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Tag Archives: German Wine
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
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
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 August 2022 #theglouthatbindsus
It may appear that drinking at home was not a thing in August, but if truth be known we were trying to drink up the sort of wines which either I didn’t want to lug up to Scotland along with … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Antoine Sanzay Saumur, Austrian Wine, Baden Wine, Château Simone Rosé 2020, Chenin Blanc, Eastern Accents Reka-Koncz, Famille Rougier Palette, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Joiseph Jois Burgenland, Joiseph Neuburger 2018, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Loire Wine, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Luuks 2020 Blank Bottle Winery, Max Baumann Winemaker, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2019, Neuburger Grape Variety, Pieter Walser, Recent Wines August 2022, Saumur Blanc, Saumur Blanc Les Salles Martin 2014, South African Wine, Stellenbosch Chardonnay, Still Meunier in Franconia
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Recent Wines March 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Continuing swiftly into Part 2 of the wines we most enjoyed at home during March, we begin with a gorgeous Crémant du Jura, then a long-time friend from Burgenland, my first taste of a natural wine producer from Alsace, a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Arthur Bohn, Austrian Wine, Blaufränkisch Ried Külm 2017, Bohn L'Indigène 2020, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Burgenland, Buronfosse Crémant du Jura 2016, Charlie Herring Wines, Domaine Bohn Reichsfeld Alsace, Franconia/Württemberg wine, German Wine, Hampshire Artisan Cider, Heidi Schröck Rust, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Blanc 2019, Peggy and Jean-Pascal Buronfosse, Perfect Strangers 2017 (disg 11/20), Perfect Strangers Artisan Cider, Recent Wines March 2022 (Pt2), Renardat-Fâche Mérignat Bugey, Ried Külm 2017, Rotalier Sud Revermont Jura, Ruster Blaufränkisch, Tim Phillips winemaker
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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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What is it with German Wine?
As a wine lover I feel fairly split between the major wine producing nations of Europe. I have an enduring love of Italian wines, with a pendulum swinging every few years between Tuscany and Piemonte. I’ve said emphatically this year … Continue reading
Posted in German Wine, Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Anne Krebiehl MW, German Book List, German Dry Wines, German Technology versus Romanticism, German Wine, Jan Matthias Klein Staffelter Hof, Paula Redes Sidore, Place of German Natural Wine, Revolution in German Wine, The Giesenheim Gamble, Trink Magazine, TRINKTalks, Valerie Kathawala
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Ripples Become Waves – Howard Ripley German 2017 GG and Reds
There’s a certain sedate quality to your average Howard Ripley Tasting. You turn up early to the grand venue, the Pension’s Room in Gray’s Inn, and for a few moments you can sip amid a sea of calm. Even when … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2017 Vintage in Germany, Daniel Vollenweider, Efringen-Kirchen, Florian Lauer GG 2017, Fritz Haag, Georg Mosbacher, German GG 2017, German Red Wines, German Wine, German Wine Tasting, Grosses Gewachs 2017, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Howard Ripley, Jaspis Range Ziereisen, Niederberg Helden, Philipp Wittmann, Rheinhessen Morstein, Rudolf May Franken Silvaner, Schäfer-Fröhlich, Schloss Lieser, Schloss Lieser Pinot Noir, Schweigen Wines, Spatburgunder and Pinot Noir, Thomas Haag, Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus, Von Schubert Pinot Noir, Weingut Julg Schweigen, Weingut Peter Lauer, Weingut Wittmann, Wissembourg Abbey Former Vineyards, Ziereisen Baden
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Not With a Bang but a “Wimps” Lunch
This is the way the world ends, or at least I hope so. Wimps lunches are so called because they are for people who only like one bottle each for lunch (although they actually allow for ten bottles between each … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Dining, Fine Wine, German Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged 1913 Riesling, Austrian Wine, German Wine, JJ Prüm, Kracher, La Trompette, Maximin Grunhaus, Von Schubert, Wimps lunches, Wittmann
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 