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Manang Valley Boutique Winery – Apple Wine in the Shadow of the Annapurnas
Whenever I visit Nepal, my recent trip being my eighth time there, I usually have some kind of drink-related story to tell, although it’s not always about wine. One of the most enduringly popular articles on my site is about … Continue reading
Alternative Reality by Max Allen (Book Review)
Max Allen is very much my favourite writer of Australian wine books, though in the press I also much admire the work of Mike Bennie. Max has written at least a dozen wine books, but I came on board with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Grape Varieties, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Books, Wine Tastings, Wine Writing
Tagged AAVWS, Alt varieties in Australia, Alternative Reality by Max Allen, Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, Australian Nebbiolo, Australian Pinot Gris, Intoxicating (book), Max Allen Author, The Future Makers (book), Wine Books, Wine writing
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Recent Wines October 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
October was a strange month because I managed a bout of Covid, which sort of curtailed my drinking for part of the month. Thankfully I recovered in time for a trip to Nepal but it does mean you will be … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Armenian Wine, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Bugey, Czech Wine, English Wine, Grape Varieties, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adrian Pike Winemaker Westwell Wines, Areni Noir Armenian Grape Variety, Bugey Cerdon Ancestral Method, Bugey-Cerdon, Cécile and Vincent Balivet winemakers, Domaine Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Dva Duby Malvasia 2019, Dva Duby Moravia, Flaxman Valley South Australia, Galia Pike Labels Westwell Wines, Jiri Sebela Dva Duby, Karasi Areni Noir 2021 Zorah Wines, L'Arène Chasselas 2022, Lo Triolet Introd Val D'Aosta, Mario Martin Winemaker Aosta, Matthias Orsett Fully Valais, Moravian Wine, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wines October 2024, Shobbrook Flaxman Cabernet Franc, Skin Contact Chasselas, Tom Shobbrook Wines, Torrette Val D'Aosta, Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Yeghegnadzor Valley Armenia, Zorah Wines Vayotz Dzor Armenia, Zorik Gharibian Zorah Wines
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Ally Wines Tasting (Edinburgh) – “Curiously Cool American Wines”
I was very pleased to attend a tasting/masterclass introducing Ally Wines to the Edinburgh market on Monday. Ally Wines (pron. Al-eye, not Al-ee) is a London-based importer of small production artisan wines from the West Coast of America. Under the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, North American Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Masterclass, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ally Wines Tasting Edinburgh, American Wines Tasting Oct '24, Antiquum Farm Pinot Gris, Bassi Vineyard San Luis Obispo, Bel Canto Cara Mia Red Cadence Vineyards, Cadence Vineyards Washington State, Californian Trousseau, Californian Wines, Central Coast Wine CA, Daisy Pinot Gris Stephen Hagen, De Sante Old Vines Napa Valley, Dunites Moy Mel 2020, Ernest Vineyards Mendocino County), Fine Disregard Oak Knoll Semillon, Fine Disregard Wine Co Milhouse Semillon, Jennifer Williams-Bulkeley Ally Wines, Kiona and Björnson Vineyard Collaboration, Kiona Cuvée Artemesia, Kiona Red Mountain Lemberger, Kiona Vineyards Red Mountain Washington State, Napa Alternative Varieties, Oregon Wine, Ossum Epiphenea Light Table Wine, Outward Pinot Gris Petnat, Red Mountain AVA Washington State, Sandar & Hem Santa Cruz Mountain Pinot Noir, Shypoke Olivia's Sangiovese Calistoga Napa Valley, Siletto Family Adroit Trousseau San Benito County, Washington State Lemberger, Washington State Wine, ~Disciples Red Wine by The Crane Assembly Napa
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Natural Trailblazers by Camilla Gjerde (Book Review)
Around this time of year back in 2021 I reviewed Camilla Gjerde’s first book (see article 27-10-2021, “We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine”). Camilla, who was born in Norway but now lives in Sweden, has a Diploma in … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Philosophy and Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Heroes, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Camilla Gjerde Author, Cecilia Magnusson Photographer, Christine Pieroth Piri Natural, Florian Beck-Hartweg, Jean-Mark Dreyer, Katie Worobeck Vigneronne, Maison Maenad Orbagna, Mythopia Viticulture, Natural Trailblazers Book Review, Permaculture and Wine, Regenerative Viticulture, Wine Book Review, Wine by Bike, Wine by Ship, Wine Packaging, Wine Transport, Wine writing, Yannick Meckert Alsace
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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach
A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Craft Spirits, Natural Wine, Premium Spirits, Whisky, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings, Women in Wine
Tagged Best Edinburgh Beer Shop, Best Edinburgh Whisky Shop, Best Edinburgh Wine Fairs, Britain's Best Wine Shops, Chris Mitchell Cork & Cask, Cork & Cask Edinburgh, Cork & Cask Wine Fairs, Edinburgh Wine Merchant, Edinburgh Wine Shop, India Parry Williams, Jamie Dawson, Natural Wine in Edinburgh, Neighbourhood Wine Shop Edinburgh
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Recent Wines September 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a baker’s dozen of wines for September, and I shall split that two ways, seven wines here in Part One, the six remaining to follow in Part Two. Below, we begin the usual eclectic mix with a classic … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Cider, Natural Wine, Petnat, Slovakian Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aeble Cider Anstruther, Bergerac Moelleux, Bergerac Wine, Côtes de Toul, Domaine de la Légèreté Lorraine, Domaine des Verdots, Domaine Durrmann Alsace, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Du Vin aux Liens, Durrmann Gaz de Schistes Petnat, Farid Yahimi, Fife Cider, Hendre Huffcap Pear Variety, Herefordshire Perry, Little Pomona Cider Company, Lorraine Wine, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Maison Wessman, Naoufel Zaim, Natural Wine, Naughton Cider Company, Nussberg, Perry, Peter Crawford Naughton Cider, Pulsations Pinot Noir des Joncyns, Recent Wines September 2024 (Pt 1), Scottish Cider, Source des Verdots Moelleux, Vanessa Letort, Viennese Field Blend, Viennese Wine, Vino Magula Sucha nad Parnou, Wieninger Vienna, Wine of Little Carpathians/Trnava
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My Favourite Wine Regions in Tourist Mode (Part 2)
In the first part of this article, I introduced six of my favourite wine regions with my tourist hat on. Six wine regions I love to visit for reasons other than, or perhaps rather in addition to, the wine. Those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Italian Wine, Japan, Neusiedlersee, Piemonte, Rust, Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Acqui Terme to the Ligurian Coast, Aosta, Burgenland Travel, Domaine Sogga Obuse, Excursions from Rodez, Favourite Wine Regions, Japanese Wine, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Lavaux Wine Tasting and Walking, Nagano Wine Region Japan, Neusiedlersee, Nizza and Acqui Terme, Piemonte Monferrato Hills, Val d'Aosta, Vallée d'Aoste, Wine and Tourism in Aveyron, Wine Region Tourism
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 