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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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Journey Through the Past to get Lost in a Field
Back at the end of May I was wandering around the Tobacco Dock venue for the Real Wine Fair and I happened to spy Tim Wildman. I have been a fan of his Aussie Petnats for ages, so I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Grape Varieties, Petnat, Rosé, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged England's Heritage Grape Varieties, English and Welsh Petnat, English and Welsh Wine, English Petnat, English Wine, English Wine in the 1980s, Lost in a Field Frolic Petnat 2021, Lost in a Field Tim Wildman, Madeleine Angevine, Sunday Times Handbook of Wine, The Lost Vineyard Project, Tim Wildman, Wildman Wine
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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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Vineyards of Hampshire 2022
It was a little over two years ago that I was at 67 Pall Mall for the last Vineyards of Hampshire Press and Trade Tasting. It was nice to see some old friends among those exhibiting, and to taste the … Continue reading
Posted in English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Black Chalk Wine, Corinne Seely Winemaker, Cottonworth Wines, Danebury Vineyards, Emma Rice Winemaker, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Exton Park, Exton Park Reserve Blend Series, Hambledon Vineyard, Hampshire Wines, Hattingley King's Cuvée 2014, Hattingley Valley, Hattingley Wines, Jacob Leadley, Liddell Family Wines, Louis Pommery England, Pinglestone Estate, Raimes Demi-Sec 2017, Raimes Wines, Test Valley Vineyards, The Grange Wines, Vineyards of Hampshire Tasting 2022, Zoe Driver
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Breaky Bottom – A Different Perspective on English Wine
Sometimes something is right under your nose but it takes a while to see it. Regular readers will know I drink the wines of Breaky Bottom with some frequency, because most (but not all) of the currently extant cuvées have … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Breaky Bottom 2017 Cuvées Tasted, Breaky Bottom Distributors, Breaky Bottom Vineyard, Cuvée Cornelis Hendriksen 2013, Cuvée Koizumi Yakumo 2010, Cuvée Michelle Moreau 2014, Cuvée Reynolds Stone 2010, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Peter Hall Winemaker, Seyval Blanc, Sussex Wine, Vineyard Visit
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Recent Wines June 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of June’s wines begins with a country I have drunk too little of since our Lockdowns began. I hope to be purchasing some more Georgians this summer. Next up, two English wines in a row before a first-time … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Fermament Sauvignon Blanc 2018, Ben Walgate, Burgenland Wine, Canary Island Wine, Charlie Herring Wines, Czech Wine, Dobra Vinice Moravia, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Wine, Franz and Christine Strohmeier, Georgian Wine, Gernot and Heike Heinrich Gols, Gols, Imereti Wine Georgia, Joh Jos Prüm Wehlen, Jois Wine Burgenland, Joiseph Fogosch Grüner Veltliner, La Palma Canary Islands, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Minho Petnat, Moravian Wine, Mosel Spätlese, Mosel Wine, Negramoll, Nejedlik Orange 2011, Nikoladzeebis Marani Wines, Opok soils, Padeiro, Petr Nejedlik, Portuguese Petnat, Quinta da Raza, Qvevri Wines, Ramaz Nikoladze Tsolikouri, Recent Wines 2021 (Pt 2), Sin Titulo Vikki Torres, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Strohmeier Weststeiermark, Styrian Wine, Tillingham End Grain, Tillingham Wines, Tim Phillips winemaker, Victoria Torres Pecis La Palma, Vinhão, Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling, Weisze Freyheit 2017 Heinrich
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Recent Wines November 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
November’s “Recent Wines”, the most interesting wines drunk at home last month, kicks off in Rust and a winemaker whose wines were among the first from Burgenland I drank. We then continue our journey via Sussex, Hungary, the Mosel and … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alt-Mosel, Annamária Réka, Austrian Natural Wine, Ben Walgate, Breaky Bottom, Burgenland, Cuvée Michelle Moreau, English Qvevri Wine, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Heidi Schröck, Hungarian Wine, Intergalactic 2019 White Blend, Jack Roberts Winemaker, Jan Matthias Klein, Johanna Jensen, Junge Löwen, Keep Wines Ciliegiolo, Keep Wines Napa, Királyléanyka Grape, Kröv, Little Red Riding Wolf, Magula Devin 2018, Magula Slovakia, Réka-Koncz Hungary, Recent Wines November 2020 (Part 1), Renner & Rennersistas Gols, Ripken Vineyard Ciliegiolo, Slovakian Wine, Staffelter Hof Mosel, Sussex Wine, Tillingham Qvevri White
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Recent Wines September 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
This follow-on from Part 1 (last week) highlights another eight wines drunk at home during September. It’s an eclectic mix which, as always, pays scant attention to the vagaries of the weather, as it does to the norms of civilised … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, A Fermament Sauvignon Blanc Skins 2017, Adrien Berlioz Chignin, Australian Wine, Canberra District Viognier 2017, Charlie Herring Wines, Chignin, Chignin Cuvée Clemence, Clonakilla Murrumbateman, Domaine de Beudon Valais, Domaine du Cellier des Cray, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Skin Contact Wine, English Wine, Frankovka Modra Unplugged Magula, German Wine, Hampshire Artisan Wines, Hansjörg Rebholz, Kastanienbusch GG, Keller Grüner Silvaner 2018, Klaus Peter Keller, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Magula Slovakia, Pfalz Wine, Rebholz Kastanienbusch Riesling 2007, Recent Wines September 2020 (pt 2), Rheinhessen, Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature 2018, Savoie Wine, Slovakian Wine, Swiss Wine, Tim Phillips winemaker
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Black Chalk
Six thousand years ago the early settlers in what was then a very cold, damp and misty island off the coast of mainland Europe, began to exploit the soft chalky Downlands in the south of that island for flint. It … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Black Chalk Classic 2016, Black Chalk Wild Rose, Black Chalk Wine, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Graft Wine Company Black Chalk Agent, Hampshire Wine, IEWA Overall Winner Sparkling Wine, Jacob Leadley, Test Valley Hampshire, Wine from Test Valley, Wine GB 2020 Best Newcomer, Wines of Hampshire, Zoë Driver Winemaker
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 