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Raw London 2019, Part 1
Mad March, that time of year when wine importers think we are capable of getting to four or five tastings a day trundles on (no exaggeration, as well as Raw yesterday there were at least four other “unmissable” wine events). … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Burgess & Hall, Czech Qvevri Wines, Czech Wine, Dobra Vinice, Eloro Wine, Gut Oggau, Jaroslav Osicka, Meinklang, Meinklang Mulatschak, Modry Portugal, Moldavian Wine, Pachino Wine, Raw Wine 2019, Salvatore Marino Sicily, Turi
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Gut Oggau Family Reunion
Many family reunions are fraught with tension, petty jealousies and conflict under the surface. This particular family reunion was the happiest I have ever attended. Gut Oggau is probably known to many who will read this article, but for those … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2016 Vintage in Burgenland, Austrian Wine, Biodynamics in Austria, Brutal Wine Series, Burgenland, Dynamic Vines, Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck, Gut Oggau, Gut Oggau Family Reunion 2016, Neusiedlersee, Oggau, Rösler Grape Variety, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck
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Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1
In the run up to last weekend there was palpable excitement in the London wine fraternity, and doubtless beyond. Raw Wine was in town. Raw, founded and run by Isabelle Legeron MW, is one of the two big annual “natural … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Canadian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Albert Mathier, Alexander Koppitsch, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Meinklang, Okanagan Crush Pad, RAW Wine Fair, Rennersistas, Scholium Project, Somlo
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Raw Part 1 – The Austrians
There were nearly 220 wine producers exhibiting at the Raw Wine Fair this past Sunday/Monday. The Old Truman Brewery, off London’s Brick Lane, is an excellent venue for an event like this, but even so it was necessary to get … Continue reading
Happy New 2016!
This is the time when Bloggers habitually look back on the highlights of the year just gone, perhaps sprinkle a few resolutions, and above all single out the best of their festive drinking. I’ve had a very odd festive season … Continue reading
Dynamic Day in London
There is a lot going on in the world of wine in London this week. Monday was no exception, but I’m so glad I decided to choose the trek down to the Spa Terminus for Dynamic Vines‘ 10 Year Anniversary … Continue reading
All’s Gut in Oggau
Many wine lovers will have heard of Rust, a lovely old town on Austria’s Neusiedlersee, southeast of Vienna and bordering Hungary. If they don’t know it for its famous storks which swoop majestically over the town and breed on its chimneys, … Continue reading
Out and About…Spa Treat…
Very few of the thousands of tourists who pack Borough Market on a Saturday know about what also lies to the south, still within the shadow of The Shard. But those who venture past Bermondsey Street and hit Druid Street … Continue reading
Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged Bermondsey, Chateau Le Puy, Dynamic Vines, Gut Oggau, London Markets, Spa Terminus
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Holiday Wines
There are two reasons to avoid a blog post on holiday wines. First, what could be more dull than reading someone’s self-aggrandising pontifications about all the very smart wines they drank, and second, like many people I know, I don’t … Continue reading
Quality Chops and Clubbing
Just an average day for me in London, you will note, passing Il Camisa for a bottle of Barolo, en route to Foyles to buy Kerin O’Keefe’s book on a similar subject. Then a saunter down to Farringdon Street to … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine
Tagged Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Fleurie, Gut Oggau, Julie Balagny, Quality Chop House, Winemakers Club
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