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More Newcomer at Montrose
Montrose bar and restaurant on Montrose Terrace in Edinburgh not only gives its famed sibling Timberyard a run for its money in cool ambience and top-quality wine, it is also becoming a place where I seem to taste any wines … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Crémant d'Alsace, Czech Wine, Domaine Matassa Roussillon, Foradori Trentino-Alto-Adige, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Fontanasanta 2023 Foradori, Matassa Tommy Ferriol 2023, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Nestarec Forks & Knives Red 2020, New Vintages from Newcomer, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Peter Honegger Newcomer Wines, Raphaëlle Guyot L'Aurore 2023, Raphaëlle Guyot St Bris, Roussillon Wine, St Bris Chardonnay, Tom Lubbe
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Wines of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus
In the “Recent Wines” articles I publish each month I always stress that the wines I include are not the most expensive, smartest and poshest wines but the wines I find most interesting, and hopefully thrilling. This means you might … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Fine Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Beaune 1er Cru Blanc, Best Jura Vin de Paille, Cascina Borgatta Dolcetto "Lamilla", Castlewood Wines and Luke Harbor, Castlewood Wines Artefact Bacchus, Catherine Hannoun Port-Lesney, Charlie Herring Promised Land Brut Nature 2017, Crémant du Jura Indigène, Czech Natural Wine, Devon Amphora Bacchus, Domaine A&M Tissot Indigène, Domaine de La Loue Vin Jaune 2015, English Sparkling Riesling, Foillard Morgon Courcelette 2010, François Mossu Vin de Paille 2011, German Chardonnay, Houillon-Overnoy Savagnin 2012, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Quand Le Chat..., Jonas Dostert Chardonnay, Kaja Kohv Vigneronne, Kelley Fox Freedon Hill Pinot Blanc, Lambert Spielmann Chien Noir/Chat Blanc, Le Grappin Beaune Les Grèves 2015, Luxembourg Wine, Mira Nestarcová Cabernet Franc, Moravian Wine, Mosel Chardonnay, Oregon Pinot Blanc, Petr Korab Dark Horse Petnat, Racines Rebelles Elbling Roches Liquide, Racines Rebelles Luxembourg, Stéphane & Bénédicte Tissot, Stephane Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, Tim Phillips Charlie Herring Wines, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc, Wines of the Year 2024
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Recent Wines February 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
February seemed easier to get through this year, probably because our Lothian weather was strangely less wet and damp than that experienced in much of England, that following an unusually wet January. With no Dry January statement being made in … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Canary Islands, Czech Wine, Japan, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Sylvaner, Alsace Wine, Alvaro Castro Dao, Australian Wine, Beechworth Victoria Wine, Canary Islands Wine, Czech Wine, Dao Red Wine, Giaconda Beechworth Victoria, Giaconda Warner Vineyard Shiraz 2006, Hibernal 2021 Petr Kocarik, Hibernal Grape Variety, Japanese Cabernet Sauvignon Nagano, Japanese Wine, Las Rosas Listan Negro 2018 La Palma, Moravian Wine, Nagano Furusato Grande Polaire 2017, Natural Wine, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Portuguese wine, Recent Wines February 2024 (Pt 1), Rick Kinzbrunner Giaconda Vineyards, Sapporo Wine Nagano, Spanish Wine, Sylvaner, Victoria Torres Pecis La Palma, Vincent Stoeffler Sylvaner Rutscherle
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Recent Wines January 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a dozen wines from January, divided into two equal parts. Here in Part 1 there are wines from Austria’s Burgenland, NE Italy, Alsace, Eastern Switzerland, a new wine and a new producer to all of us from Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Natural Wine, Alsace Wine, Austrian Wine, Bechtel Blauburgunder 2018, Bechtel Weine Blauburgunder 2018, Czech Natural Wine, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, Gernot and Heike Heinrich Gols, Gols Burgenland Natural Wine, Heinrich Graue Freyheit 2020, Matthias Bechtel Eglisau Zürich, Mira Nestarecová Cabernet Franc 2022, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Dry Gewurztraminer, Neusiedlersee, Recent Wines January 2024 (Pt 1), Refosco, Rita and Rudolf Trossen Mosel, Schieferstern Purus 2016, Specogna Refosco 2019 Friuli, Swiss Wine, Trossen Schieferstern Purus 2016, Velké Bilovice Wine Village, Wine from NE Italy, Yann Durrmann Andlau, Zegwur Cuvée Nature 2022 Durrmann
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Wines of the Year 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
Wines of the Year! It could be so self-indulgent, could it not? A dozen posh bottles which no one can afford and will probably never drink. I do have some of that stuff left in my cellar, a kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, New Zealand Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Whisky, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines, Agostado Cortado 2017 Cota 45, Alsace Natural Wine, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Beaujolais, Bodegas Cota 45 Sanlucar Jerez, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Sir Andrew Davis 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Bugey, Caroline Ledédenté Bugey, Charlie Herring Seyval Blanc Brut 2018, Equipo Navazos, Field Blend 2019 The Hermit Ram, Franz Strohmeier Styria, Furmint, Isle of Arran Sauternes Cask Finish, Jean Foillard Cote duu Py 2011, Julie Balagny Beaujolais, La Bota de Palo Cortado 75 Equipo Navazos, Lambert Spielmann, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red, Morgon Cote du Py, North Canterbury Wine, Palo Cortado, Peter Hall Winemaker, Reka Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Sudsteiermark, The Hearach Isle of Harris, Theo Coles The Hermit Ram, Tim Phillips, Westwell Wines Petulant Pink 2021, Whiskies of the Year 2023, Wine of Eastern ~Hungary, Wines of the Year 2023
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Recent Wines November 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
November has seen me away from home quite a lot, so there are only ten wines we drank at home to tell you about, and nine out of those ten wines were European. At least this focuses the mind on … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Muscat, Alsace Wine, Fattoria di Sammontana Sangiovese 2020, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Joiseph Burgenland, Joiseph Mischkultur 2021, Klaus Peter Keller, Luka Zeichmann, Magula Frankovka 2016, Murmure Muscat 2021 Rietsch, Recent Wines November 2023 (Pt1), Silvaner Feuervogel 2018 Keller, Vino Magula Slovakia, Weingut Keller Rheinhessen
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Recent Wines September 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
After the big batch of wines we drank here during August, September’s selection is somewhat smaller, but I hope the ten wines I have chosen are as interesting as ever. Part One is made up of five wines, the first … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Wine, Baden Wine, Chablais Wine, Chasselas, Czech Wine, Dertingen Wine, Domaine Albert Hertz Eguisheim, Du Vin Aux Liens La Petite Lanterne, Frédéric Hertz Winemaker, German Wine, Henri Badoux Aigle Les Murailles 2021, La Petite Lanterne Petnat Alsace, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2019, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab Solar Red 2022, Ryzlink Vlassky 2018 Syfany Winery, Swiss Wine, Vanessa Letort, Vaud Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 