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Recent Wines December 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
There’s a strange feel to writing about the wines we drank at home during December. Looking back on the first ten bottles, which will comprise Part 1, it seems so long ago that I drank them, more so than usual. … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Arbois, Alpine Wines, Amigne de Vétroz, Basket Press Wines, Bobal Tinaja Bodegas Gratias, Bodegas Gratias Manchuela, Champagne Charles Dufour, Dufour Bulles de Comptoir #7, Equipo Navazos Florpower, Eschendorfer Fürstenberg Müller-Thurgau "S", Franken Müller-Thurgau, Gilles Besse, Horst Sauer, Jean-René Germanier, Jura Natural Wine, Koppitsch Burgenland, Koppitsch Neusiedl-am-See, Koppitsch Perspektiv Rot Blend, L'Octavin Potion Magique, La Bota de Florpower 84, New Star in Bordeaux, Osamu Uchida Miracle 2018, Recent Wines December 2020 (Pt 1), Simon Maye & Fils, Stekar 1672 "Jankot" Slovenia, Syrah Chamoson 2009 Simon Maye & Fils, Valais Wines Switzerland
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London Wine Fair 2019, Part 1
London Wine Fair is a large affair, to say the very least. It’s the largest of the wine events I attend every year, but that doesn’t mean it’s where I taste the most wines. With a few exceptions, the main … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Afianes Litani, Afianes Wines Ikaria, Alpine Wines, American Bonarda, Aoton Winery Attica, Aoton Winery Lola, Badoux Murailles Rouge Aigle, Begleri Grape, Calder Charbono, Christ Weissburgunder, Dôle La Liaudisaz, Dlamara Winery Naoussa, Domaine des Muses Syrah Réserve, Donkey & Goat The Bear, Epirus wine, Fokiano Grape, Gavalas Santorini Assyrtiko, Germanier Petite Arvine Valais, Geyer Seaside Cabernet Franc, Glinavos Estate Epirus, Grain Ermitage Chappaz, Grain Nature Champ Drury, Grain Nature Champ Dury, Grain Noble Chappaz, Grains Ermitage 2017 Chappaz, Grains Noble 2016 Chappaz, Gvavalas Assyrtiko Santorini, Icarus Red Afianes, Ikaria Wine, London Wine Fair 2019, LWF2019, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fully, Naoussa Paliokalias, Naoussa Xinomavro, Nekter Wines, Nemea Assyrtiko, Paleokerisio Glinavos Estate, Papanaioannou Estate, Petite Arvine Sweet Wine, Pink Retsina, Süd Tirol Grauvernatsch, Schiava Grigia Cantine Cortaccia, Schmölzer & Brown, Sonntaler Grauvernatsch Kellerei Kurtatsch, South African Gamay, Southern Wine Roads, Stand Alone Old Vine Voetstotts Chenin, Stand Alone Stellenbosch Gamay, Swiss Wines, Valais Wines, Vienna Wine, Voetstoots Gamay, Wallis Wines, Weingut Christ Vienna
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Time for More Swiss Wine
Last night Wringer & Mangle just south of London Fields hosted a reception organised by Westbury Communications for four Swiss producers from the Valais Region. The space was packed with people who came for the wine and the exhibition of label art created … Continue reading
Posted in Grape Varieties, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Labels, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Cayas Reserve Syrah 2016, Cornalin, Dôle Balavaud Vétroz, Domaine des Muses, Domaine Jean-René Germanier, Heida, Heida Chapitre, Humagne Rouge Maître de Chais, IWArtChallenge2, Johannisberg Chamoson, London Swiss Wine Tasting, London Valais Wine Tasting 2019, Petite Arvine, Provins Valais, Swiss Syrah, Swiss Wine, Thierry Constantin, Thierry Constantin Fendant, Valais Syrah, Vin du Valais, Wallis Wein, Westbury Comms Valais Wines, Wringer & Mangle Swiss Wine Tasting
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London Wine Fair 2018 Part 1 – Esoterica
It’s that time of year when the London Wine Fair comes to London’s Olympia. For anyone who has never been, it’s an enormous three day event, boasting 14,000 wines from 40 countries. The vast “trading floor” has many gems among the diaspora … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged 266 Wines, Alpine Wines, Basket Press Wines, Czech Wine, Eclectic Wines, Greek Wine, H2Vin, Indigo Wine, London Wine Fair 2018, Maltby & Greek, Modal Wines, Red Squirrel Wine, Southern Wine Roads, Swiss Wines, The Knotted Vine
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Zoo Time – Wide World of Wine Awards 2017
To be completely honest, I’ve never really been a great fan of Awards. Well, not since I used to fill in the NME’s Musicians of the Year Poll, which I can tell you was a very long time ago. The … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Alpine Wines, Austrian Wines Specialists, Cave Les Papilles Paris, Howard Ripley, Les Caves de Pyrene, Natural Wine Specialists, Newcomer Wines, Noble Fine Liquor, Otros Vinos, Red Squirrel Wine, Solent Cellar Lymington, Swiss Wines Specialists, Tutto Wines, Uncharted Wines, Wide World of Wine Awards 2017, Winemakers Club
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Recent Wines, Summer ’17 Pt1
As usual, I’m way behind in describing the best I’ve been drinking at home, but I hope that the selection below will make interesting reading. But first I do want to mention Solent Cellar‘s Sicilian Evening last Friday. It’s because … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexis Porteret, Alpine Wines, Angela Osborne, Antonie Scala, Arbois Chardonnay "Les Amants", Arbois Wines, Blaufränkisch Rusterwald 2011, Cauzón Cabronicus, Céline Gormally, Champagne Pierre Péters, Claus Preisinger Ancestral, COS Nero di Lupo, COS Zibibbo 2014 (magnum), Cseresnyeérés HegyiKalo Eger, Czech Wine, Domaine des Bodines, Emilie Porteret, Forks & Knives Red, François Mossu Côtes du Jura, François Mossu Voiteur, Grenache A Tribute to Grace, Heidi Schrock, Hungarian Wine, Jura Wine, La Cabane Pinot Noir Les Dolomies, Les Caves de Pyrene, Les Dolomies, Milan Nestarec, Newcomer Wines, Otros Vinos, Passenans, Pvrvlio Vino Tinto, Ramon Saavedra, Recent Wines Summer 2017, Red Bulles Pét-Nat, Roberson, Rosé for Albane, Rust Wine, Scala Ciro, Sicilian Wines, Sierra Nevada wines, Solent Cellar, Solent Cellar Sicilian Evening, Steve Gormally, Tissot Les Amants, Winemakers Club
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Small is Beautiful
Regular readers will know who I’ve been buying wine from in 2015, my favourite small merchants and wine shops. There is another group of people who maybe don’t get as much press, or coverage in social media, who are doing … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Heroes, Wine Merchants
Tagged Alpine Wines, Coche-Dury, Domaine de Cébène, Domaine Montesquiou, Domaine Treloar, Dry River, Hand Picked Burgundy, Heidi Schrock, Leon Stolarski, Rainer Christ, Rhys, Simon Maye & Fils, Specialist Wine Merchants
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Recent Wines (October 2015)
I rarely write about the wines I drink at home, but in light of the last post, and the one on the Oddities lunch, I thought it might interest or amuse some readers. For some people who I know read … Continue reading
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Beaujolais, Blaufränkisch, Coing de St Fiacre, Humagne, Jeff Coutelou, Lavaux, Mas Coutelou, Métras, Muscadet, Roberson, Solent Cellar, Swiss Wine, The Sampler, Vin des Amis, Vintrepid, Weninger
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 