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Category Archives: Wine
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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The New Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in June last year I reviewed a small book called Regenerative Viticulture by Dr Jamie Goode. It’s a fascinating work which, for those aware of one of winemaking’s buzz phrases, is pretty much self-explanatory in its title. In its … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Fine Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Vine Training, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Accessible Wine Science, Biodynamic Viticulture, Book on Modern Viticulture, Dr Jamie Goode, Epigenics, Esca Trunk Disease, François Dal and Vine Surgery, Glyphosate and other Vine Treatments, Hybrid Vines, Jamie Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Manuela Brando, Marco Simonit and Pruning, Modern Viticulture, Organic Viticulture, PIWIs and ResDur, Research at Château Lafite, Soil and Viticulture, Sustainable Viticulture, The New Viticulture by Jamie Goode (Review), Threats to Viticulture, Valentin Blattner, Vine Health, Vine Pests and Diseases, Vine Surgery and Curetage, Vine Treatments, Vine Trunk Disease, Vineyard Rhizosphere, Vineyards, Wine Books, Wine Science Book, Wine writing
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Recent Wines September 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
After the big batch of wines we drank here during August, September’s selection is somewhat smaller, but I hope the ten wines I have chosen are as interesting as ever. Part One is made up of five wines, the first … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Wine, Baden Wine, Chablais Wine, Chasselas, Czech Wine, Dertingen Wine, Domaine Albert Hertz Eguisheim, Du Vin Aux Liens La Petite Lanterne, Frédéric Hertz Winemaker, German Wine, Henri Badoux Aigle Les Murailles 2021, La Petite Lanterne Petnat Alsace, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2019, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab Solar Red 2022, Ryzlink Vlassky 2018 Syfany Winery, Swiss Wine, Vanessa Letort, Vaud Wine
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “Recent Wines” has been a long haul. A trip to Australia in springtime meant that whilst you were all away enjoying August holidays I was commuting between England and Scotland. Despite the thousands of miles I put on the … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Red Wine, Alsace Wine, Artisan Vignerons of Naoussa, Benje Blanco 2021 Envinate, Canary Islands Wine, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Gewurztraminer 2020, English Petnat Wine, Envinate Tenerife, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace, Lambert Spielmann Complétement Red 2021, Magula Gabay Bernheim SEN 2020, Magula SEN Rosé, Matt Gregory The Ancestral Pink 2021, Northern Greece Xinomavro, Ramato Wine, Recent Wines August 23 (Pt3), Rosé Wine from Slovakia, Skyphos Xinomavro IGP Macedonia, Specogna Colli Orientali del Friuli, Specogna Pinot Grigio Ramato 2021, Tenerife Wine, Wine from Leicestershire
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Vines in a Cold Climate by Henry Jeffreys (Book Review)
I had been looking forward to this book for a while. I had my spies…in fact it was Peter Hall at Breaky Bottom who, in March last year, had tipped me off that Henry Jeffreys was writing a book on … Continue reading
Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July has been a month for hoovering up a few wines I’ve written about before, so again there are only five wines to tell you about in Part 2. I should explain that I don’t see myself as a wine … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Czech Wine, Georgian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Austrian Wine, Balagny Fleurie En Remont 2019, Beaujolais, Burgenland, Corsican Rosé, Czech Wine, Fleurie, Georgian Wine, Julie Balagny, Kakheti Orange Wine, Koppitsch Neusiedl am See, Koppitsch Petnat Pretty Nuts 2021, Korab Carbonic for All, Natural Wine, Nika Winery Ma Fille 2019, Petr Korab Moravia, Qvevri Wine, Recent Wines July 2023 Pt2, Rkatsitelli and Mtsvane blend, Sciaccarellu Corsica, Waitrose Loved & Found Wines
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Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin the first selection from the wines we drank at home in July with a new (to me) wine from a favourite producer in Hungary. Next up, a classic Bugey-Cerdon, then a classic Saar wine but from the region’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, André Durrmann Andlau, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Austrian Wine, Bugey Wine, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland Wine, Catherine & Patrick Bottex Bugey, Durrmann Rosé Nature 2021, German Wine, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Niedermenniger Herrenberg "Onkel Peter" 2020, Recent Wines July 2023 (Pt 1), Reka-Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Saar Wine, Yann Durrmann Andlau
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 