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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “Recent Wines” has been a long haul. A trip to Australia in springtime meant that whilst you were all away enjoying August holidays I was commuting between England and Scotland. Despite the thousands of miles I put on the … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Red Wine, Alsace Wine, Artisan Vignerons of Naoussa, Benje Blanco 2021 Envinate, Canary Islands Wine, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Gewurztraminer 2020, English Petnat Wine, Envinate Tenerife, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace, Lambert Spielmann Complétement Red 2021, Magula Gabay Bernheim SEN 2020, Magula SEN Rosé, Matt Gregory The Ancestral Pink 2021, Northern Greece Xinomavro, Ramato Wine, Recent Wines August 23 (Pt3), Rosé Wine from Slovakia, Skyphos Xinomavro IGP Macedonia, Specogna Colli Orientali del Friuli, Specogna Pinot Grigio Ramato 2021, Tenerife Wine, Wine from Leicestershire
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After the London interlude we are back to “Recent Wines”, this being Part 2 out of three for the month of August. We kick off with a remarkable wine from England’s South Downs, followed by wines from Corbières, Oregon, Jerez … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Apache Vin des Potes, Chris and Andrea Mullineux, Corbières Wine, Dermot Sugrue, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Pinot Réserve 2020, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo Navazos, Hiyu Farm, Hood River Wine, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Florpower 99, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada Bota Punta 80, Mullineux Wines Syrah 2008 Swartland, Oregon Wine, Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois, Recent Wines August 2023 (Pt 2), Sanlúcar Wine, Smockshop Band Spring Ephemeral Rosé, South African Wine, Sugrue South Downs Rosé Ex Machina 2016, Swartland Wine, Yohann Moreno
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Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We begin the first selection from the wines we drank at home in July with a new (to me) wine from a favourite producer in Hungary. Next up, a classic Bugey-Cerdon, then a classic Saar wine but from the region’s … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, André Durrmann Andlau, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Austrian Wine, Bugey Wine, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland Wine, Catherine & Patrick Bottex Bugey, Durrmann Rosé Nature 2021, German Wine, Hofgut Falkenstein Saar, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph Piroska 2021, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Niedermenniger Herrenberg "Onkel Peter" 2020, Recent Wines July 2023 (Pt 1), Reka-Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Saar Wine, Yann Durrmann Andlau
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Recent Wines March 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After a bulkier eight-wine Part 1 we have a slightly lighter Part 2 encompassing wines from Alsace (2), The English Midlands, The Loire, The Mosel and Burgenland. I guess in drinking so much more Alsace than I was a year … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Vinegar, Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex and Maria Koppitsch Neusiedl-am-See, Alsace Wine, Artisan Cider Vinegar, Austrian Natural Wine, Bernard Baudry Chinon, Burgenland Wine, Cabernet Franc, Chinon Clos Guillot 2020 Bernard Baudry, Chinon Wine, Czech Artisan Vinegar Utopia, Dornfelder in Mosel, English Petnat, English Sparkling Red Wine, Jan-Philipp Bleeke Red Aquarius, Jérôme François Winemaker Ostheim, JPB Winemaking Traben Trabach, Koppitsch Wine Perspektive Weiss 2020, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles Alsace 2019, Lambert Spielmann Epfig, Loire Wine, Mariage Plus Vieux 2020 Lambert Spielmann, Matt Gregory Ancestral Red Petnat 2021, Matt Gregory Winemaker Leicestershire, Matthieu Baudry winemaker, Mosel Red Wine, New Natural Wine Mosel, Recent Wines March 2023 Pt 2, Utopia Drinking Vinegars, Wine in Leicestershire
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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of the wines we drank at home in February takes us to ground mostly not covered in Part One. We begin in Austria’s Rust, then Georgia’s Imereti, before we travel back to Alsace. Realising I’d not been drinking … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adeline Houillon Pupillin, Alice & Olivier De Moor Courgis, Alsace Riesling, Alsace Wine, Austrian Wine, Baia's Wine, Bruyère-Houillon Ploussard 2017, Bugey Molette, Burgenland Furmint, Caroline Ledédenté Bugey, Chablis Humeur du Temps 2018, David Keoberlé, De Moor Chablis, Domaine Muller Koeberlé Saint-Hippolyte, Farid Yahimi, Fred #8 Strekov 1075, Furmint Aus Dem Quarz Wenzel, Georgian Wine, Gvantsa Abuladze, Gvantsa's Wine Imereti, Jura Ploussard, Jura Wine, Otskhanuri Grape Variety, Raoni Riesling, Recent Wines February 2023 (Pt2), Reynaud Bruyère Pupillin, Ruster Wine, Slovakian Wine, Sons of Wine Alsace, Southern Bugey Wine, Strekov Fred Red Blend, Table by Caroline Ledédenté, Weinbau Wenzel Rust, Zsolt Suto
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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Time seems to be zipping forward quite swiftly in 2023, especially as the evenings are noticeably lighter here now, though it seems that winter’s icy claws are about to grip tightly once more, hopefully a last-gasp before proper spring. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines Kent, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Breaky Bottom Oliver Minkley 2011, Catherine Riss, Du Vin aux Liens Vanessa Letort, Early Unfortified Palomino, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo-Navazos, Hungarian Wine, Kekfrankos Eastern Hungary, La Table Rouge Babylone 2019, Libre Comme L'Air Pinot Noir, Meinklang Pamhagen Burgenland, Meinklang Vulkan #2, Natural Wine, Navazos-Niepoort Blanco 2014 (mag), Palomino Fino, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex Wine, Pineau d'Aunis, Recent Wines Feb 23 Pt1, Reka-Koncz A Change of Heart, Somlo Wine Hungary, Westwell Pelegrim New Release
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One New Wine Leads To Another – Du Vin aux Liens and other stories
Anyone who has known me a long time will know I have been a wine obsessive since my mid-twenties, but that back in the day, like many of my generation, I was hooked on Bordeaux, Burgundy and other classics. If … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Women in Wine
Tagged Alsace Wine, backinalsace.com, Côtes du Toul, David Koeberlé, David Nielsen Back in Alsace, Domaine de la Legerete, Domaine Muller-Koeberle, Du Vin aux Liens, Farid Yahimi, Haut Koenigsbourg Riesling Roani, Lorraine Wine, Made from Grapes Glasgow, Maison Crochet Toul, Riesling Terre, Severine Sloboda, Sevslo Wine Glasgow, Sons of Wine, Vanessa Letort, Winekraft Edinburgh, Yannick Meckert
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Recent Wines January 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
A somewhat reduced number of wines were consumed at home in January, not, I should stress because of any “Dry January” leanings, but down to the “Not Covid” virus that struck me down for most of the first two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Burgundy, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Andrew Nielsen Winemaker, Australian Savagnin, Australian Wine, Beechworth Victoria Wine, Blauer Portugieser, Castagna Savagnin 2018, Du Vin Aux Liens Terre 2019, J-F Coutelou, Julian Castagna Beechworth, Languedoc Wine, Le Grappin, Magula Carboniq 2020, Mas Coutelou La Buvette de Paulette, Mas Coutelou Puimisson, Natural Wine, recent wines January 2023 Pt 1, Saint-Aubin En L'Ebaupin, Skin Contact Amphora Riesling, Slovenian Wine, Vanessa Letort Winemaker
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Wines of the Year 2022
My Wines of the Year were meant to follow my Review of 2022, in the first few days of the New Year, but I was struck down with the nasty “Not Covid” virus, which frankly lasted longer than my bout … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Alsace Wine, Bechtel Weine Federweiss Eglisau, Breaky Bottom "David Pearson" 2015, Bugey Cerdon Renardat Fache, Bugey Wine, Clos Solon Fourrier, Czech Wine, Dane Johns Winemaker Victoria, Deutschschweiz Wine, Domaine Fourrier Burgundy, Fourrier Morey-St-Denis Clos Solon VV 2006, Hermit Ram Field Blend 2018, Hermit Ram North Canterbury, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red, Mathias Bechtel Zurich Wine, Moravian Wine, New Zealand Wine, Nikau Farm Tolone Riesling Gippsland, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex, Petr Korab Ambero 2020, Petr Korab Raspberry on Ice Boleradice, Rennersistas Gols, Rennersistas Superglitzer 2018, Rietsch VV Sylvaner 15/16, Theo Coles, VO Mencia Veronica Ortega Bierzo, Wines of the Year 2022
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Recent Wines October 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
The final eight wines from October include a few which are unusual, even by my standards, though for different reasons, and actually, one isn’t a wine. We have a smart Oregon Pinot, A Furmint from Austria, an Austrian red from … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex & Maria Koppitsch Neusiedl-am-See, Alsace Pinot Noir, Alsace Wine, Cider and Wine co-ferments, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, Domaine Drouhin Oregon, Dominio do Bibei Lalama 2017, Drinking Against Sinking, Drouhin Laurène 2007, Dundee Hills Oregon, Dundee Hills Pinot Noir 2007, Fritz Becker Schweigener Spätburgunder 2013, Heidi Schröck Furmint, Heidi Schröck Rust, Koppitsch Ret 2020, Koráb Drinking Against Sinking, Lucas & André Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Mencia Blend from Ribeira Sacra, Mittelbergheim Pinot Noir, Moravian Orange Wine, Natural Wine, Petr Koráb Boleradice, Pfalz Spätburgunder, Recent Wines October 2022 (Part 2), Ribeira Sacra, Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature 2021, Ruster Furmint, Schweigen-Rechtenbach Wine, Spanish Wine, Utopia Cider feat Milan Nestarec Play, Utopia Cider Play Series, Weingut Friedrich Becker Schweigen Pfalz, Zero sulphur Pinot Noir from Alsace
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 