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Recent Wines April 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
To run through what’s in store in Part Two (of three) of my wines drunk at home in April, we begin in Germany and continue with Jura, Penedès and Champagne. We finish up with two wines from Czechia (or Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Artisan Wines, Champagne, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, orange wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Basket Press Wines, Best Aube Growers, Cave Les Papilles Paris, Champagne Jacques Lassaigne Le Cotet, Czech "Ginger" Wine (Rysak), Domaine Pignier Montaigu, Elbling, Emmanuel Lassaigne Montgueux, Entre Vinyes Baix Penedès, Feral Art & Vin Bordeaux, Jonas Dostert Elbling, Jonas Dostert Nittel Mosel, Macabeu Sotaterra Oniric Entre Vinyes, Moravian Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines, Ota Sevcik Boretice, Ota Sevcik Chardonnay 2018, Raeburn Fine Wines, Recent Wines April 2025 (Pt 2), Richard Stavek Divy Rysak 2017, Smith & Gertruce Portobello
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Czech Wines – Another Unashamed Plug
If you ask any deeply interested wine lover where is hot right now you may get a variety of answers, but I would argue that the place with the buzz is Czechia (or the Czech Republic if you prefer). It … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Travel
Tagged Basket Press Wines, Czech Artisan Winemakers, Czech Wine, Czech Wine importers, Emerging Wine Region, Jaroslav Osicka, Milan Nestarec, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine Movement in Czechia, Newcomer Wines, Petr Korab, Prost Wines, Richard Stavek
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Moravia 2022 – Krásna Horá Winery
Krásna Horá means beautiful hill, or mountain, in Czech, and the winery which sits at the bottom of it in the village of Nový Poddvorov, and is named after it, nestles among extremely attractive, gently rolling, Moravian hills. However, in … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Basket Press Wines, Biodynamic Wines of Moravia, Czech Wines, Krasna Hora Miya 2021, Krasna Hora Winery Moravia, Marek Vybiral, Moravia Visit August 2022, Moravian Sauvignon Blanc, Moravian Wine, Novy Poddvorov Moravia, Ondrej Dubas
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Autentikfest 2022, Moravia
I’ve just returned from a trip to Moravia in the south of the Czech Republic. The main reason for going was an invitation to Autentikfest 2022, the wine festival for the Czech natural wine movement, but whilst there I also … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice Moravia, Czech Natural Wine Festival, Euforia Birch Sap, Mutenice, Utopia Ciders, Utopia Vinegars, Vykoukal
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 1)
RealWine, or the Real Wine Fair, took place at London’s Tobacco Dock venue on Sunday and Monday. This is one of the biggest natural wine fairs in the UK (along with Raw Wine), and possibly in Europe now. Organised for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Burgenland, Czech Petnat, Czech Wine, DB Schmitt Flörsheim Rheinhessen, Dva Duby Moravia, Erich & Michael Andert, German natural wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Jiri Sebela, Les Caves de Pyrene, Moravian Wine, natural wines, Petr Korab, Real Wine Fair 2022 (Pt 1), Weingut Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, Wine Tasting Events
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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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Autentikfest Moravia 2020 (by Zainab Majerikova)
Having become increasingly impressed with the wines of Czechia over the past three or four years I had set my heart on visiting Moravia in 2020. There was no better occasion to do so than for the annual Autentikfest. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Autentiste Group of Wine Producers, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice, Czech Moravian Wine Festival, Czech Wine, Moravian Wine, Petr Korab and Autentikfest, Velkopavlovicka Wine Region, Zainab Majerikova
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Wir Trinken…Blaufränkisch
There are a number of grape varieties which are almost completely identified with one country yet which have spread beyond false borders, especially those borders which have moved around in Central Europe, or in the Alpine regions. These varieties might … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Grape Varieties, Hungarian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine
Tagged Ammamária Réka, Anne Krebiehl Wines of Germany, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Blaufränkisch, Burgenland, Czech Wine, Dorli Muhr Carnuntun Spitzbergen, Dva Duby Moravia, Frankovka, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hegyi-Kalo Eger, Heidi Schröck Blaufränkisch, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph BFF, Kékfrankos, Lemberger, Matic Slovenia, Modra Frankovka, Moravian Wine, Ota Sevcik Moravia, Peter Wetzer Sopron, Petr Koráb Moravia, Réka-Koncz, Rennersistas Waiting for Tom Blend, Roterfaden Lemberger, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Soprón, Strekov 1075 Frankovka, Tomas Cacik Moravia, Vino Magula
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Recent Wines June 2020 (Part 2)
No diversions this time, straight into the second part of June’s “at home” selection. The first wine is another old school classic but the rest are all contemporary thrillers…to a varying degree, but they all thrill. Two from Alsace, one … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alliance Wine, Alsace Pinot Noir Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Basket Press Wines, Ben Walgate, Benevolent Neglect Counoise 2018, Californian Counoise, Canary Islands Wine, Czech Wine, Dynamic Vines, English Ortega, English Qvevri Wine, Envinate Benjé Blanco 2018, Equipo Navazos, Gut Oggau Winifred Rosé, Herr Gewürz 2019 Krasna Hora, Indigo Wines, Krasna Hora, La Bota de Florpower Manzanilla 82, Les Caves de Pyrene, Mittelbergheim Pinot Noir, Moravian Wine, Muré Riesling Vorbourg 2004, Nekter Wines, Palomino Listán Blanco, Recent Wines June 2020 (Part 2), Rosé from Burgenland, Tenerife Wine, Tillingham Wines Qvevri Artego 2017, Vintage Manzanilla, Wines Under the Bonnet
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 