in London since the beginning of … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Bars, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Emmanuel Brochet Champagne, Emmanuel Brochet Le Mont Benoît, Equipo Navazos Palo Cortado Bota 72, Frédéric Magnien Chambolle Baudes 1er Cru, Jacques Puffeney, Jura Wine, Laurent Macle, London Wine Bar, Macle Côtes du Jura, Marsannay Chardonnay Rose, Puffeney Arbois Naturé, Sylvain Pataille Chardonnay Rose, Winemakers Club
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Noble Rot Book – Wine From Another Galaxy (Review)
“The Rotters’ Club” (by Jonathan Coe) used to be one of my favourite novels, for the simple reason that its plot line resonated so perfectly with parts of my own early teenage years. It has very little to do with … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Wine, Wine Bars, Wine Books, Wine Writing
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Tagged Adventures in Wine, Dan Keeling, Mark Andrew, Noble Rot Book, Wine Books, Wine writing
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Sydneyside Dining Selection
We ate some wonderful meals during our time away in October and November, but during our last few days in Sydney we visited three very different restaurants which I’d like to write about before I leave the Southern Hemisphere for … Continue reading →
Posted in Australian Wine, Dining, Restaurants, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Bars, Wine Travel
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Tagged Bodhi Vegan Restaurant, Dear Sainte Eloise Pott's Point, Henschke Noble Gewurztraminer 2016, Jonah's Whale Beach, Ruggabellus Sallio 2017, Sydney Dining, Sydney Restaurants, Vegan Sydney, Vinteloper Pinot Gris 2019
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Basket Press Returns to Plateau
I wrote about Basket Press Wines first back in February 2018. I remember that cold winters night, at Plateau in Brighton, and being warmed inside by my first full tasting of Czech wines. Eighteen months later and I’m back in … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Bars, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Basket Press Wines (merchant), Czech Wine, Dobra Vinice, Frankovka, Jaroslav Osicka, Modry Portugal, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab, Plateau Brighton, Slovakian Wine, Tomas Cacik, Vino Magula
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More from Paris
I left you yesterday on Monday evening, so to speak, leaving Septime La Cave following a few glasses and some rather good Comté (see previous article, below), heading for a bar/restaurant which was completely new to us. We had walked past Le Mary … Continue reading →
Posted in Natural Wine, Paris, Restaurants, Wine, Wine Bars, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
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Tagged Ayze Wine, Domaine Attilon, Domaine Belluard Ayse, Gringet, La Cave des Papilles, Le Mary Celeste, Le Potager du Marais, Le Tagine Paris, Les Perles du Mont Blanc, More Natural Wine in Paris, Paris, Paris Bar and Restaurant selection, Paris Natural Wine Shop, Syrah du Maroc, Tandem Alain Graillot, Vegan Paris
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Septime La Cave
My favourite part of Paris is that around Oberkampf, and one of the most interesting streets is Rue Popincourt, which tracks down from Boulevard Voltaire, just south of Oberkampf Métro Station, until you are almost as far south as the … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Paris, Wine, Wine Bars
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Tagged Cépages Rares, Domaine Plageoles Mauzac Vert, Emilia-Romagna Frizzante Wine, Florent Plageoles, La Barbaterre Besmein Capolegh, Marzemino Frizzante Rosé, Mauzac Vert, Natural Wine Bars Paris, Rare French Grape Varieties, Septime La Cave, Wine Bars close to Oberkampf
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Vienna Week 1 – Koppitsch Party!
If anyone wondered why I have been quiet, I’ve been enjoying a week in a very cold Vienna. I shall bring back a few tales over the next two or three weeks, but my first article is about a producer … Continue reading →
Plateau of Excellence
I was planning to write my review of December’s wines today, but last night six of us dined at Plateau in Brighton and it was such a good meal that I thought they deserved an unashamed plug. Plateau is in Brighton’s … Continue reading →
40 Maltby Street
London is full of restaurants which are without any doubt “worth a detour” in Michelin parlance, and despite the pressures on our economy they continue to open, for now. What with trying to keep up, which I am failing miserably … Continue reading →
Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Bars
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Tagged 40 Maltby Street, Antonin Azzoni, Ardèche Wine, Auvergne Gamay, Auvergne Wine, Brân L-16, Côtes d'Auvergne, Châteaugay, Explosive Materials Brut Nature, Gergovie Wines, Gilles Azzoni, Julien Peyras L'Hérault, L'Égrappille Auvergne, L'Éphémère Blanc 2016, Raisin et L'Ange Ardèche
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 