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Category Archives: Wine
Crafty Little Tasting
Crafty Little Tasting was the rather nice name Alliance Wine gave to a tasting of their more artisan winemakers, which took place at Carousel, on Blandford Street (London) on Tuesday. More than 170 wines were on show, and I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Abel Mendoza Rioja, Achinos Wine, Alliance Wine, Arribes del Duero, Berthet-Bondet Jura, Bizios Nemea, Bodegas El Lagarto, Cantina Merano Lagrein, Cantine Rallo Grillo, Casal de Arman Ribeira, Cellar del Roure Catalonia, Chateau-Chalon, Clement Klur Katzenthal Alsace, Crafty Little Wine Tasting, Domaine Bliskowice Poland, Domaine de Colette, Domaine de la Couvette, Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon, Domaine des Baumards Quarts de Chaume, Drift Farm, Equipo Navazos, Florpower Bota 44, Fumin, Gulfi Sicily, I Think Manzanilla En Rama, Jean Perrier Savoie, La Crotta di Vegneron, La Tour Melas, Manzanilla Bota 71, Manzanilla Pasada 59, Mas Cal Demoura, Mount Edward Central Otago, New Greek Wines, Olim Bauda, Oller del Mas Pla de Bages, Pazo de Senorans, Picapoll Negre, Polish Wine, Raats Family MR de Compostella, Riecine Chianti, Riecine Sebastiano Passito, Ruby Luby, Santorini Assyrtiko, Stella Bella Pink Muscat, T-Oinos, There are Still Mysteries Pinot Noir, Tinos Wines, Val d'Aosta Wine, Vassaltis Santorini, Venturi Baldini Lambrusco, Year of the Rooster Rosé
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Summit in Sight – Alpine Tasting for Wink’s Book
Last Monday was not only the final day of Real Wine 2017, but also the day when Wink Lorch‘s successful Kickstarter finished. Wink now has the funds to go ahead with her (ahem!) long awaited second book project on The Wines of … Continue reading
Posted in Savoie Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Altesse, Ayze Wine, Bugey Wine, Bugey-Cerdon, Clairette de Die, Diois Wines, Domaine Achard-Vincent, Domaine Belluard Le Feu, Domaine du Petit Aout, Domaine L'Idylle Cruet, Domaine Prieuré St-Christophe, Domaine Renardat-Fache, Domaine St-Germain Fréterive, Espenenc, Gringet, Hauts-Alpes Wine, Maison Philippe Grisard, Michel Grisard, Mondeuse, Mondeuse Blanche, Mondeuse La Perouse, Mondeuse Les Taillis, Persan, Prieuré St-Christophe Prestige 1997, Roussette de Savoie, Savoie Wine, Wink Lorch, Yann de Agostini
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Real Wine Fair 2017, Part 3 – France, Spain, Portugal, Italy
Part 3 of my Real Wine Fair roundup for 2017 covers nine European producers, half of which may be familiar to readers, and the other half, I’m guessing, less so. Europe in general is familiar territory, of course, to lovers … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Anna Martens, Cantina Filippi Soave, Casa Belfi Prosecco Colfondo, Cascina degli Ulivi, Christian Binner, COS Vittoria, COS Zibibbo in Pithos, David Fourbet, Fossil red and white wines, La Folle Berthe Saumur, Les Caves de Pyrene, Les Vins Pirouettes, Partida Creus Tarragona, Pedro Marques, Raboso Frizzante, Stefano Bellotti, Under the Bonnet Wines, Vale da Capucha Lisbon, Vino di Anna Etna
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Real Wine Fair 2017, Part 2 – Mainly USA
In dividing my Real Wine Fair 2017 odyssey into three manageable parts, I decided to base Part 2 on four North American producers I tasted. But as this will be the shortest of the three parts, I’m going to throw in … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Air Guitar Red Blend, Coury Vineyard Willamette, Davenport Pet Nat, Davenport Vineyard East Sussex, Deidre Heekin, Golden Cluster Wines, Horsmondon White Blend, Jeff Vejr, La Garagista Winery, Les Caves de Pyrene, Limney Estate, Martha Stoumen Wines, Megan and Ryan Glaab, Post Flirtation Red Blend, Real Wine Fair 2017, Ryme Cellars California, Sam Vinciullo Wines, Savagnin Rose in America, Scott and Dana Frank, Vermont Wine, Warner Glen Wines
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Real Wine Fair 2017, Part 1 – Austria & Germany
Real Wine is an event I really look forward to. Okay, 170 producers is an impossible task for anyone, and I reckon I’d need five days to do the Fair justice. But the Fair is very well organised (if you excuse … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2Naturkinder, Arndorfer Kamptal, Brigitte Tscheppe, Christian Tschida, Claus Preisinger, Ewald Tscheppe, Glouglou, Les Caves de Pyrene, Meinklang, Michel Tolmer, Newcomer Wines, Real Wine Fair, Sudsteirerland Wine, Under the Bonnet Wines, Weingut Brand Pfalz, Weingut Werlitsch, Winemakers Club, Wink Lorch
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More Recent Wines
This post brings us up to mid-April, as I attempt to catch up on the most interesting wines I’ve been drinking at home this year. Beginning with a couple of Austrians from Newcomer Wines (hoping to pop in there next … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine
Tagged Andreas Nittnaus, Blaufrankisch Tochter, Claus Preisinger, Clement Klur, COS, COS Frappato 2014, Czech Wine, Domaine de Montbourgeau Savagnin 2010, Domaine Macle Cotes du Jura 2010, Dominique Lucas, Franken Wine, Frappato, Gentil de Katz, Gols, Katzenthal, L'Etoile Jura, La Crescent Grape Variety, La Garagista Wines, Les Vignes du Paradis, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Nicole Deriaux, Puszta Libre 2015, Recent Wines April 2017, Stefan Vetter Müller-Thurgau, Terroir du Léman, Un Matin Face au Lac, Vermont Wine, Vin des Allobroges
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Another “Masters” Class (Spanish Whites)
Just six of us were at Masters Superfish yesterday for a lunch themed on Spanish Whites. I must say that there are those among us who feel that our Fino lunches here in Waterloo provide a wine style most suited to fish … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Adegas Coroa Godello 2006, Alan de Val, Bodega Can Ramon, Bodegas Sonsierra Rioja, Castell d'Encus, Clos Lentiscus Sumoll Ferèstec, Colet, Colet-Navazos Reserva 2010, Costers del Segre, Ekam, Equipo Navazos, Godello, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Palacio de Canedo, Pardoxin Dulce, Pedrazais Godello Sobre Lias, Prado a Tope, Spanish Riesling, Spanish sparkling wine, Spanish white wines, Sweet Godello, Tempranillo Blanco, Valdeorras
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Il Popolo del Sangiovese
A group of us get together for occasional Tuscan lunches, usually based on Sangiovese reds with a few token Tuscan whites. I’m sure you’ve read about them on my Blog. There’s always a theme, but when you’ve run from Chianti … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Italian Wine, Wine
Tagged Ambyth Mark's Vineyard, Antoine Arena Niellucciu, Argentinian Sangiovese, Australian Italian Grape Varieties, Chalmers Heathcote Sagrantino Appassimento, Chalmers Montevecchio Vermentino, Christobal 1492 Sangiovese Mendoza, Christobal 1492 Sangiovesi Mendoza, Colli Tortonesi, Dal Zotto King Valley Sangiovese, Dominio del Urogallo Moscatel, Drei Dona Sangiovese Pruno, Grotte di Sole Patrimonio, Hans Family Arneis, Heathcote Vermentino, Herzog Marlborough Arneis, Marina Coppi Fausto, Nicolas Marcos, Nielluccio Patrimonio Arena, Paso Robles Sangiovese, Popolo Shoreditch, San Patrignano Sangiovese Avi, Sangiovese di Romagna, Timorasso, Tuscan Raiders Lunches
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Savoie Fare
This article is really a bit of a plea for your help, though it’s not for myself that I ask it. I’ve been drinking the wines of Savoie for even longer than I’ve been drinking Jura, but back in the … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Books
Tagged Alpine Wine, Bugey Wine, French Alpine Wine, Kickstarter Wine Book Project, Savoie Wine, Wine Book, Wink Lorch
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 