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Recent Wines April 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
For the wines drunk at home back in April, before we headed off to Australia, we have just six, plus an unusual beer. All the wines are classics in their own way (four are what we’d term natural wines and … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Winemaker, Amphora Wines, Arbois Wine, Austrian Wine, Beer and Cider blend, Domaine A&M Tissot, Domaine Ganevat, Elisabetta Foradori Trentino, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Foradori Teroldego Morei 2013, Ganevat Les Cèdres Chardonnay 2015, German Wine, Graacher Himmelreich Spätlese 2010 JJ Prüm, Graff, Italian Wine, JJ Prüm, Jura Wine, Knoll Ried Loibenberg 2007, Loibner Riesling Smaragd 2007, May Provisions & Charlie Herring Graff (2020), Mosel Riesling, Recent Wines April 2023, Stéphane Tissot Trousseau Amphore 2015, Teroldego in Tinaja, Tim Phillips winemaker, Trentino Wine, Wachau Wine, Weingut Knoll Wachau, Westwell Petulant Pink 2021, Westwell Wines Kent
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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Time seems to be zipping forward quite swiftly in 2023, especially as the evenings are noticeably lighter here now, though it seems that winter’s icy claws are about to grip tightly once more, hopefully a last-gasp before proper spring. The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines Kent, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Breaky Bottom Oliver Minkley 2011, Catherine Riss, Du Vin aux Liens Vanessa Letort, Early Unfortified Palomino, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo-Navazos, Hungarian Wine, Kekfrankos Eastern Hungary, La Table Rouge Babylone 2019, Libre Comme L'Air Pinot Noir, Meinklang Pamhagen Burgenland, Meinklang Vulkan #2, Natural Wine, Navazos-Niepoort Blanco 2014 (mag), Palomino Fino, Peter Hall Breaky Bottom Sussex Wine, Pineau d'Aunis, Recent Wines Feb 23 Pt1, Reka-Koncz A Change of Heart, Somlo Wine Hungary, Westwell Pelegrim New Release
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Recent Wines November 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
How the year flies by! That’s rather a cliché, but this year does seem to have passed very quickly for us with our move to Scotland taking up rather a lot of the time. But I do look forward to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Vigneronne, Ancestral Method Bugey-Cerdon, Arbois Wine, Austrian Wine, Bolney Estate Cuvée Noir Brut NV, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland Wine, Domaine L'Octavin Corvée de Trou-Trou, English Sparkling Dornfelder, English Sparkling Red Wine, English Sparkling Wine, Jura Wine, Mad Dog Warwick Madame Flöck, Madame Flöck Wines Winningen, Mosel Dry Riesling, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, PYCM, Recent Wines November 2022 (Pt1), Renardat-Fâche Mérignat Bugey, Rennersistas Gols, Rennerundsistas, Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly 2011, Superglitzer 2018, Sussex Wine, White Burgundy Saint-Aubin
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Westwell Wines “Pelegrim” Relaunch
I continue to be enamoured by English Sparkling Wine. As I’ve said before, it’s nothing to do with gung-ho jingoism or the slightest feeling of animosity towards our French cousins. It’s simply based on quality, and I should add, individuality. … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tourism
Tagged Adrian Pike Winemaker, Classic Bottle-Fermented Sparkling Wine, English Ortega Specialist, English Sparkling Wine, English Vineyard, Galia Pike Artist, Kent Wine, Kentish Wine, Westwell Pelegrim Releaunch, Westwell Wines Kent, Wine on the North Downs
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Recent Wines July 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Finally, I think I have some time to write, post-move, post-Covid and post-family visits. I’m way behind with my “Recent Wines” articles, so in this case you will get some not so recent wines dating back to July. Here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Georgian Wine, Mosel, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged A Fermament Sauvignon Blanc Skins 2017, Akacia 2020 Jaroslav Osicka, Anapea Village Winery Kakheti, Austrian Sekt, Best Austrian Sekt, Chardonnay Sekt in Austria, Charlie Herring Wines, Czech Natural Wine, Dermot Sugrue, Ebner-Ebenauer Brut Nature Sekt 2010, Ebner-Ebenauer Poysdorf, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Sparkling Wine, Georgian Qvevri Mtsvane, Jaroslav and Lubos Osicka, Kakheti Mtsvane, Marion and Manfred Ebner-Ebenauer, Moravian Riesling Blend, Mosel Riesling, Qvevri Mtsvane, Riesling Feinherb Silbermond 2018, Rita and Rudolf Trossen Mosel, Sugrue South Downs, The Trouble with Dreams 2017, Tim Phillips winemaker, Velke Bilovice Wine, Weinviertel Sekt
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Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
June saw a very interesting bunch of wines drunk at home, but equally, it saw us drinking a lot of repeats, wines I’ve already written about. So, we have just five wines in this first selection of wines drunk at … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, English Wine, German Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Breaky Bottom Cuvée David Pearson 2015, Breaky Bottom Vineyard Sussex, English Sparkling Wine, Filippo Rondinelli and Nicola Laconi, Friedrich Becker Schweigen, Friedrich Becker Winemaker, Fritz Wieninger Winemaker, German Pinot Noir, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Ligurian Wine, Peter Hall Winemaker, Pfalz Spätburgunder, Pigato, Recent Wines June 2022 (Pt 1), Riviera Ligure di Ponente, Sussex Wine, Terre Blanche, Vienna Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wiener Wein, Wieninger Bisamberg 2016, Ziereisen Blauer Spätburgunder 2017, Ziereisen Markgräferland Baden
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 3)
This is the final part of my coverage of the Real Wine Fair 2022. We shall step out of mainland Europe to cover producers from England, South Africa, Georgia and Lebanon. It brings to a close a fantastic event, but … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, English Wine, Georgian Wine, Lebanese Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, South African Wines, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged A Fermament 2020, Bernhard Bredell, Charlie Herring Wines, Chinuri Grape, Daniel Ham Winemaker, Domaine Hugo Wiltshire, Eddie Chami Mersel Wines, English Heritage Vine Wine Project, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Frolic English Petnat 2021, Hampshire Wine, Hugo Stewart Botleys, Iago Bitarishvili, Iago's Wine Kartli Georgia, Lebanese Wine, Lost in a Field Petnat Rosé, Maksar Mercel Wine Region Lebanon, Marina Kurtanidze, Marina's Wine Kartli, Mersel Wines Lebanon, Mtsvane Grape, Perfect Strangers 2021, Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider 2021, Perfect Strangers English Artisan Cider, Promised Land Riesling 2020, Qvevri Wine Georgia, Scions of Sinai Lower Hederberg, South African Wine, Tavkveri Grape, Tim Phillips, Tim Wildman Lost in a Field, Wine in Wiltshire
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Dermot Sugrue – Wiston and Sugrue South Downs
The long Easter Bank Holiday here was not without its pleasures, a lovely picnic and some wonderful food, but it was mostly dedicated to decorating. It was rather nice, therefore, to be getting up bright and early last Tuesday to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Fine Wine, Restaurants, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism
Tagged Chalk Restaurant Wiston Estate, Dermot Sugrue Future Plans, Dermot Sugrue Winemaker, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, English Wine Tourism at Wiston Estate, Sugrue South Downs, Wiston Blanc de Blancs 2015, Wiston Blanc de Noir 2014, Wiston Estate, Wiston Vintage 2017, Wiston Vintage Rosé 2014
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 