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Recent Wines October 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Recent Wines for October, Part 2 begins with a pétnat from Hungary. Then we go to Lavaux, for one of the cheapest Swiss wines I’ve found in the UK. A Kentish pétnat cider breaks the flow, before we finish with … Continue reading

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Recent Wines December 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Part Two of 2024’s last batch of the most interesting wines drunk at home begins with three wines which all, at the time of buying them, cost £26. Remember in Part One I suggested that £26 is the new £18? … Continue reading

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Wines of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus

In the “Recent Wines” articles I publish each month I always stress that the wines I include are not the most expensive, smartest and poshest wines but the wines I find most interesting, and hopefully thrilling. This means you might … Continue reading

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Recent Wines April 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

The catchup continues. We are right back in April for my “Recent Wines”. Two parts, the first showing wines from Franken, Hampshire, Burgundy, Burgenland and Jura. Silvaner Thüngersheim Rothlauf GG 2019, Weingut Rudolf May (Franken, Germany) I seem to be … Continue reading

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Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Once more, May’s “Recent Wines” will be brought to you in two parts…because let’s face it we are all drinking more bottles at home during these times, and I have again selected eighteen wines from the last month which I … Continue reading

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Tillingham

Having got to know Ben Walgate and his wines over the past year I had been itching to make a visit to his Tillingham Vineyard, within sight of Rye in East Sussex. I finally got a chance just over a … Continue reading

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The Secret Garden and The Pig

Tim Phillips isn’t a name many of you will have come across. Tim has several winemaking strings to his bow, with projects in South Africa and in Italy, but Tim’s current focus is very different. Clos du Paradis is not … Continue reading

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