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Category Archives: Wine
Recent Wines August 2022 #theglouthatbindsus
It may appear that drinking at home was not a thing in August, but if truth be known we were trying to drink up the sort of wines which either I didn’t want to lug up to Scotland along with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
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The Good Wine Shop – Organic and Biodynamic Wines
It seems like I only occasionally write about wine shops these days but there is one, well actually four branches to be accurate, which up until now has always been under the radar of a lot of Londoners, their branches … Continue reading
Recent Wines July 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part Two of my catchup on July’s wines we have some stunning bottles from Italy’s Veneto, the north of Alsace, two came from around Austria’s Neusiedlersee, one from Zurich in the Deutschschweiz, and to start off, a wine made … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Petnat, Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Angiolino Maule, Apres L'Heure Christophe Lindenlaub, Bechtel Weine Federweiss Zurich AOC, Burgenland Wine, Christophe & Jacques Lindenlaub Dorlisheim, Deutschschweiz Wine, Eglisau Wines, English Petnat, Federweiss, G'mischter Sotz 2020 Andert, Gut Oggau Winifred Rosé 2021, La Biancara Veneto, Lost in a Field Frolic 2021, Mathias Bechtel Winemaker, Natural Garganega, Recent Wines July 2022, Sassaia 2020 IGT Veneto, Swiss Wine, Tim Wildman MW
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Recent Wines July 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Finally, I think I have some time to write, post-move, post-Covid and post-family visits. I’m way behind with my “Recent Wines” articles, so in this case you will get some not so recent wines dating back to July. Here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Georgian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A Fermament Sauvignon Blanc Skins 2017, Akacia 2020 Jaroslav Osicka, Anapea Village Winery Kakheti, Austrian Sekt, Best Austrian Sekt, Chardonnay Sekt in Austria, Charlie Herring Wines, Czech Natural Wine, Dermot Sugrue, Ebner-Ebenauer Brut Nature Sekt 2010, Ebner-Ebenauer Poysdorf, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Sparkling Wine, Georgian Qvevri Mtsvane, Jaroslav and Lubos Osicka, Kakheti Mtsvane, Marion and Manfred Ebner-Ebenauer, Moravian Riesling Blend, Mosel Riesling, Qvevri Mtsvane, Riesling Feinherb Silbermond 2018, Rita and Rudolf Trossen Mosel, Sugrue South Downs, The Trouble with Dreams 2017, Tim Phillips winemaker, Velke Bilovice Wine, Weinviertel Sekt
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Gut Oggau Visit, August 2022
I might have mentioned previously that when we visited Moravia we flew into Vienna. The route worked best to minimise overall travel, and to avoid Stansted. It also afforded an opportunity to spend a couple of nights in Rust. This … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Biodynamics at Gut Oggau, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Gut Oggau Cecilia 2021, Gut Oggau Edmund 2019, Gut Oggau Maskerade, Neusiedlersee, Rösler Grape Variety, Roesler Grape Variety
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Moravia 2022 – Richard Stávek, Maverick and Magician
First, an apology, both to my readers and to Richard Stávek, for taking so long to write about these wines. First, we returned from Moravia a week-and-a-half before moving house, and indeed country. Then, the same number of days into … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Spirits, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged André Grape Variety, Basket Press Wines Importer, Cabernet Moravia Cross, Czech Wine, Moravia Visit 2022, Moravian Cabernet Sauvignon, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine from Czechia, Němčičky Moravia, Odmery White Wine, Richard Stávek Moravian Brandy, Richard Stávek PNC, Richard Stávek Winemaker, Vesely red and white blends
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Moravia 2022 – Jaroslav Osicka
Jaroslav Osička is a legend in Moravian natural wine, a kind of Pierre Overnoy. Except that Jaroslav not only makes wine, but taught at the local wine school for thirty years. Many of the younger generation of winemakers learnt from … Continue reading
Moravia 2022 – Krásna Horá Winery
Krásna Horá means beautiful hill, or mountain, in Czech, and the winery which sits at the bottom of it in the village of Nový Poddvorov, and is named after it, nestles among extremely attractive, gently rolling, Moravian hills. However, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Basket Press Wines, Biodynamic Wines of Moravia, Czech Wines, Krasna Hora Miya 2021, Krasna Hora Winery Moravia, Marek Vybiral, Moravia Visit August 2022, Moravian Sauvignon Blanc, Moravian Wine, Novy Poddvorov Moravia, Ondrej Dubas
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Moravia 2022 – Petr Koráb, Boleradice
“We were pretty tired on arrival in the village of Boleradice, about two hours north of Vienna, a relaxed drive through a pastoral idyll of rolling hills and vineyards, and very little traffic, a world away from what we had … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentiste Movement, Boleradice, Czech Natural Wine, Korab Natur Rysak on Leaves, Korab Neuburger, Korab Orange Petnat on Leaves, Lemonade Petnat Petr Korab, Moravia, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab, Raspberries on Ice Red Blend
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New Wine Leaders 1 – Christina Rasmussen
I was flicking through one of those trade magazines, one which always helps to form a disorderly pile beside my bed after a big event like the London Wine Fair. Anyway, this copy had one of those rankings of young … Continue reading
Posted in Californian Wine, Natural Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Writing, Women in Wine
Tagged Abe Schoener Scholium Project, Christina Rasmussen, Daniella Pillhofer, Littlewine, Los Angeles River Wine Co, Oxfordshire Vineyard, Rajat Parr, Westbury Comms Wine PA, Wine Leaders in Taste, Young People in Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 