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Category Archives: Wine Shops
Feral Art et Vin – Going Wild in Bordeaux
It’s an inescapable fact that the wine trade is, despite occasional deviations, one of the friendliest professions you could imagine working in. For some reason people in wine just seem on the whole to be extremely friendly, supportive, co-operative, and … Continue reading
The Christmas Popup You Mustn’t Miss (Basket Press Wines on Hackney Road)
I don’t know if you are like me but I love browsing. Record shops, book shops and yes, wine shops. I find it remarkably difficult to enter one of these establishments and to leave without a purchase. But aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Basket Press Wines Popup Shop, Central European Wine, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, December Wine Popup, Jiri Majerik, Max Sein Franken, Reka-Koncz Hungary, Slovakian Wine, Wine Christmas Popup, Wine on Hackney Road, Zainab Majerikova
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Lockdown – The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful
Why Beautiful, not Ugly? There is no getting away from the fact that Coronavirus has been terrible. Remember early this year, Christmas holidays over, looking forward to 2020. Within a few months the lives of many were completely shattered whilst … Continue reading
Bruno Paillard at Hedonism
I have a bit of a thing for Bruno Paillard Champagne. I may spend a lot of my time drinking the Growers these days, but what I am looking for, always, is wine with a soul, wine which reflects its … Continue reading
Posted in Champagne, Fine Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alice Paillard, Anna-Lisa Unkuri Wine Label, Antidote Wine Shop, Assemblage 1989, Assemblage 1999, Assemblage 2009 Launch Tasting, Bruno Paillard, Champagne, Champagne Bruno Paillard, Champagne Tasting, Gut Oggau Maskerade, Hedonism Wines Tasting, Prestige Champagne
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“Ugly Ducklings Can Be Swans” (Says Doug Wregg)
Ugly Ducklings can be Swans! That was the title of the tasting given by Doug Wregg at Solent Cellar in Lymington on Friday night. Doug’s company, Les Caves de Pyrene, has proved that statement a thousand times over in the thirty-odd … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Beaujolais Les Pierres Bleues, Božidar Zorjan, Carignan Lo Vielh, Caves de Pyrene Tasting in Lymington, Clos Gravillas, Domaine de la Senechalière, Doug Wregg, Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté, Jean-Pierre Frick, Julien Guillot, Marc Pesnot, Melon Miss Terre, Moussamoussettes, René Mosse, Slovenian Wine, Solent Cellar Tastings, Sylvaner Bergweingarten, Zorjan Muscat Ottonel Dolium
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Vienna Week 3 – Vinifero and a walk in the snow
In August I mentioned one of Vienna’s best natural wine shops, but as part of a roundup, and I didn’t go into any detail, so this time around I thought I should give Enrico a bit of a plug. Vinifero … Continue reading
Arbois Update (Arbois Visit, December 2018)
I thought I’d finish off my articles from my visit to Arbois at the end of last year with a short update which might be of use to anyone planning a visit to the town in 2019. I appreciate that … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Jura, Wine, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged Arbois, Castel Damandre Les Planches, Epicurea Poligny and Arbois, Fumey-Chatelain, Jura Region, La Balance Mets et Vins, La Muse Bouche Poligny, Le Nez dans le Vert 2019, Les Jardins de St-Vincent, Stéphane Planche, Tony Bornard
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Les Caves at Pew Corner
Everyone knows Les Caves de Pyrene, right? Celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year, it is easy to forget, in a country awash with fine young importers of natural and biodynamic wines, that Les Caves were the pioneers. Their portfolio is now … Continue reading
Jura Night at Solent Cellar
I’m a little sad this year. Followers of Wideworldofwine will be well aware that Eastern France’s Jura region is one of my passions. They may well know the story of how we used to stay on the Côte de Beaune each spring, and … Continue reading
Posted in Jura, Wine, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings
Tagged Arbois Wine, Berthet-Bondet, Chardonnay Balanoz 2015, Chateau Bethanie Crémant du Jura, Chateau-Chalon, Chateau-Chalon Berthet-Bondet 2009, Coq au Vin Jaune, Daniel Dugois Savagnin Sous Voile, Domaine de la Pinte L'Ami Karl, Houillon-Overnoy Ploussard 2015, Jura Tasting, Jura Wine, Love Poulsard Fruitière d'Arbois, Lymington, Lymington Wine Shop, Melon a Queue Rouge, Michel Gahier Melon Fraquette, Ouillé Savagnin, Ploussard, Poulsard, Poulsard Sans Souffre, Savagnin, Savagnin Savignier, Solent Cellar Lymington, Sous Voile Savagnin, Tissot Singulier Trousseau 2015, Trousseau, Vin Jaune, Vin Jaune Dom St-Pierre 2008, Vin Jaune Jacques Puffeney 1995, Wine Dinners, Wine Merchants in Hampshire
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 