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Category Archives: Wine Writing
The Goode Wine Guide (Review)
I’m hoping I’m not too late here to recommend a great little stocking filler for the wine obsessive in your life. This came out in September but my Lockdown reading pile has grown somewhat tall, and I’ve only just read … Continue reading
What is it with German Wine?
As a wine lover I feel fairly split between the major wine producing nations of Europe. I have an enduring love of Italian wines, with a pendulum swinging every few years between Tuscany and Piemonte. I’ve said emphatically this year … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Anne Krebiehl MW, German Book List, German Dry Wines, German Technology versus Romanticism, German Wine, Jan Matthias Klein Staffelter Hof, Paula Redes Sidore, Place of German Natural Wine, Revolution in German Wine, The Giesenheim Gamble, Trink Magazine, TRINKTalks, Valerie Kathawala
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Skelton’s “The Wines of Great Britain” and some thoughts on English Wine
This article began its gestation as a book review. I recently read another edition from the Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library, of which I have reviewed two further books in just this past year (on Sake and Japanese Wines by … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Adrian Pike, Ancre Hill Estate, Ben Walgate, Biodynamics and UK Wines, Black Chalk, English Petnat, English Riesling, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine and Brexit, English Wine Post-Coronavirus, English Wine's Future, Grape Varieties in England and Wales, Infinite Ideas Classic Wine Library, Jacob Leadley, Plumpton College Wine Centre, Sephen Skelton MW, Skin Contact Wine in Britain, The Wines of Great Britain (book review), Tillingham Wines, Tim Phillips, Westwell Wines
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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
Littlewine with Big Ambitions
As the Lockdown in Europe continues towards its second month my guess is that many, perhaps most, readers will have begun to find it quite normal behaviour engaging with wine on an online platform. Like me, you will perhaps be … Continue reading
Luis Gutiérrez “The New Vignerons” (Book Review)
When Luis Gutiérrez’s book The New Vignerons was published back in 2017 I sat up and took note, but although I can stretch to struggling through wine books in French, I know my Spanish would not have got me past the first … Continue reading
The Wines Of Germany by Anne Krebiehl MW (book review)
A new book on Germany is a welcome addition to the wine library of any serious wine lover. There isn’t a lot of literature on German wine out there. My previous go-to for a work on the whole country would … Continue reading
Let Me Tell You A Little About Shoalhaven Coast
Australia is brimming with new wine regions. Just as we get used to Tumbarumba and Hastings River in New South Wales we hear that Willyarup, within the wider Margaret River appellation, has just been given approval. One region you may … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Dining, Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Australian Sauvignon Blanc, Cupitt's Alphonse Sauvignon Blanc, Cupitt's Cheeses, Cupitt's Winery Restaurant, Cupitt's Winery Ulladulla, Emerging Wine Regions Australia, Mada Wines Sui Generis IV, Matt Upson Chef, Milton NSW, Mollymook, Mount Bushwalker, Narrawallee Beach, Narrawallee Creek, Narrawilly Farm Cottages, New South Wales Wine Regions, Russell Chinn Chef, Shoalhaven Coast Wine Region, Tallwood Restaurant Mollymook Beach, Ulladulla
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Godforsaken Grapes (Book Review)
I’d been aware of Jason Wilson’s Godforsaken Grapes (2018) for some time, but it had never really registered as a book I needed to read until an American friend recommended it in the strongest terms. I think what had put me off, … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 