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Category Archives: Wine
Recent Wines October 2020 #theglouthatbindsus
Regular readers will note that there is no “Part 1/Part 2” for October’s wines drunk at home. This is because I managed to fracture my ribs. Three weeks on and I’m on the way to recovery, but the painkillers I … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Natural Wine Movement, Alsace Pinot Blanc-Auxerrois Blend, Arbois Mesnay, Bierzo Godello Veronica Ortega, Bodines Pinot Noir 2016, Chasselas Pur Vin Pierre Frick, Czech Neuburger, Domaine des Bodines Arbois, Domaine Montmollin Auvernier, Domaine Rieffel Granite 2018, Freisa Mascarello, Jean-Pierre & Chantal Frick, Langhe Freisa, Langhe Freisa Toetto 2017, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Mascarello Castiglione Falletto, Mittelbergheim School, Neuchâtel Chasselas, Patrice Béguet Vigneron, Petr Koráb Moravia, Recent Wines October 2020, Rudolf & Rita Trossen, So True 2015 Hughes Béguet, Trossen Rot 2018, Trousseau, Velkopavlovická Moravia
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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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Recent Wines September 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
This follow-on from Part 1 (last week) highlights another eight wines drunk at home during September. It’s an eclectic mix which, as always, pays scant attention to the vagaries of the weather, as it does to the norms of civilised … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Fermament Sauvignon Blanc Skins 2017, Adrien Berlioz Chignin, Australian Wine, Canberra District Viognier 2017, Charlie Herring Wines, Chignin, Chignin Cuvée Clemence, Clonakilla Murrumbateman, Domaine de Beudon Valais, Domaine du Cellier des Cray, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Skin Contact Wine, English Wine, Frankovka Modra Unplugged Magula, German Wine, Hampshire Artisan Wines, Hansjörg Rebholz, Kastanienbusch GG, Keller Grüner Silvaner 2018, Klaus Peter Keller, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Magula Slovakia, Pfalz Wine, Rebholz Kastanienbusch Riesling 2007, Recent Wines September 2020 (pt 2), Rheinhessen, Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature 2018, Savoie Wine, Slovakian Wine, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips winemaker
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Recent Wines September 2020 (Part 1) #the glouthatbindsus
The usual format again, we have here eight wines consumed, in fact relished, at home during the first part of September. Actually, one of these is a cider (Czech), so seven actual wines (ha!), which came from Alsace, Arbois, Alto-Piemonte, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aléas Bottes Rouge, Alsace Wine, Annamária Réka, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Beck-Hartweg Dambach-la-Ville, Carema Classico, Catalonian Sparkling Wine, Clos Lentiscus, Clos Lentiscus Reserva Familia, Czech Cider, Dave Geyer, Domaine des Bottes Rouge Arbois, Geyer Seaside Cabernet Franc, Geyer Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Baptiste Menigoz, Jura Wine, Kekfrankos Hungary, Produttori Nebbiolo di Carema, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Réka-Koncz A Change of Heart Red Wine, Recent Wines September 2020 (pt 1), Red Gemischter Satz, Sparkling Sumoll Blanc de Noirs, Utopia Cider Czechia, Vienna Wine
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Celebration
Occasionally a group of wines come together where each and every one is of astonishing quality. Most people expect to assemble a great selection for a significant birthday, anniversary or other special event. Actually, birthdays in our house are more … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Champagne, Fine Wine, Jura, Languedoc-Roussillon, Premium Spirits, Spirits, Wine
Tagged Arbois Spéciale 1988 Rolet, Armagnac Darroze Unique Collection, Bas-Armagnac Château de Gaube 1971, Bérêche Campania Remensis 2013, Berthet-Bondet, Capovilla Grappa, Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Macle, Champagne Bérêche, Champagne Ulysse Collin "Maillons", Château-Chalon, Coteaux de Sézanne Champagne, Distillato di Pesche Saturno Capovilla, Domaine Granges des Pères 2006, Domaine Rolet Arbois, Domaine Weinbach Alsace, Grappa, Laurent Vaillé Aniane, Olivier Collin, Peach Grappa, Raphaël Bérêche, Riesling Cuvée Théo, Théo Faller
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Black Chalk
Six thousand years ago the early settlers in what was then a very cold, damp and misty island off the coast of mainland Europe, began to exploit the soft chalky Downlands in the south of that island for flint. It … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Black Chalk Classic 2016, Black Chalk Wild Rose, Black Chalk Wine, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Graft Wine Company Black Chalk Agent, Hampshire Wine, IEWA Overall Winner Sparkling Wine, Jacob Leadley, Test Valley Hampshire, Wine from Test Valley, Wine GB 2020 Best Newcomer, Wines of Hampshire, Zoë Driver Winemaker
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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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Wine GB Awards 2020
Many of you will have seen the Trophy Winners of the Wine GB Awards 2020, announced around a week ago with an online presentation. Naturally, with the current pandemic, the Awards had to go “virtual” this year so there was … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ashling Park Wines, Black Chalk Wines, Breaky Bottom, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Michelle Moreau, Chapel Down Kit's Coty, Davenport HUX, Dermot Sugrue, Emma Rice, English and Welsh Wines, Gusbourne Wines, Harrow & Hope Wines, Hattingley Valley King's Cuvée 2014, Hidden Spring Vineyard Horam, Jenkyn Place Wines, Laneberg Wines Urban Winery, Sugrue Trouble With Dreams, Tyneside Urban Winery, UK Wine Awards, Wine GB Awards 2020, Wiston Estate
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Recent Wines August 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Part one of my roundup of the wines drunk at home in August is pretty diverse. This first eight (eight more in Part 2 to follow) includes two from France (Jura and Bordeaux), plus bottles from England, Hungary, Germany, South … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, South African Wines, Wine
Tagged Andreas Tscheppe Südsteiermark, Annamária Réka, Arbois-Pupillin, Blanc de Lynch-Bages 2013, Charlie Herring Wines, Domaine de la Renardière Ploussard, English Still Wine, Eva Fricke, Hungarian Wine, Jura Wine, Lorchäuser Seligmacher 2011, New Rheingau, Pretty Cold Petnat Réka-Koncz, Pupillin Ploussard, Réka Koncz Hungary, Recent Wines August 2020 (Pt 1), Spotswood Shiraz Stellenbosch 2010, Styrian Wine, Tim Phillips, Westwell Ortega Amphora, Westwell Wines Kent, White Bordeaux, Zarate Penapedre 2015
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