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Category Archives: Wine
Recent Wines January 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
January tends to be a quiet month for many in wine, although I seem to have heard more “Try January” than “Dry January” this year. Of course, I’m trying new stuff all the time, almost as if it is my … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Rioja, Savoie Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aged Alsace Riesling, Alsace Pinot Noir, Austrian Sweet Wine, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay, Chignin Mondeuse, Domaine AS and J-F Quénard Chignin, Gerhard Kracher Illmitz, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Lindes de Remelluri Rivas de Teresso, Maison Maenad De L'Avant 2020, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Mondeuse, Muscat Ottonel TBA 2005 Kracher, Neusiedlersee, Recent Wines January 2026 Pt 1, Remelluri Rioja, Savoie Mondeuse, Sud Révermont Chardonnay, Telmo Rodriguez Remelluri, Terres Rouge Mondeuse 2023 J-F Quénard, Trimbach Frédéric Emile 2004, Trimbach Ribeauvillé, Wine, Zwischen den Seen Muscat Ottonel TBA Nummer 6
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Wines of Greece Highlights Tasting, Edinburgh (February 2026)
The Wines of Greece Tasting finally made its way up to Edinburgh and took place at Smith + Gertrude’s wine bar in Stockbridge on 2nd February. I’d been very much looking forward to this event. You don’t find a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Greek Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpha Estate Macedonia, Assyrtiko, Chateau Nico Lazaridi, Costa Lazaridi, Foundi Estate Naoussa, Gaia Winery Peloponnese, Greek Wines in Edinburgh 2026, Idaia Winery Crete, Karamitros Winery Moi Je M'En Fous, Ktima Dio Ipsi Dialogos 2024, Ktima Gerovassiliou Macedonia, Ktima Kir Yianni, Ktima Pavlidis Thema 2025, Ktima Voyatzi Proposis 2024, Latipes 2024 Malagouzia 2024, Mandilaria Grape, Mega Spileo Estate Achaia, Monemvasia Grape, Moschofilero Grape, Nikolou Winery Botanic Sparkling Savatiano 2022, Novas Winery Peloponnese, Orealios Gaea Cephalonia, Papagiannakos Winery Old Vines Savatiano, Paros Farming Community Cooperative, Rouvalis Winery Assyrtiko and Mavrodaphne, SEIRADI Paros, Semeli Estate Nemea Peloponnese, Tasting Greek Wines in Edinburgh, Theopetra Estate Limniona 2022, Thrapsathiri Grape on Crete, Topos Red and White Wines, Venetsanos Winery Santorini, Wine, Wines of Greece, Wines of Greece Highlights Tasting Edinburgh 2026, Xinomavro
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Hampshire Wines 3 – Tim Phillips (Charlie Herring Wines)
This is the third vineyard and winery visit of the day from our long weekend down in Hampshire. You may remember, if you read the two preceding articles, that I spent this day of visits with Tim Phillips (Charlie Herring … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Regenerative Viticulture, Sparkling Wine, Vineyard Visits and Tastings, Wine
Tagged Charlie Herring Wines, Chickens in the Vines, English Natural Wine, Hampshire Wine, Regenerative Viticulture in England, Tim Phillips winemaker, Wine, Winemaker Rewilding Projects, winery
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Regenerative Viticulture 2nd Edition by Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in 2022 Jamie Goode published a small but significant little book, Regenerative Viticulture. It detailed what was then a relatively new concept, based around a realisation that viticulture in its current form was depleting the soils in which the … Continue reading
Posted in Geology and Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Agroecology, Agroforestry (viticulture), Animals in the Vineyard, Compacted Soils (Vineyard), Composting and Biochar, Copper Toxicity in the Vineyard, Cover Crops (viticulture), Dead Soils (Vineyard), Disease Resistant Grape Varieties, Dr Jamie Goode Author, Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Goode Regenerative Viticulture 2nd Edition 2025, Hybrid Grape Varieties, Microbial Activity (Vineyards), New Grape Varieties Against Fungal Diseases, Permaculture Approaches in Viticulture, Pilzwiderstandsfähige, PIWI grape varieties, Regenerative Hydrology, Regenerative Viticulture, Regenerative Viticulture Book Review, Soil Carbon in Viticulture, sustainability, Sustainability (wine production), Sustainable Viticulture, Vineyard Biodiversity, Weed control and no-till viticulture, Wine
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Recent Wines December 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part 2 of December’s Recent Wines begins with a gem of a wine from Swartland in South Africa. We then knock back what was currently my last bottle of Nepalese wine, before a star English sparkler. After an unusual “rancio” … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Chablis, English Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Nepal, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Breaky Bottom Blanc de Noirs 2018, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Noella 2018, Breaky Bottom Wines Sussex, Céline & Frédéric Gueguen Chablis, Côtes de Bergerac, Château Tour des Gendres Bergerac, David & Nadia Wines Swartland, David and Nadia Sadie Elipideos 2018, English Sparkling Wine, Famille De Conti Bergerac, Famille Gueguen Chablis 2024, Family Estate Value Chablis, La Gloire de Mon Père Château Tour des Gendres 2022, Matifoc Rancio Sec Cave de L'Abbé Rous, Matifoc Rancio Sec Côte Vermeille, Nepalese Wine, Pataleban Estate Red Kaule 2020, Pataleban Estate Winery Nepal, Pataleban Resort Hotel, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom, Rancio wines of Roussillon, Recent Wines December 2025 Pt 2, Swartland Cape Blend Red, Wine in Kathmandu Valley
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Review of the Year 2025
My Review of the Year is really my time for a little self-indulgence. My Wines of the Year come later, maybe next year, making sure I don’t drink a killer wine after I’ve put finger to keypad and pressed the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged And The Roots of Rhythm Remain, Blind Summit Whisky, Books, Clay Wine Fair 2025, Communiqué Wines Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Wine Fairs, Most read articles wideworldofwine.co, Murakami The City and its Uncertain Walls, Nusantara Beat (albums of the year), Records and Gigs of the Year Wideworldofwine, Review of the Year 2025, Swiss Wines, The Overview Steven Wilson (albums of 2025), Wideworldofwine Review of the Year 2025, Wine Book of the Year
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 