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- Tourist Jura - A Brief Guide to Arbois and Beyond
- Butlers Wine Cellar - The Evolving Nature of Wine Retail in Brighton
- Volcanic Wines
- That Georgia's on my Mind - For The Love of Wine (Book Review)
- Switzerland 2025 Part 2 - Lavaux and the Vinorama
- Tongba, A Study of Emptiness
- The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore (Review)
- Hunter Valley Part 2 - Andrew Thomas
- Recent Wines October 2022 (Part 1) #the glouthatbindsus
- One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier (book review)
Category Archives: Wine Travel
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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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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Tourist Jura – A Brief Guide to Arbois and Beyond
[Added Note 28/08/2024: This article was published in 2020 and since then much has changed in the Jura region. Whilst the majority of the information here remains relevant, from shopping to walking and beyond, changes have taken place and many … Continue reading
Mein Burgenland
There are always going to be places in the world where you just feel that little bit more at home, content, calm. Of course France is the country I know best, better than anywhere in the world. It’s the place … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rust, Vienna, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Alexander Koppitsch, Alois Kracher, Birgit Braunstein, Burgenland, Christian Tschida, Claus Preisinger, Eduard Tscheppe, Georg Renner, Gerhard Kracher, Gols, Graupert Vines, Gut Oggau, Heidi Schrock, Helmuth Renner, Himmel Auf Erden, Illmitz, In A Hell Mood, Intergalactic Cuvée, Jois, Joiseph, Judith Beck, Kracher, Luka Zeichmann, Magna Mater Amphora Wines, Maria Koppitsch, Meinklang Farm, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusiedlersee, Newcomer Wines, Oggau, Purbach, Rennersistas, Roesler Grape Variety, Rust, Ruster Ausbruch, Stefanie Renner, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck, Superglitzer, Susanne Renner, Tschida Brutal Magnum, Waiting for Tom, Weingut Koppitsch, Wild Wux
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Switzerland – Game On
I was reading an article written and published in April by Valerie Kathawala on the Planet of the Grapes web site (that’s the US online magazine, not the London wine merchant of the same name), called “Have Swiss Wines Finally Arrived?“. … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Grape Varieties, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Brief Tour of Swiss Wine, Discovering Swiss Wine, Godforsaken Grapes, Jason Wilson, Lavaux Vinorama, Sue Style Swiss Wines, Swiss Wine, Swiss Wine Book, Swiss Wine Diversity, Swiss Wine in the UK, Swiss Wine Regions
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Maybe it’s Time to (Re)Visit Alsace?
I was supposed to be going to Alsace in July, part of a visit taking in Arbois as well. I won’t be able to go now, but I can tell you about what I’d planned. I adore Alsace. I mean, … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Alsace Sylvaner, Alsace Travel, Alsace Wine, Andlau, André Durrmann, Antoine Kreydenweiss, Back in Alsace Blog, Catherine Riss, David Neilson, Domaine André Kleinknecht, Domaine Durrmann, Domaine Lucas Rieffel, Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Mittelbergheim, Mittelbergheim School, Vosges Walks, Yann Durrmann, Zotzenberg Grand Cru
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Wines of The Aveyron and a Little Vicarious Travel
Back at the end of the 1980s I had this idea for a book. It was going to be called The Lost Vineyards of France. Somehow it never happened, and as the years passed so many of the vineyards I … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Aveyron Wines, Caveau du Viala Estaing, Conques Abbey, Domaine du Cros, Entraygues et du Fel, Estaing, Fer Servadou, Jean-Luc Matha, Jean-Marc Viguier, Laurent Mousset, Les Caves de Pyrene, Les Vignerons d'Olt, Lo Sang del Païs, Majesty of Sainte Foy, Mansois, Marcillac, Marcillac Maximus, Marcillac Selves Chenin Blanc, Mauvais Temps Cuvée, Negret de Banhars, Nicolas Carmarans, Olivier Mousset Le Fel, Patrick Rols Vigneron, Philippe and Julien Teulier, Pierre Rieu, Rougiers Soils, Teulier Family
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That Georgia’s on my Mind – For The Love of Wine (Book Review)
I can’t recall how many years ago it was, but I do recall trudging around several of the Marks & Spencer’s stores in Central London trying to find a particular bottle of wine. Now M&S, as this chain is known … Continue reading
Hunter Valley Part 2 – Andrew Thomas
If you read an article which perhaps just touches on the Hunter Valley you will see several famous names listed as the region’s best known and finest producers, but the chances are that if a couple of producers less well … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Fine Wine, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Braemore Cellar Reserve Semillon 2014, Braemore Vineyard Semillon, Classic Australian Shiraz, Contemporary Australian Classics, Hermitage District Hunter Valley, Hunter Valley, Hunter Valley Semillon, Hunter Valley Shiraz, Hunter Valley Stars, The Kiss Shiraz, Thomas Wines, Tintilla Angus Semillon 2018, Tintilla Estate Wines, Top Estates Hunter Valley
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 