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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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Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 2)
After interrupting my May Wines recap at the start of the week to add to the conversation about the grey market for natural wines (which seemed to go down pretty well) we are back on track for the last nine … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrien Berlioz Chignin, Azul y Garanza Navarra, Back in Alsace Blog, Basket Press Wines, Beaujolais-Villages Domaine Chapel, Cremaux Pinot Noir Moravia, Cuvée des Gueux Savoie, Czech Wines, David Chapel Beaujolais, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Florian Lauer Saar, Jacquère/Altesse blend, Jaroslav Osicka, Kupp Kabinett Faß 8 Lauer, Matthiasson Rosé Napa, Modal Wines, Modry Portugal, Naturaleza Salvaje Tinto, Navarra Amphora Garnacha, Petr Korab, Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 2), Stephane Tissot, Steve Matthiasson, The Solent Cellar, Tissot Chardonnay Rose, Uncharted Wines, Weingut Peter Lauer, Wines Under the Bonnet, Zegwur Cuvée Nature
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Recent Wines April 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We’ll slip straight into Part 2 with the final nine wines we drank at home last month. Part 1 immediately precedes this article. We will travel to Jura (twice), Alsace, Burgenland, Vienna, Eastern Hungary, Slovakia, Stellenbosch, and the Langhe. PINOT … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Alexis and Emilie Porteret, Annamária Réka, Arbois Wine, Basket Press Wines, Bodines Pinot Noir 2015, Break a Leg Cinsaut Rosé, Domaine des Bodines, Fresh Wines Kinross, Gemischter Satz, Glockenturm Mukenthal, Grinzing Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, Koppitsch Zweigelt Reserve 2015, Langhe Dolcetto, Les Caves de Pyrene, Lukas Van Loggerenberg, Modal Wines, Newcomer Wines, Ploussard Oeuvre L'Esprit Bornard, Réka-Koncz Eastern Accents, Rebela Rosa Slobodné, Rietsch Pas a Pas Cuvée, Rinaldi Dolcetto D'Alba, Rinaldi Dolcetto Roussot, Slobodne Slovakia, Slovakian Wine, Solent Cellar, Tony Bornard Pupillin, Viennese Wine, Weingut Koppitsch, Wines Under the Bonnet, Young South African Winemakers
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Lockdown Guilt or Isolation Inspiration
Are you enjoying Lockdown? I am guilty of moments where I feel more relaxed and, dare I say it, quite happy to be stuck at home. It’s stressful worrying about loved ones, but then there just isn’t the stress of … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Californian Wine, Czech Wine, Dining, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged Basket Press Wines, Isolation Inspiration, Isolation Wines, Lockdown Wine Deliveries, Lockdown Wines, Modal Wines, Nekter Wines, Newcomer Wines, The Solent Cellar, Uncharted Wines, Wild Flor Hove
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Isolation Inspiration Part 2: A Glass With…More Moravia
We’ve had Zoom and we’ve had Crowdcast, but by far the most popular form of wine communication during the lockdown is the Instagram broadcast. Some are just random with no scheduled time or content, whilst other originators are trying to keep to a schedule or … Continue reading
Posted in Cider, Czech Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A Glass With... series, Alexandre Fraguin on Moravia, André Grape Variety, Basket Press Wines, Cabernet Moravia, Czech Cider, Czech Wines, Isolation Inspiration Part 2, Isolation Wine Broadcasts, Jaroslav Osicka, Moravian Wines, Osička PAN, Utopia Cider, Wine Education on the Web, Wine on the Internet, Zdenek Vykoukal
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Basket Press Wines at Plateau, Brighton (March 2020)
Oh how different the world seemed a couple of weeks ago. Basket Press Wines, the importer of primarily Czech wines, was down in Brighton to show some new wines and vintages to the staff of Plateau and Ten Green Bottles, … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Annamária Réka, Basket Press Wines, Blauer Portugieser, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, Dva Duby, Hungarian Wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Krasna Hora, Milerka, Modry Portugal, Ota Sevcik, Petr Korab, Réba-Koncz Hungary, Utopia Ciders, Vox in Excelsio 2017
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Recent Wines – December 2019 #theglouthatbindsus
I haven’t quite finished my series of articles on Australia, and I certainly hope to write and publish the last of those before the tasting calendar kicks in, which it does in a couple of weeks with Le Grappin in … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Wine, English Cider, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Adelina Wines Arneis, Adrien Berlioz Chignin Savoie, Artisan Wines in Hampshire, Australian Arneis, Basket Press Wines, Blank Bottle Winery "Gothus" Pinotage, Bozidar Zorjan Slovenia, Champagne Vincent Couche Buxeuil, Chardonnay de Montgueux, Dobra Vinice Czech Moravia, Dolium Zorjan, Domaine de Saint-Pierre Les Corvées, Du Grappin Aligoté 2017, Eden Valley Shiraz, English Sparkling Wine, Eternal Return Arneis, Fabrice Dodane, Frick Alsace, Frick Bergweingarten, Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz 2001, JJ Prüm Ziltinger Sonnenuhr Spätlese, Koppitsch Petnat Burgenland, Le Grappin, Meinklang Graupert, Mondeuse Adrien Berlioz, Nejedlik Orange, Philipp Wittmann Rheinhessen, Pieter Walser Pinotage for Butlers Wine Cellar, Pretty Nats Petnat, Recent Wines December 2019, Starvecrow Cider, The Bookkeeper Charlie Herring Wines, Tim Phillips winemaker, Wittmann Weiser Burgunder
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 