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I read recently, under the Decanter Magazine headline “Bordeaux becalmed”, that for the first time since Sotheby’s started selling wine in 1970 Bordeaux has dipped below 50% in sales. The decline in popularity of this once king of the wine … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Sparkling Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Christian Tschida Brutal Red, Christian Tschida Sonja Cabernet Franc, Claus Preisinger Gols, Enderle & Moll Baden, In A Hell Mood Pet Nat, Jutta Ambrositsch Rakete, Michael Grindl Weinviertal, Michael Wenzel Rust, Milan Nestarec, Mythopia Swiss Wine, Neusiedlersee Wine, Newcomer Wines, Prévost La Closerie London Retail Source, Puszta Libre, Rennersistas Gols, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Vienna Wine, Waiting For Tom White Blend, Wiener Gemischter Satz
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Meeting António Maçanita
There was a buzz being created around the Azores even before Sarah Ahmed wrote a revealing article in Decanter last summer, and that buzz has without doubt been created largely by one man, António Maçanita, the founder (with Paulo Machado) … Continue reading
Posted in Azores, Portuguese wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged A Proibida, António Maçanita, Arinto dos Açores, Azores, Azores Wine Company, Hybrid Vines Wines, Isabella Grape Variety, Pico Island, Pico Wines, Red Squirrel Wines, Terrantez do Pico, Tinto Vulcanico, Verdelho Pico DO, Vitis Labrusca, Volcanic Wines
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London Wine Fair 2018 Part 2 – Drinks Britannia and the Trading Floor
In Part 1 of my review of the 2018 London Wine Fair I concentrated on the small importers in the Esoterica area, where you could find perhaps the real excitement of the event. If you haven’t already read Part 1, you can catch … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants
Tagged Abbazia di Novacella, Astrum Wines, Bolney Estate, Craft Cider, Drinks Britannia, London Wine Fair 2018, Natural Cider, Natural Cyder, Nyetimber, Nyetimber Tillington 2013, Praepositus wines, Starvecrow Cider, Tavignano
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London Wine Fair 2018 Part 1 – Esoterica
It’s that time of year when the London Wine Fair comes to London’s Olympia. For anyone who has never been, it’s an enormous three day event, boasting 14,000 wines from 40 countries. The vast “trading floor” has many gems among the diaspora … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged 266 Wines, Alpine Wines, Basket Press Wines, Czech Wine, Eclectic Wines, Greek Wine, H2Vin, Indigo Wine, London Wine Fair 2018, Maltby & Greek, Modal Wines, Red Squirrel Wine, Southern Wine Roads, Swiss Wines, The Knotted Vine
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Great Exhibition 2018 – with the emphasis on Great
Yesterday was the Winter 2018 Great Exhibition Tasting in the arches under Holborn Viaduct, this time featuring Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines. These Tastings are always good, but there must have been something in the air yesterday, because there … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Champagne, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adrien Dhondt, Ancre Hill Estate, Ben Walgate, Benoit Dehu, Carte Blanche Wines, Christelle Guibert Orange Wine Itata, Craig Sheard, Dhondt-Grellet, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Ecu, Elemental Bob, Eliane Delalot, Fabien Jouves, Great Exhibition Tasting 2018, Gudfish Wines, Hegyikalo, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Maxime Magnon, Meinklang H15, Olivier Horiot, Pelle Pince Alma Palinka, PN17 Petnat, Rosé des Riceys, Stefan Vetter, Sylvaner, Tillingham Wines, Tom Shobbrook, Vincent Caillé, Winemakers Club
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 