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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 2)
In the first part of this article, I introduced six of my favourite wine regions with my tourist hat on. Six wine regions I love to visit for reasons other than, or perhaps rather in addition to, the wine. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Italian Wine, Japan, Neusiedlersee, Piemonte, Rust, Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Acqui Terme to the Ligurian Coast, Aosta, Burgenland Travel, Domaine Sogga Obuse, Excursions from Rodez, Favourite Wine Regions, Japanese Wine, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Lavaux Wine Tasting and Walking, Nagano Wine Region Japan, Neusiedlersee, Nizza and Acqui Terme, Piemonte Monferrato Hills, Val d'Aosta, Vallée d'Aoste, Wine and Tourism in Aveyron, Wine Region Tourism
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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 1)
As summer fades fast into Autumn, and perhaps for those of us not harvesting grapes, the memory of some 2024 vineyard trips along with it, you might, like me, be turning your attention to next year. Even with one big … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Australian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Vienna, Wachau, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace between Andlau and Mittelbergheim, Arbois and the Jura, Cycling from Bernkastel, Cycling from Krems, Favourite Wine Regions, Mosel Cycle Trail, Vienna and the Nussberg, Visiting Mornington Peninsula, Visiting Vienna's Vines, Wachau Cycle Trail, Wachau on a Bike, Wine Regions
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Jura Wine Ten Years On by Wink Lorch (Book Review)
I’m sure I’m not alone in having a “wine library”, in my case five shelves of about a metre in length, perhaps too many books on wine you may think, but whenever I get rid of some there’s usually something … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Grape Varieties in the Jura, Jura, Jura Wine and Climate Change, Jura Wine Books, Jura Wine Producers Information, Jura Wine Ten Years On Book Review, New Developments in Jura Wine, New Wine Book, Wine Books, Wine Travel Jura Region, Wine writing, Wink Lorch Author, Wink Lorch Jura Wine
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Czech Wines – Another Unashamed Plug
If you ask any deeply interested wine lover where is hot right now you may get a variety of answers, but I would argue that the place with the buzz is Czechia (or the Czech Republic if you prefer). It … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Travel
Tagged Basket Press Wines, Czech Artisan Winemakers, Czech Wine, Czech Wine importers, Emerging Wine Region, Jaroslav Osicka, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine Movement in Czechia, Newcomer Wines, Petr Korab, Prost Wines, Richard Stavek
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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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The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough (Book Review)
Occasionally a wine book can be eagerly-awaited for quite some time, and The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough is one of them. Aaron has been on my radar for many years, via his blog “Not Drinking Poison” (originally … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Merchants, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Aaron Ayscough Author, Ayscough Natural Wine Book, How to Find Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Producers in France, Thinking About Natural Wine, What is Natural Wine, Writing on Natural Wine
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The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore (Review)
I think I’ve mentioned Ed Dallimore a few times in recent articles, and a while ago I promised a review of his book, The Vineyards of Britain. Now I’ve finally found time to put fingers to keyboard to tell you … Continue reading
Gut Oggau Visit, August 2022
I might have mentioned previously that when we visited Moravia we flew into Vienna. The route worked best to minimise overall travel, and to avoid Stansted. It also afforded an opportunity to spend a couple of nights in Rust. This … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Biodynamics at Gut Oggau, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Gut Oggau Cecilia 2021, Gut Oggau Edmund 2019, Gut Oggau Maskerade, Neusiedlersee, Rösler Grape Variety, Roesler Grape Variety
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Moravia 2022 – Richard Stávek, Maverick and Magician
First, an apology, both to my readers and to Richard Stávek, for taking so long to write about these wines. First, we returned from Moravia a week-and-a-half before moving house, and indeed country. Then, the same number of days into … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Spirits, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged André Grape Variety, Basket Press Wines Importer, Cabernet Moravia Cross, Czech Wine, Moravia Visit 2022, Moravian Cabernet Sauvignon, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine from Czechia, Němčičky Moravia, Odmery White Wine, Richard Stávek Moravian Brandy, Richard Stávek PNC, Richard Stávek Winemaker, Vesely red and white blends
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Moravia 2022 – Jaroslav Osicka
Jaroslav Osička is a legend in Moravian natural wine, a kind of Pierre Overnoy. Except that Jaroslav not only makes wine, but taught at the local wine school for thirty years. Many of the younger generation of winemakers learnt from … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 