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Tag Archives: Baden Wine
Recent Wines April 2026 (Part 2)
For the second part of April’s wines, we begin with three very different French classics, a Condrieu, an Alsace Riesling and a Saint-Emilion. Then we repeat Part 1 with another Baden Spätburgunder (a different producer), followed by a wine from … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Californian Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Rhone, Rosé Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Riesling, Baden Spätburgunder, Baden Wine, Condrieu, Condrieu Le Grand Vallon 2019 Villard, Familie Mantler Dry Rosé 2025, François Villard Condrieu, Jack Roberts & Johanna Jensen Keep Wines, Keep Wines Oakville Napa Valley, Maison Trimbach Alsace, Mantler Family Wines Niederösterreich, Oberrotweil Spätburgunder 2022 Peter Wagner, Peter Wagner Baden, Pinot Meunier in Napa Valley, Recent Wines April 2026 Pt 2, Saint-Emilion, Trimbach Cuvée Frédéric Emile 2005, Virginie de Valandraud 2016, Yount Mill Vineyard Pinot Meunier 2019 Keep Wines
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Recent Wines April 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
April does seem such a long time ago now. Maybe it has something to do with the weather. I left Scotland towards the end of last month feeling it was quite warm, and London, and then Southwest France were even … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Champagne, English Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Artisan Sekt, Baden Wine, Champagne Diebolt-Valois Cramant, Dermot Sugrue Sussex, Diebolt-Valois Fleur de Passion 2006, Dominio de Queiron Rioja, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red 2023, Lambert Spielmann Domaine in Black, Lena Singer-Fischer Sekt, lenamachtsekt, Recent Wines April 2026 Pt 1, Rheinhessen Sekt, Rioja Blanco Mi Lugar Dominio de Queiron, Sekthaus Singer-Fischer Rheinhessen, Singer-Fischer Blanc de Blancs 2021, Sugrue South Downs Salt Eire MV, Talrain Blauer Spatburgunder 2021, Ziereisen Baden, Ziereisen Markgraflerland
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Recent Wines January 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part One, perhaps unusually, was quite heavily weighted towards France, only one wine coming from elsewhere (in that case, Australia). I go some way to redressing that, and trying to get my credentials for drinking widely re-established here in Part … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sicily, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Baden Wine, Beaujolais-Villages, Cabernet Franc Elgin South Africa, Cantina Orsogna Abruzzo, Cantina Orsogna Sicilian Project, Colombian Coffee Wine, Frank 2022 Nomad Wines Elgin, Julien Sunier Avenas, Julien Sunier Wild Soul 2021, Kosie Van Der Merwe, L'Etoile Jura, Lantignié, Les Chais du Vieux Bourg Poligny Jura, Ludwig Bindernagel Vigneron, Lulu Vigneron Jura Wine, Lulu Vigneron L'Etoile Jura, Luna Gaia Nerello Mascalese, Max Baumann Dertingen, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2021, Roman Lawson & Ariane Stern winemakers Jura, Sol y Luna Colombia, South African Wine, Value Etna Nerello Mascalese, Vino Artisanal de Café de Colombia
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Recent Wines March 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
March began with some stormy weather, then up here in Scotland we had some marvellous spring days bringing floral profusion to our little rain shadow just outside Edinburgh. As I type, at the end of the month, we have wetter … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Arbois Wine, Australian Alt Varieties - Fiano, Baden Spätburgunder, Baden Wine, Bernard Huber Baden, Blank Bottle Smaug the Magnificent 2017, Blank Bottle Winery, Bombacher Sommerhalde Spätburgunder R 2011, Fabrice Dodane Mathenay Arbois, Folias de Baco Alijo Portugal, German Wine, Jade & Jasper Fiano 2021, Julian Huber Baden, Jura Wine, Laura and Brendan Carter Winemakers, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Trio Sauvage 2020, Natural Wine, Pieter Walser, Portuguese Light Red Wine, Recent Wines March 2024 Pt1, Savagnin de Voile Domaine de Saint-Pierre, South African Wine, South Australian Wine, Tiego Sampaio Winemaker, Uivo Renegado 2022, Unico Zelo Riverland Fiano, Upper Douro Natural Wine, Western Cape White Blend
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Basket Press – New Vintages in Edinburgh
The last of the Edinburgh tastings for November featured some new wines from Basket Press Wines, actually tasted outdoors on a lovely mid-November lunchtime. It doesn’t always rain here, contrary to the myths put about down south. You will doubtless … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Baden Wine, Basket Press Wines in Edinburgh, Czech Wine, Divide 2019 DVA Duby, Dva Duby Moravia, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Frühroter Veltliner, Goriska Brda Wine, Hajos Baja Hungary, Hungarian Wine, Impera 2019 DVA Duby, Kmetija Stekar Sivi 2022, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Malvasia 2019 DVA Duby, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2021, Moravian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Sziegl Pince Kekfrankos Diofas 2019
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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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Recent Wines August 2022 #theglouthatbindsus
It may appear that drinking at home was not a thing in August, but if truth be known we were trying to drink up the sort of wines which either I didn’t want to lug up to Scotland along with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Antoine Sanzay Saumur, Austrian Wine, Baden Wine, Château Simone Rosé 2020, Chenin Blanc, Eastern Accents Reka-Koncz, Famille Rougier Palette, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph Jois Burgenland, Joiseph Neuburger 2018, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Loire Wine, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Luuks 2020 Blank Bottle Winery, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2019, Neuburger Grape Variety, Pieter Walser, Recent Wines August 2022, Saumur Blanc, Saumur Blanc Les Salles Martin 2014, South African Wine, Stellenbosch Chardonnay, Still Meunier in Franconia
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Recent Wines October 2021 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
This is the last part of my resume of interesting wines drunk during October. This half-dozen bottles, all gems in their own way, travels around a fairly small part of Europe, with one exception, but they are all from different … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Piemonte, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Alex Götze, Alsace Red Blend, Antonio Vallana, Baden Gutedel, Baden Wine, Burgenland Wine, Canary Islands Wine, Chasselas in Baden Germany, Christoph Wolber, Envinate Taganan Tinto, Georg Renner, Gutedel Baden, Lambert Spielmann Epfig Alsace, Red Z'Epfig, Renner Intergalactic Field Blend 2020, Rennersistas, Rennerundsistas, Roberto Santana, Stefanie Renner, Susanne Renner, Tenerife Wine, Vallana Boca 2013, Wasenhaus, Weingut Renner Gols, Weingut Wasenhaus, Wines of Alto Piemonte
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Recent Wines July 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
In the first half of July, I crawled into a corner of European wine which spilt out a little from Trink Magazine’s “umlaut wines” domain, but only just. I think the eight wines I’ve written about here are perfect for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine
Tagged Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Baden Wine, Bechtel Weine Eglisau, Burgenland, Cave de la Côte Chasselas, Cave de la Côte Tolochenaz, Claus Preisinger Gols, Deutschschweiz Wine, Eglisau Wines, Enderle & Moll Spätburgunder Rosé, Florian Moll, Georg Renner, German Pinot Noir, German Rosé, Hannes Hoffmann, Mathias Bechtel, Mosel Riesling, Olympia Samara, Puszta Libre 2020, Räuschling, Réka Koncz Eastern Accents, Renner und Rennersistas Gols, Rita & Rudolf Trossen Kinheim, Rodrigo Banto Winemaker, Schwäbischer Landwein, Stefanie Renner, Susanne Renner, Sven Enderle, Swiss Wine, Trossen Schieferblume 2018, Vaud Wine, Waiting for Tom Rosé, Weingut Roterfaden Pinot Noir, Wine of Eastern Hungary, Wines of Vaihingen-Roßwag, Wines of Württemburg, Zurich Wines
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 