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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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Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin the first selection from the wines we drank at home in July with a new (to me) wine from a favourite producer in Hungary. Next up, a classic Bugey-Cerdon, then a classic Saar wine but from the region’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, André Durrmann Andlau, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Austrian Wine, Bugey Wine, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland Wine, Catherine & Patrick Bottex Bugey, Durrmann Rosé Nature 2021, German Wine, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Niedermenniger Herrenberg "Onkel Peter" 2020, Recent Wines July 2023 (Pt 1), Reka-Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Saar Wine, Yann Durrmann Andlau
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Recent Wines June 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
June has sped past and we have also drunk slightly fewer wines at home this month too, a result of frequent trips away. I shall still split this into two parts, the first containing wines from Burgundy, The Jura, Moravia … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Lebanese Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot, Andrew Nielsen Winemaker, Arbois Petnat, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines Restaurant Collaborations, Beaune 1er Cru Boucherottes, Beaune Boucherottes 2012 Le Grappin, Bekaa Valley Wine, Blauer Wildbacher, Château Musar Lebanon, Château Musar Rosé 2004, Czech Wine, Franz and Christine Ströhmeier St Stefan, Hochar Family, Jura Petnat, Jura Wine, L'Octavin Betty Bulles Rouge, Le Grappin 2012, Lebanese Wine, Moravian Wine, Recent Wines June 2023 Pt1, Red Burgundy, Schilcher, Smashable/AMBR 2021, Ströhmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Tayer+Elementary Wine Range, Tayer/Petr Koráb collaboration, Weststeiermark Wine
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Mike Bennie Jura Masterclass, P&V Wine Merchant’s, Newtown, Sydney
Mike Bennie is, along with Max Allen, one of two Australian wine writers/journalists who have informed my knowledge, and indeed passion for, the New Australia. Max came into my life via his wonderful (and I would say still essential) The … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Château-Chalon, Domaine A&M Tissot, Domaine Berthet-Bondet, Domaine Montbourgeau L'Etoile, Frédéric Lambert Château-Chalon 2013, Gahier Chardonnay Les Follasses, Jura Masterclass, Macvin du Jura, Michel Gahier Vigneron, Mike Bennie, Montigny-les-Arsures, Nicole Deriaux Vigneronne, P&V Wine Merchant Newtown Sydney, Philippe Chatillon Vigneron, Savagnin Ouillé Traminer Tissot, Stéphane and Bénédicte Tissot, Stéphane Tissot Macvin, Stéphane Tissot Savagnins, Tastings at P&V, Tissot Crémant du Jura BdN
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Recent Wines – Australia, April and May 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
We drank some interesting wines during our three-and-a-half weeks in Australia. I set out to try to drink wines from producers I didn’t know. In the end, that only applies to half the wines here, though only in one case … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Basham Family Vineyard Riverland, Chalmers Family Vineyard Heathcote Victoria, Cupitt's Winery Alphonse Sauvignon, Dal Zotto King Valley Pinot Grigio 2022, Dal Zotto Prosecco King Valley, Doug Woodward Winemaker Queensland, Dr Edge Wines, Dr Ongo Dr Op Pinot Noir 2022, Dr Ongo Dr Op Pinot Noir Tasmania, Fistful of Flowers 2022 Momento Mori, Gonzo Les Fruits Grenache and Cinsault, Italian Grape Varieties from Heathcote, Konpira Maru Wines Whitlands Victoria, Momento Mori Wines Dane Johns, Mt Midoryama Chevaucher L'Eclair 2022, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Shop Sydney, P and V wine merchant Sydney, P&V wine merchant Sydney, Peter Dredge Winemaker, Recent Wines Australia 2023, Shoalhaven Coast Wine Region, Shoalhaven Coast Wineries, Susan Petnat, Tim Stock Winemaker, Wedded to the Weather Cloud Project Wines
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Like a Child in a Sweet Shop – Made From Grapes and Sevslo Wine, Glasgow
If you have been reading this blog recently you will probably have seen my piece on Vanessa Letort and her “Du Vin aux Liens” project, and the wine journey that flowed from my discovery of this wine collective and all … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Women in Wine
Tagged Glasgow wine shop, Liam Hanlon, Made from Grapes Glasgow, Natural Wine in Glasgow, Natural Wine in Scotland, Séverine Sloboda, Scottish Wine Importer, Sevslo Wine, Small Producer Wine Importer Scotland, Women in Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 