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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach
A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Craft Spirits, Natural Wine, Premium Spirits, Whisky, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings, Women in Wine
Tagged Best Edinburgh Beer Shop, Best Edinburgh Whisky Shop, Best Edinburgh Wine Fairs, Britain's Best Wine Shops, Chris Mitchell Cork & Cask, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Wine Fairs, Edinburgh Wine Merchant, Edinburgh Wine Shop, India Parry Williams, Jamie Dawson, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Neighbourhood Wine Shop Edinburgh
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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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Real Wine Fair 2024 (Part 1)
Some readers might have wondered why I’ve been silent since my last article on 24 April. After a decorating blitz on our new home we finally moved in (after exactly a year of building work). Then our son came to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Austrian Wine, Burgenland Wine, Carter Vineyard Pinot Noir, Ci Confonde Vermont Petnat, Durant Vineyard Chardonnay, Fleurine Wine and Cider Blend, Found Love La Garagista, Gora Bijela 2018, Gora Plava 2018/19, Kelley Fox Oregon, Koppitsch Abendrot, Koppitsch Aeon Weiss, Koppitsch Happy Anniversary Red Wine, Koppitsch Petnat, La Garagista Vermont, Les Caves de Pyrene, Luka Zeichmann Burgenland, Mirabai Pinot Noir, Native Love La Garagista, Nerthus 2021, Oregon Wine, Real Wine Fair 2024, Ujca Hendrik Red Wine, Vermont Wine, Weingut Koppitsch Burgenland, Whe Life Gives You Lemons
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Review of the Year 2023
My Review of the Year 2023 marks a new phase in my life. I can’t really say career, because as far as wine goes, it isn’t a conventional one (and I think, to many working in wine in my new … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Science, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged Abbie Moulton New British Wine, Henry Jeffreys Vines in a Cold Climate, Jamie Goode The New Viticulture, Most Read Articles of 2023, Review of the Year 2023, Ten Winemakers who have Touched my Soul, Wide World of Wine Resolutions, wideworldofwine.co top articles 2023, Wine Books of the Year 2023, Wine Leaders - inspirational people
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Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair 2023 (Part 3): Vine Trail, Southern Spain and Arran Whisky
Parts 1 and 2 of my selections from the Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair contained wines from six small independent importers. Part 3 Shows some wines from Vine Trail, along with some delicious gems from Southern Spain poured on … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Whisky, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Amorro Wines, Arran Gold Cream Liqueur, Arran Whisky, Bodega Vinificante Mahara, Cédric Perraud Etna Rosso Goccia, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair 2023 (Pt 3), Diatomists Sherry, Domaine Bernard Gripa, Edinburgh Wine Fair, Fabrice Gripa Saint-Joseph Blanc, Isle of Arran Distillery, Jerez Wine, Lagg Corriecravie Single Malt, Lagg Distillery Arran, Marc Tempé Riesling AmZelle 2019, Natural Wine, Northern Rhône Wine, Single Malt Whisky, Veronica Ortega Bierzo Quite 2020, Vine Trail
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Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair 2023 (Part 2): Roland Wines, Element Wines and Modal Wines
Part 1 from the Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair covered wines from Indigo Wines, Keeling Andrew and Dynamic Vines. Part 2 here follows the same path, with a selection from the wines poured by Roland Wines, Element Wines and … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Slovakian Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andi Mann Rheinhessen, Burgenland Wine, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair (Pt 2), Edinburgh Wine Scene, Element Wines Edinburgh, Fangareggi Puro Lambrusco Rosso, Fanrareggi Biancospino Lambrusco, Fattoria di Sammontana Sangiovese IGT, Finca El Molar Macabeo Skin Contact, Finca El Molar Manchuela, Folas de Baco Curtido, Folias de Baco Rabigato Douro, Johannes Zillinger Weinviertel, Koppitsch Homok 2022, Koppitsch Neusiedl am See, Koppitsch Rét 2022, Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce, Martin Obenaus Weinviertel, Modal Wines, Natural Wine, Obenaus Mo:Rot Zweigelt, Portuguese wine, Roland Wines, Slobodne Majer, Slobodne Slovakia, Thörle Rheinhessen, Thörle Spätburgunder 2021, Wine Fairs, Wine Fairs in Edinburgh, Zillinger Numen Fume Blanc
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Review of the Year 2022
I shall tell you my Wines of the Year in my next article, following last year’s popular format of twelve wines, one from each month. First, here, I’ll list the dozen most popular articles of the year on wideworldofwine. A … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Science, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2022, Ayscough The World of Natural Wine, Breaky Bottom, Dallimore The Vineyards of Britain, Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Gut Oggau, Most Read Articles on Wideworldofwine 2022, Review of the Year 2022, Tastings of the Year, Tongba, Tutto Wines, Wine Books of the Year
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Diatomists at Cork & Cask Winter Fair – A New Name in Sherry
Diatomists is a completely new name in Sherry to me. I think I remember spotting some Sherry in unusually-shaped half bottle flutes on the shelf behind the counter in the Cork & Cask shop in Edinburgh, but Cork & Cask’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Antonio Morenés Bertrán Diatomists, Artisan Sherry, Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair, Diatomists Sherry Selections, Edinburgh Wine Fair, Miraflores Vineyard, Sanlucar Palomino, Sherry, Spanish Wine
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