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Where To Now, Saint Vincent?
I think there are many wine obsessives who begin life very traditionally, enjoying the red wines of Bordeaux. But after that, Burgundy begins to fascinate, and fascination soon turns to something stronger. There are many reasons why this can happen, … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Wine
Tagged A&P de Villaine, Aligoté, Alogoté, Aragonite, Bourgogne Rouge Le Digoine, Bourgogne-Vézelay, Bouzeron, Burgundy, Catherine & Jean Montanet, Chandon de Briailles, Cotes d'Auxerre, Cuvée 910, Domaine Berthaut, Domaine de la Cadette, Domaine des Vignes du Maynes, Du Grappin, Fixin, François Lumpp, Goisot, Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Ile des Vergelesses, Julien Guillot, Le Grappin, Macon-Cruzille, Maconnais, Manganite, Marsannay, Michel Juillot, Michel Sarrazin, micro negociants, Olivier & Alice De Moor, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, PYCM, Roulot Bourgogne Blanc, Roulot Monthélie, Saint-Bris, St-Aubin En Remilly, Stéphane Aladame
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Butter or Marge, Daz or Dreft?
“We don’t know which one is best?” as the words of the song go! Well, to put two world class wines in the same bracket as washing detergents is obviously unfair, but a while ago a small disagreement broke out … Continue reading
Tuscan Raiders
There’s a group of aficionados of all things Toscana which meets several times a year to drink frankly far too much wine in impressive restaurants. It has been a while since I’ve been able to join them, so I was … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Italian Wine, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Tastings
Tagged Altesino 1975, Altesino 1985, Brunello di Montalcino, Col d'Orcia Poggio al Vento 2004, Florio Marsala 1840, Il Marroneto Brunello 2004, Il Torchio Stralunato, Marsala, Montenidoli Carato Vernaccia, Poliziano Asinone 1997, Riecine Sebastiano Passito, Sassotondo Ciliegiolo San Lorenzo, Selvapiana Vin Santo, Sesti Brunello 2001, Sesti Phenomena 2001, The Glasshouse Kew, Tuscan Raiders, Tuscan Wine, Vermentino Colli di Luni, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
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Le Beaujolais Nouveau…Est Arrivé?
Is anyone here old enough to remember, back in the 1980s/90s, when the Beaujolais Nouveau marketing machine got into full swing? For most lovers of half-decent wine it was horrible to behold. The UK, a nation of beer drinkers, was really … Continue reading
Posted in Beaujolais, Natural Wine, Paris, Wine, Wine Festivals
Tagged Andrew Nielsen, Beaujolais, Beaujolais Nouveau, Brut de Cuve, Chateau Chambon, Domaine des Grottes, France Gonzalvez, Guy Breton, Jean Foillard, Jean-Claude Lapalu, Jean-Paul Brun, Karim Vionnet, Le Grappin, Les Papilles, Philippe Pacalat, Remi Dufaitre, Romain des Grottes, Verre Volé, Xavier Benier
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Jura Come to London
If you have read my wideworldofwine blog since I began posting you will know I visit the Jura Region every year, usually around harvest time, but you will also know that my focus is generally on the newer producers, the … Continue reading
Catching up – Recent Wines
I haven’t written a roundup of “recent” wines since mid-September, so I’ve had to be fairly strict about how many I mention, and culling it down to a case-sized dozen seems reasonable. The fact that the wines below contain four … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged Arbois, Arnold Holzer, Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins, Burgenland, Chardonnay-Riesling, Cuvée L'Automne, Domaine de la Pinte, Domaine des Bottes Rouges, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Octavin, Dora Bella Poulsard, Eschenhof Holzer, Ganevat Kopin!, Gemischter Satz, Jean-Baptiste Menigoz, Jura, Jutta Ambrositsch, Karim Vionnet, Languedoc Natural Wine, Les Caves de Pyrene, Liberty Wines, Mas Coutelou, McLaren Vale Wine, Meinklang, Meinklang Prosa, Newcomer Wines, Pinot Noir C'est Max, Red Squirrel, Riesling-Semillon, Sankt Laurent, Savagnin Empreinte, Sieveringer Ringelspiel, Solent Cellar, Tete a Claques, Tutto Wines, Vienna Wine, Vintage Roots, Wagram, Wholefoods Wine, Winemakers Club
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Drinking with Brad
I spent a pleasant evening with Brad Hickey last week. Brad is one part of the couple behind Brash Higgins, a McLaren Vale estate which has a good following in the USA, Scandinavia, and some other parts of Europe, but … Continue reading
Cru Classy
London Cru is London’s first urban winery, importing grapes in refrigerated trucks straight after harvest and turning them into wine in a pretty much state of the art winemaking facility in West London, right underneath the offices of innovative London wine … Continue reading
Oddities on Tour
I really have forgotten how many of these Oddities Lunches we’ve done now. I must look it up so we don’t miss an important anniversary, but this month was special because Oddities went on tour for the first time. The … Continue reading
Posted in Oddities lunches, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Aspriu, Austrian Petillant Naturel, Batic, Camille Loye Arbois, Canadian Gamay, Cave Spring Niagara, Celler Pardas, Christoph Hoch, Craven Wines, Crimea Wine, De Kleine Schorre, Dutch Wine, Grace Vineyards Japan, Kalkspitz, Koshu, La Garagista Vermont, Leon Stolarski Fine Wines, Maccario Dringenberg, Massandra, Massandra Pink Muscat, Mother Kelly's Beer, Newcomer Wines, Oddities, Paradise Row, Pinela, Red Squirrel Wines, Rossese di Dolceaqua, Rufete Blanca, Sager & Wilde, Slovenian Wine, Theatre of Wine, Turner-Pageot, USSR Wine, Vinas del Cambrico, Vinu Jancu, Vipava Valley
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 