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Category Archives: Wine Merchants
Recent Wines May 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin coverage of the wines we drank “at home” during May with the best two bottles we drank staying in a house belonging to friends in The Gers at the beginning of the month. They were both recommended by … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Chilean Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Altos de Guarilihue Semillon, Ana María Cumsille Chile, Blaise Duboux Epesses Vaud, Celler Entre Vinyes Penèdes, Chasselas, Chilean Semillon, De La Terre au Verre Lectoure, Domaine Jeandaugé Courrensan, Domaine Laougué Gers, La Voile 2021 Domaine Jeandaugé, Mornington Peninsula, Oniríc Brisat Entre Vinyes, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, Penèdes natural wine, Port Phillip Estate Mornington Peninsula, Racinette Lectoure, Recent Wines May 2026 Pt 1, Red Hill Chardonnay 2024 Port Phillip Estate, Sébastien Fezas Domaine Jeandaugé Gers, Villette Les Murets Blaise Duboux, Wine of Itata Chile, Wines of Lavaux Switzerland, Wines of the Gers
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Recent Wines April 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
April does seem such a long time ago now. Maybe it has something to do with the weather. I left Scotland towards the end of last month feeling it was quite warm, and London, and then Southwest France were even … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Champagne, English Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Artisan Sekt, Baden Wine, Champagne Diebolt-Valois Cramant, Dermot Sugrue Sussex, Diebolt-Valois Fleur de Passion 2006, Dominio de Queiron Rioja, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red 2023, Lambert Spielmann Domaine in Black, Lena Singer-Fischer Sekt, lenamachtsekt, Recent Wines April 2026 Pt 1, Rheinhessen Sekt, Rioja Blanco Mi Lugar Dominio de Queiron, Sekthaus Singer-Fischer Rheinhessen, Singer-Fischer Blanc de Blancs 2021, Sugrue South Downs Salt Eire MV, Talrain Blauer Spatburgunder 2021, Ziereisen Baden, Ziereisen Markgraflerland
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Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 3: Otros Vinos and La Voluta)
This third and final part of my articles on the trade tasting at Montrose Edinburgh on 9 March covers Spanish natural wine specialist Otros Vinos and one of their estates, La Voluta, which is not in Spain, but in Roussillon … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Catalonian Wine, Fernando Berry Otros Vinos, Jean-Benoit Vivequain La Voluta, La Voluta Joana 2017, La Voluta Languedoc-Roussillon, Los Comuns Catalunya, Montrose Tasting 9 March 2026, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Otros Vinos at Montrose Edinburgh, Trade Tastings Edinburgh, Vinyes Tortuga, Wine, Wine Tastings
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Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 2: Beattie & Roberts and Domaine Ami)
Montrose Part 2 covers the wines of North London-based importer Beattie & Roberts and the wines of Domaine Ami in Burgundy. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I’d probably never heard of Beattie & Roberts before I discovered one of their … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Beattie & Roberts Wine Merchant, Celler 9+ Tarragona Spain, Christope Lindenlaub Dorlisheim Alsace, Domaine Ami Paris L'Hopital Burgundy, Domaine Ami Raeburn Fine Wines, Domaine Cotzé Roussillon, Domaine Fond des Cyprès Languedoc, Domaine Le Temps des Cérises Languedoc, Edinburgh Trade Tasting, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Montrose Tasting 9 March 2026, Paul Perarnau Domaine Ami, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wine Tasting at Montrose Edinburgh
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Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 1: Wines Under the Bonnet and Wayward Wines)
Montrose has become one of the venues that hosts some of the most exciting trade tastings in Edinburgh since it opened in November 2023, in a former pub near the top of Easter Road. Being under the same ownership as … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Italian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2 Naturkinder Brutal!!! 2023, 2Naturkinder Franken, 2P Production Wines Gaillac, Antonio Gismondi Campania, Complémen' Terre 68 Ares, Edinburgh Wine, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Elisa Guerin at Chénas, Elisa Guerin Beaujolais-Villages 2024, Fabio Ferracane Marsala Sicily, Géraldine and Meryl Croizier Ardèche Wine, La Tangente Ostara 2023, Manu Landron and Marion Peschaux, Martin Hirsch Kitzingen Franken, Mataburro Otium Rivesaltes, Mikael Bouges La Pente de Chavigny, Montrose Tasting 9 March 2026, Olivier Cousin Le Franc 2022 Anjou, Patricia and Remi Bonneton Ardèche, Pauline Maziou Sorcières 2024, Peltier-Ravineau Cheverny, Petite Nature Pauline Maziou Ardèche, Romain Plageoles and Fanny Papelard, Small Wine Importers Tasting Edinburgh, Thomas Puéchavy Loire Wine, Wayward Wines, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wines Under the Bonnet, Xavière Hardy Anjou Loire
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 