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Category Archives: Wine Travel
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
Moravia 2022 – Krásna Horá Winery
Krásna Horá means beautiful hill, or mountain, in Czech, and the winery which sits at the bottom of it in the village of Nový Poddvorov, and is named after it, nestles among extremely attractive, gently rolling, Moravian hills. However, in … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Basket Press Wines, Biodynamic Wines of Moravia, Czech Wines, Krasna Hora Miya 2021, Krasna Hora Winery Moravia, Marek Vybiral, Moravia Visit August 2022, Moravian Sauvignon Blanc, Moravian Wine, Novy Poddvorov Moravia, Ondrej Dubas
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Moravia 2022 – Petr Koráb, Boleradice
“We were pretty tired on arrival in the village of Boleradice, about two hours north of Vienna, a relaxed drive through a pastoral idyll of rolling hills and vineyards, and very little traffic, a world away from what we had … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentiste Movement, Boleradice, Czech Natural Wine, Korab Natur Rysak on Leaves, Korab Neuburger, Korab Orange Petnat on Leaves, Lemonade Petnat Petr Korab, Moravia, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab, Raspberries on Ice Red Blend
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Autentikfest 2022, Moravia
I’ve just returned from a trip to Moravia in the south of the Czech Republic. The main reason for going was an invitation to Autentikfest 2022, the wine festival for the Czech natural wine movement, but whilst there I also … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice Moravia, Czech Natural Wine Festival, Euforia Birch Sap, Mutenice, Utopia Ciders, Utopia Vinegars, Vykoukal
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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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Adventures on the Wine Route (Kermit Lynch) – Still Relevant Today
It’s now over a year since I last left the UK, and almost eighteen months since I stood in a vineyard. The craving for wine travel, within the context of realising how very lucky I am, of course, grows every … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Natural Wine, Rhone, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Travel, Wine Writing
Tagged Adventures on the Wine Route, Against Big Wines, Classic Wine Writing, Drilling for Wine, Filtering Wine, Gérard Chave, Kermit Lynch, Natural Wine Genesis, Robin Yapp, Wine Book Review, Wine Travel
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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
Field Blends and Gemischter Satz – Why Should we Get to Know Them?
Gemischter Satz, a wine that brings joy to my soul. Back in 2016 the UK wine trade magazine The Drinks Business asked whether Gemischter Satz will be the next big thing. Well, it hasn’t quite worked out that way but … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Vienna, Viticulture, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Bisamberg, Deiss Alsace, Field Blends, Fritz Wieninger, Gemischter Satz, Jutta Ambrositsch, Nussberg, Sievering, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine and Culture - Vienna
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Far Flung Grapes – A Different Kind of Wine Travel
“ The Whale that wanders round the Pole is not a table fish. You cannot bake or boil him whole, nor serve him in a dish…” Hilaire Belloc I’ve always loved this poem and I remember writing this first verse in … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, German Wine, Grape Varieties, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Amigne, Blauer Wildbacher, Completer, Cornalin, Dornfelder, Frühroter Veltliner, Fruhburgunder, Humagne, Kerner, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Lagrein, Lemberger, Neuburger, Off-Piste Grape Varieties, Petite Arvine, Plant Robert, Rare Grapes, Rauschling, Rèze, Roter Veltliner, Rotgipfler, Schiava, Schilcher, Trollinger, Vicarious Wine Travel, Zierfandler
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 