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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
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
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 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 January 2020 #theglouthatbindsus
Dry January…I write about wine, so that’s not going to happen, is it! I can’t even make you roll around on the floor laughing at the tired old joke about sticking to dry wine, because in the dozen most interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex & Maria Koppitsch, Alexandra Mossu Vigneronne, Blank Bottle for Butlers Wine Cellar, Blank Bottle Winery, David Bowley Winemaker, Domaine Mossu Voiteur, Emmanuelle Milan, Equipo Navazos, Florpower 77, François Mossu, Gewurztraminer Demoiselle, Helter Skelter Viognier Darling, Jauma Wines, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Jerez table wine, Julian Haart, Jura Wine, Koppitsch Perspektive Weiss, Lillies Grenache, Mathieu Deiss, Mesnay Jura, Neusiedl-am-See, Palomino table wine, Patrice Béguet Vigneron, Piesporter Schubertslay Spätlese 2011, Pieter Walser, Recent Wines January 2020, Rita & Rudolf Trossen Kinheim, Sang de Gaillardon Jura Wine, Shobbrook Giallo 2016, Straight No Chaser Chardonnay 2015, Tom Shobbrook Winemaker, Trossen Rot 2018, Vibrations Riesling 2016, Vignoble du Reveur, Vinteloper Lagrein 2017
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Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)
At least once a year the treat of a Sherry-focused lunch comes around, and I’m sure some of you have read tales from our “Fish & Fino” lunches in the past. This week we went to Pizarro, one of José … Continue reading
Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Amontillado, Amontillado 30-y-o Bodegas Tradicion, Antique Oloroso Fernando de Castilla, Berry Brothers Sherry Bottlings, Equipo Navazos, Fino, Inocente Fino Valdespino, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Amontillado 37, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 59, La Bota de Palo Cortado 72 "Pata de Gallina", La Gitana Aniversario Hidalgo, Lustau Palo Cortado Almacenista Vides, Manzanilla, Montilla-Moriles, Old & Plus Oloroso Romate, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro-Ximenez Grape, Pizarro Bermondsey, PX Grown in Jerez, Sanlucar, Sherry, Sherry Lunch, Solera Fundacion 1830 PX Navarro, Spanish Restaurants London, Tio Pepe Una Palma, Very Old Sherry, Ximenez-Spinola Medium Old Harvest
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Crafty Little Tasting
Crafty Little Tasting was the rather nice name Alliance Wine gave to a tasting of their more artisan winemakers, which took place at Carousel, on Blandford Street (London) on Tuesday. More than 170 wines were on show, and I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Abel Mendoza Rioja, Achinos Wine, Alliance Wine, Arribes del Duero, Berthet-Bondet Jura, Bizios Nemea, Bodegas El Lagarto, Cantina Merano Lagrein, Cantine Rallo Grillo, Casal de Arman Ribeira, Cellar del Roure Catalonia, Chateau-Chalon, Clement Klur Katzenthal Alsace, Crafty Little Wine Tasting, Domaine Bliskowice Poland, Domaine de Colette, Domaine de la Couvette, Domaine de la Noblaie Chinon, Domaine des Baumards Quarts de Chaume, Drift Farm, Equipo Navazos, Florpower Bota 44, Fumin, Gulfi Sicily, I Think Manzanilla En Rama, Jean Perrier Savoie, La Crotta di Vegneron, La Tour Melas, Manzanilla Bota 71, Manzanilla Pasada 59, Mas Cal Demoura, Mount Edward Central Otago, New Greek Wines, Olim Bauda, Oller del Mas Pla de Bages, Pazo de Senorans, Picapoll Negre, Polish Wine, Raats Family MR de Compostella, Riecine Chianti, Riecine Sebastiano Passito, Ruby Luby, Santorini Assyrtiko, Stella Bella Pink Muscat, T-Oinos, There are Still Mysteries Pinot Noir, Tinos Wines, Val d'Aosta Wine, Vassaltis Santorini, Venturi Baldini Lambrusco, Year of the Rooster Rosé
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Another “Masters” Class (Spanish Whites)
Just six of us were at Masters Superfish yesterday for a lunch themed on Spanish Whites. I must say that there are those among us who feel that our Fino lunches here in Waterloo provide a wine style most suited to fish … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Adegas Coroa Godello 2006, Alan de Val, Bodega Can Ramon, Bodegas Sonsierra Rioja, Castell d'Encus, Clos Lentiscus Sumoll Ferèstec, Colet, Colet-Navazos Reserva 2010, Costers del Segre, Ekam, Equipo Navazos, Godello, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Palacio de Canedo, Pardoxin Dulce, Pedrazais Godello Sobre Lias, Prado a Tope, Spanish Riesling, Spanish sparkling wine, Spanish white wines, Sweet Godello, Tempranillo Blanco, Valdeorras
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Viñateros – A Spanish Wine Revolution
It has been, unusually, two weeks since I’ve posted an article. This has largely been down to my trip to Switzerland, which I’ll be writing about soon. I apologise if you therefore end up being bombarded with articles this week. … Continue reading
Posted in Spanish Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged 4 Kilos Mallorca, Abel Mendoza Rioja, Celler Pardas, Comando G, Daniel Landi, Envinate, Equipo Navazos, Fedellos do Couto, Loxarel Penedes, Nin-Ortiz Priorat, Pagos de Villavendimia, Rafael Palacios, Remelluri Blanco 2013, Spanish Wine, Spanish Wine Tasting, Suertes del Marqués, Tate Modern Wine Tastings, Telmo Rodrigues, Tenerife Wine, Terroir Al Limit, Vinateros, Wines of Spain, Zarate
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Muy Generoso
Generoso usually refers just to a dry fortified wine, but in this case it refers to our Sherry lunch on Friday where we drank largely wines of a darker hue, Amontillado, through Palo Cortado and Oloroso, to PX. Of course, it … Continue reading
Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food
Tagged Amontillado, Bodegas Navarro Solera Fundacion 1830, Bodegas Tradicion, Bota de Amontillado 49, Chipiona, Cooperativa Catolico Agricola, Cuatro Palmas Gonzalez Byass, Dos Cortado Palo Cortado, Equipo Navazos, Fernando de Castilla, Florpower 57, Fortnum & Mason Sherry, Generoso Lunch, Generoso Wines, Gonzalez Palacios Old Oloroso, Gutierrez Colosia Moscatel, Lebrija, Niepoort-Navazos 2014, Oloroso, Palomino table wine, Pedro Ximenez, PX, Sandeman Dry Amontillado, Unfortified Palomino, Williams & Humbert
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