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Category Archives: Wine Tastings
The Real Deal (Part 1)
I was at East London’s Tobacco Dock yesterday for the Real Wine Fair. This is an event for natural and low intervention, organic and biodynamic, winemakers organised by Les Caves de Pyrene, the wine agency who were first responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Aveyron, biodynamic wines, Cascina degli Ulivi, Dierdre Heekin, La Garagista Farm and Winery, Les Caves de Pyrene, Majesty of Sainte Foy Conques, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Fair, Natural Wine London, Nicolas Carmarans, Real Wine Fair, Stefano Bellotti, Vermont Wine
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Jurable or Merely Fashionable?
When I first visited Jura in the 1980s only a few UK wine professionals seemed to have been there, and only one or two were extolling the virtues of the wines, principally the Vin Jaunes, from this attractive region. This … Continue reading
Posted in Jura, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged André & Mireille Tissot, Arbois, Bénédicte Tissot, De Toute Beauté Nature, Domaine A&M Tissot, Emmanuel Houillon, Ganevat Vin Jaune, J-F Ganevat, Jacques Puffeney, Jura Wine, Pierre Overnoy, Ploussard, Poulsard, Pupillin, Quality Chop House, Savagnin, Stephane Tissot, Vin de Paille, Vin Jaune, Wink Lorch Jura Wine book
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Oddities #10
Yesterday’s Oddities Lunch at Rochelle Canteen was a landmark of sorts, our tenth in a line of exciting events which take place every two months. Over those months we’ve drunk around 150 bottles of so-called oddities, ranging from wines some … Continue reading
Posted in Oddities lunches, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Bali Wine, Castell d'Encus, Clos Clare, Combe Trousseau, Deiss, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Don Chisciotte, Dry Erbaluce, Fenestra Lodi Port, Forcallà, Golan Heights Winery, Graubunden Wine, Grisons Wine, Hatten Wines Tunjung, Jan Domenic Luzi, Marionnet Provinage, Meinklang Konkret, Namibia Wine, Neuras Shiraz, Oddities, Passopisciaro 2008, Potesta, Raboso, Rafael Cambra, Rochelle Canteen, Sprecher Von Bernegg, Stolpman Vineyards, Uniqato Rubin Bulgaria, Vinochisti E3, Yarden, Zampaglione
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Off to See the Wizards of Oz(gundy)
It’s that time of year again, and despite telling you in my last post that I wasn’t going to join the wall to wall wallpaper of 2014 Burgundy Primeurs Week, you know that when it comes to the annual Vinoteca … Continue reading
And Now For Something…
I rarely write about the wines I drink at home, but this week social media has been awash with one thing, Burgundy en primeur. Well, that’s not entirely true. Those lucky wine writers big enough to be invited to the … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Arbois, Arbois Pinot Noir, Christoph Edelbauer, Domaine des Bodines, Domaine Ratapoil, Etna Rosso, France Gonzalvez, Jura, Maximin Grünhauser Sekt, Nußberg, Nussberg, Raphael Monnier, Romeo del Castello, Steve Slatcher, Time Flows, Vignaioli Contra Soarda, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Winenous, Zweigelt
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Burgundy 2005 at QCH
I’m sure I was not alone in itching to get a first overview of this highly praised vintage at ten years old. One single wine from a moderate producer is all I’d tried of 2005 Red Burgundy before Monday night, … Continue reading
Perfect Antidote (To Boring Wines)
Regular readers will have seen the notes on our first two Beaujolais dinners at The Ten Cases and Quality Chop House earlier in the year. The third and final attempt to look at the (mainly) newer or younger growers alongside … Continue reading
Recent Wines (October 2015)
I rarely write about the wines I drink at home, but in light of the last post, and the one on the Oddities lunch, I thought it might interest or amuse some readers. For some people who I know read … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Beaujolais, Blaufränkisch, Coing de St Fiacre, Humagne, Jeff Coutelou, Lavaux, Mas Coutelou, Métras, Muscadet, Roberson, Solent Cellar, Swiss Wine, The Sampler, Vin des Amis, Vintrepid, Weninger
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 