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Tag Archives: Hughes-Beguet
Refresher Course
Back when I began enjoying wine, pre-Parkerisation, there were lots of red wines which, when served cool, or at “cellar temperature”, used to quench a thirst on a warm day. Back in the late 1970s it wasn’t uncommon to find … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Albillo, Burgenlandrot, Casa Belfi Prosecco Colfondo, Champ Fort, Claus Preisinger, Domaine de la Tournelle, Domaine L'Octavin Cul Rond, Foillard Fleurie, Hughes-Beguet, L'Uva Arbosiana, Meinklang, Pascal & Evelyne Clairet, Schloss Lieser, Vinos Ambiz, Zweigelt Kieselstein
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Spring Treats – Four Recent Wines
Another rare foray into what I’ve been drinking at home amid the dust of a seven week building programme. It’s partly an excuse to tell you about the wine we drank on Sunday, but as is often the case, a … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, German Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
Tagged Arbois Savagnin, Baden Wine, Hughes-Beguet, Jutta Ambrositsch, Mesnay, Patrice Béguet, Savagnin non-ouillé, Savagnin Ouillé, Savagnin Très-orDinaire, Sieveringer Ringelspiel, Spätburgunder, Stephane Tissot, Tschuppen, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Ziereisen
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Do You Keep Péts?
Long before someone other than Dom Pérignon thought of putting bubbles in Champagne and the whole méthode traditionelle was invented, bottle fermented wines were commercialised using the Ancestral Method (aka Rural Method). The plan is that you bottle the wine before … Continue reading
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
Festive Mirth, Girth and Things of Worth
The festive season is always eagerly awaited at Chateau Crossley, but we don’t over indulge these days…well, not too much. The holiday began yesterday with a trip to the new Sam Wanamaker theatre at London’s Globe to see Francis Beaumont’s … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Wine, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpine Wines, Andrew Nielsen, Arbois, Bistro des Claquets, Christmas Wines, Equipo Navazos, Hughes-Beguet, Jean-Paul Jeunet, Kevin Courtney, Le Grappin, Oddities Lunches, Raphael Bereche, Restaurant La Balance, Riverby Estate, Rochelle Canteen, Solent Cellar, Stephane Tissot, Theatre of Wine, Tom Cannavan, Wine Pages, Winemakers Club
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