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Tag Archives: Brad Hickey
Brad’s not Brash – Brash Higgins Producer Profile
Brad Hickey is a Chicago lad who, I assume, never thought he’d end up making wine in South Australia. He did a bit of corporate stuff, as so many of us do, but then like so many talented and creative … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Australia Alternative Varieties, Australian Amphora Wine, Australian Flor-aged Chardonnay, Australian Wine Producer Profile, Berkmann Wine Brash Higgins, Blewitt Springs Chardonnay, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins, Brash Higgins Bloom, McLaren Vale Wine, Nicole Thorpe Winemaker, South Australian Wine, Zibibbo in Australia
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Recent Wines March 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For Part 2 of March’s most interesting wines (I used to say “drunk at home”, but let’s face it, where else am I going to be drinking wine at the moment?) we start off with a little-known (in the UK, … Continue reading
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Tagged "FRNC" Brash Higgins, Alsace Skin Contact Blend, Australian Cabernet Franc, Bourgoggne Aligoté L'Aligator, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins Cabernet Franc, Brash Higgins McLaren Vale, Closerie des Moussis Arsac, Closerie des Moussis Haut-Médoc, Cul de Brey Domaine de la Tournelle, Czech Wine, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine des Queues Rouges Burgundy, Emmanuelle Milan, Equipo Navazos, Evelyne & Pascal Clairet, Isabelle Vantey, Jean-Yves Vantey Sampigny-lès-Maranges, Jura Red Blend, Jura Wine, La Bota de Florpower 99, Laurence Alias & Pascale Choime Winemakers, Lukas Van Loggerenberg Winemaker, Lukes van Loggerenberg "Breton", Mathieu Deiss, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine Bordeaux, Palomino Fino Table Wine, Petr Koráb Moravia, Recent Wines March 2021 (Pt 2), South African Cabernet Franc, South African Wine, The Milkman Petnat Petr Koráb, Un Instant Sur Terre, Vignoble du Rêveur Bennwihr
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Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Following on from Part 1 (the previous article on the site so I won’t provide a link), Part 2 of July’s wines at home has a definite Austrian texture to it. There are three Austrian wines here, plus one Czech, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aigle Chablais Vaud, Aigle Les Murailles, Alexander Koppitsch, Ama Tuscany, Amphora Wines South Australia, Australian Verdelho, Australian Zibibbo, Badoux Vins, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins McLaren Vale, Brash Higgins ZBO 2018, Burgenland Gemischter Satz, Burgenland Wine, Castello di Ama Chianti Classico 2005, Chablais Chasselas, Chianti Classico, From Sundays Wines, Henri Badoux Vins, Joiseph Jois, Joiseph Mischkultur 2018, Koppitsch Rét, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Marco Pallanti, Orange on Leaves, Petr Koráb Moravia, Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 2), Rennersistas Gols, Skin Contact Verdelho, Swiss Chasselas, The Beast Verdelho Hunter Valley, Tuscan Wine, Zweigelt
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Jura Come to London
If you have read my wideworldofwine blog since I began posting you will know I visit the Jura Region every year, usually around harvest time, but you will also know that my focus is generally on the newer producers, the … Continue reading
Catching up – Recent Wines
I haven’t written a roundup of “recent” wines since mid-September, so I’ve had to be fairly strict about how many I mention, and culling it down to a case-sized dozen seems reasonable. The fact that the wines below contain four … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged Arbois, Arnold Holzer, Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages, Brad Hickey, Brash Higgins, Burgenland, Chardonnay-Riesling, Cuvée L'Automne, Domaine de la Pinte, Domaine des Bottes Rouges, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Octavin, Dora Bella Poulsard, Eschenhof Holzer, Ganevat Kopin!, Gemischter Satz, Jean-Baptiste Menigoz, Jura, Jutta Ambrositsch, Karim Vionnet, Languedoc Natural Wine, Les Caves de Pyrene, Liberty Wines, Mas Coutelou, McLaren Vale Wine, Meinklang, Meinklang Prosa, Newcomer Wines, Pinot Noir C'est Max, Red Squirrel, Riesling-Semillon, Sankt Laurent, Savagnin Empreinte, Sieveringer Ringelspiel, Solent Cellar, Tete a Claques, Tutto Wines, Vienna Wine, Vintage Roots, Wagram, Wholefoods Wine, Winemakers Club
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Drinking with Brad
I spent a pleasant evening with Brad Hickey last week. Brad is one part of the couple behind Brash Higgins, a McLaren Vale estate which has a good following in the USA, Scandinavia, and some other parts of Europe, but … Continue reading
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