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Category Archives: Wine Tastings
Dermot Sugrue – Wiston and Sugrue South Downs
The long Easter Bank Holiday here was not without its pleasures, a lovely picnic and some wonderful food, but it was mostly dedicated to decorating. It was rather nice, therefore, to be getting up bright and early last Tuesday to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Fine Wine, Restaurants, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism
Tagged Chalk Restaurant Wiston Estate, Dermot Sugrue Future Plans, Dermot Sugrue Winemaker, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, English Wine Tourism at Wiston Estate, Sugrue South Downs, Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015, Wiston Blanc de Noir 2014, Wiston Estate, Wiston Vintage 2017, Wiston Vintage Rosé 2014
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Vineyards of Hampshire 2022
It was a little over two years ago that I was at 67 Pall Mall for the last Vineyards of Hampshire Press and Trade Tasting. It was nice to see some old friends among those exhibiting, and to taste the … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Black Chalk Wine, Corinne Seely Winemaker, Cottonworth Wines, Danebury Vineyards, Emma Rice Winemaker, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Exton Park, Exton Park Reserve Blend Series, Hambledon Vineyard, Hampshire Wines, Hattingley King's Cuvée 2014, Hattingley Valley, Hattingley Wines, Jacob Leadley, Liddell Family Wines, Louis Pommery England, Pinglestone Estate, Raimes Demi-Sec 2017, Raimes Wines, Test Valley Vineyards, The Grange Wines, Vineyards of Hampshire Tasting 2022, Zoe Driver
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Basket Press Wines – Portfolio Tasting March 2022
The tasting round seems to be getting back in full swing now and I think for most people writing about wine there are just too many to write about. On Monday 14th March Basket Press Wines held theirs, at The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Basket Press Wines Portfolio Tasting 2022, Czech Cider, Czech Wines, Dluhe Grefty Moravia, Dva Duby Moravia, Ice Cider, Jaroslav Osička Moravia, Kmetija Stekar, Krasna Hora Blanc de Noir Sekt, natural wines, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Petr Koráb Neronet 2016, Richard Stavek Moravia, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Utopia Cider, Utopia Ice Cider
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Breaky Bottom – A Different Perspective on English Wine
Sometimes something is right under your nose but it takes a while to see it. Regular readers will know I drink the wines of Breaky Bottom with some frequency, because most (but not all) of the currently extant cuvées have … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Breaky Bottom 2017 Cuvées Tasted, Breaky Bottom Distributors, Breaky Bottom Vineyard, Cuvée Cornelis Hendriksen 2013, Cuvée Koizumi Yakumo 2010, Cuvée Michelle Moreau 2014, Cuvée Reynolds Stone 2010, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Peter Hall Winemaker, Seyval Blanc, Sussex Wine, Vineyard Visit
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The Visitor
It’s what we do, isn’t it? As wine lovers, obsessives even, we visit vineyards and taste the wine, and if we are not the victim of airline baggage restrictions, we probably buy some to bring home. If we are lucky … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Hobby, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Hannah Fuellenkemper, Patrice Beguet, Simon Woolf, Tasting Rooms, The Morning Claret, Think before you visit a winemaker, Trials of Small Producers, Visiting Wine Regions, Visiting Winemakers, When Hail and Frosts mean no wine to sell, Wine Holiday, Wine Issues on Social Media, Wine Tourism, Wine Trips, Wine Twitter Themes, Wine writing
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Autentikfest Moravia 2020 (by Zainab Majerikova)
Having become increasingly impressed with the wines of Czechia over the past three or four years I had set my heart on visiting Moravia in 2020. There was no better occasion to do so than for the annual Autentikfest. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Autentiste Group of Wine Producers, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice, Czech Moravian Wine Festival, Czech Wine, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab and Autentikfest, Velkopavlovicka Wine Region, Zainab Majerikova
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Wine GB Awards 2020
Many of you will have seen the Trophy Winners of the Wine GB Awards 2020, announced around a week ago with an online presentation. Naturally, with the current pandemic, the Awards had to go “virtual” this year so there was … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ashling Park Wines, Black Chalk Wines, Breaky Bottom, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Michelle Moreau, Chapel Down Kit's Coty, Davenport HUX, Dermot Sugrue, Emma Rice, English and Welsh Wines, Gusbourne Wines, Harrow & Hope Wines, Hattingley Valley King's Cuvée 2014, Hidden Spring Vineyard Horam, Jenkyn Place Wines, Laneberg Wines Urban Winery, Sugrue Trouble With Dreams, Tyneside Urban Winery, UK Wine Awards, Wine GB Awards 2020, Wiston Estate
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Basket Press Wines at Plateau, Brighton (March 2020)
Oh how different the world seemed a couple of weeks ago. Basket Press Wines, the importer of primarily Czech wines, was down in Brighton to show some new wines and vintages to the staff of Plateau and Ten Green Bottles, … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Annamária Réka, Basket Press Wines, Blauer Portugieser, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, Dva Duby, Hungarian Wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Krasna Hora, Milerka, Modry Portugal, Ota Sevcik, Petr Korab, Réba-Koncz Hungary, Utopia Ciders, Vox in Excelsio 2017
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 