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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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Recent Wines (…ish)
I’d fallen into writing a series of ongoing articles on “recent wines”, those I’ve been drinking at home. Not necessarily the poshest wines at all, but those I thought you’d enjoy reading about. But 2017 has really taken off in … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged 2Naturkinder Fledermaus, Aveyron Wine, Castagna Allegro, Castagna Beechworth, Clement Klur, Comando G, Cremant d'Alsace Klur, Daniel Jimenez Landi, Domaine de la Croix Senaillet, Entraygues Wine, Fernando Garcia, Ganevat Cuvée Julien 2010, Gredos Wine, Guillaume Vielles Vignes Chardonnay, IGP Franche-Comté, J-F Ganevat Pinot Noir, Julie Balagny Simone, La Bruja de Rozas, Marc Isart, Mauvais Temps Carmarans, Melanie Drese, Michael Voelker, Nicolas Carmarans, Regnié Antoine Sunier, Saint-Veran Sans Soufre, Vignoble Guillaume
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Up the Junction
Thirty years ago I lived less than ten minutes’ walk north of Dalston Junction. This part of London was very different back then. There was no spanking new Overground Station where there are now two. There were certainly no “luxury … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Dining, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Wines, Best Calzone London, Dalston Food and Wine, Fed by Water, Fernando Berry, Furanxo, Marenas Montepilas, Newcomer Wines, Otros Vinos, Ridley Road Market, Spanish Delicatessen, Spanish Wines, Vegan London, Vegan Restaurants London
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Crémant – More than Mere Froth
Following The Vaults Tasting last Monday, I was back in London for an interesting little tasting the following day. Organized once more by Business France, Crémant presented twelve producers of this category of sparkling wine from five out of the eight … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Loire, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ballarin, Business France Wine Tastings, Caves Bailly-Lapierre, Caves de Grenelle, Célène, Crémant, Crémant d'Alsace, Crémant de Bordeaux, Crémant de Bourgogne, Crémant de Limoux, Crémant de Loire, Crémant Tasting, Domaine Joseph Gruss, Domaine Schwach, Domaine Zinck, Domaines Auriol, La Chablisienne Sparkling Wines, La Compagnie de Burgondie, Moutard-Diligent, Sparkling Saumur, Sparkling Wine, Veuve Ambal, Victorine de Chastenay
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Return to the Vaults Part 4 – Howard Ripley
In this final part of my article on March 2017’s Vaults Tasting I want to concentrate on the wines of Peter (Florian) Lauer, imported by Howard Ripley, but of course there were some other wines I had to try among the … Continue reading