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Recent Wines August 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “recent wines” will be a little shorter than usual, still two parts, but with a focus on just six wines in each part. This is partly because of spending time away and partly because we drank some bottles I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Anjou Petnat, Anne-Laure Sicard Vigneronne, Darren Smith & Roberto Henriques, Eglantine Benoit Courault, Entre-Deux Côtes du Jura, Equipo Navazos Florpower, Faye D'Anjou Petnat, Grenache Petnat, Itata Valley Bio Bio, Jean-Pascal Buronfosse, Jura Wine, Justin Langham, La Bota de Florpower 99 Antes de la Flor, La Combe Rotalier, Langham Corallian Extra Brut, Langham Wines Dorset, Languedoc Petnat, Mas Lasta Petnat Rosé, Müller-Thurgau Ancestral Method, New Zealand Petnat, North Canterbury Wine New Zealand, País Chile, Pago de Miraflores La Baja, Palomino table wine, Peggy Buronfosse, Sud Revermont, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2005, Terroir de Larzac St-Privat, TFWATH, The Finest Wines Available to Humanity, The Hermit Ram North Canterbury, The Hermit Ram Petnat, Theo Coles Winemaker, Wines of Dorset
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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 September 2020 (Part 1) #the glouthatbindsus
The usual format again, we have here eight wines consumed, in fact relished, at home during the first part of September. Actually, one of these is a cider (Czech), so seven actual wines (ha!), which came from Alsace, Arbois, Alto-Piemonte, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aléas Bottes Rouge, Alsace Wine, Annamária Réka, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Beck-Hartweg Dambach-la-Ville, Carema Classico, Catalonian Sparkling Wine, Clos Lentiscus, Clos Lentiscus Reserva Familia, Czech Cider, Dave Geyer, Domaine des Bottes Rouge Arbois, Geyer Seaside Cabernet Franc, Geyer Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Baptiste Menigoz, Jura Wine, Kekfrankos Hungary, Produttori Nebbiolo di Carema, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Réka-Koncz A Change of Heart Red Wine, Recent Wines September 2020 (pt 1), Red Gemischter Satz, Sparkling Sumoll Blanc de Noirs, Utopia Cider Czechia, Vienna Wine
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Recent Wines August 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
Part one of my roundup of the wines drunk at home in August is pretty diverse. This first eight (eight more in Part 2 to follow) includes two from France (Jura and Bordeaux), plus bottles from England, Hungary, Germany, South … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, South African Wines, Wine
Tagged Andreas Tscheppe Südsteiermark, Annamária Réka, Arbois-Pupillin, Blanc de Lynch-Bages 2013, Charlie Herring Wines, Domaine de la Renardière Ploussard, English Still Wine, Eva Fricke, Hungarian Wine, Jura Wine, Lorchäuser Seligmacher 2011, New Rheingau, Pretty Cold Petnat Réka-Koncz, Pupillin Ploussard, Réka Koncz Hungary, Recent Wines August 2020 (Pt 1), Spotswood Shiraz Stellenbosch 2010, Styrian Wine, Tim Phillips, Westwell Ortega Amphora, Westwell Wines Kent, White Bordeaux, Zarate Penapedre 2015
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Brief Encounter
It’s not that alcohol hasn’t been consumed during this period of pandemic. After all, the evidence is here for all to see. What I have missed is that opportunity to share a few too many bottles with really good wine … Continue reading
Posted in Bordeaux Wine, Champagne, Fine Wine, Jura, Wine
Tagged Chablis 1er Cru Sechet, Champagne Dom Pérignon 2002, Dauvissat Sechet 2010, Domaine de Chevalier Rouge 1996, Ganevat Cuvée Orégane 2014, Ganevat Mon Luc, Jacques Puffeney Vin Jaune 2011, Jura Wine, Pierre & Georges Bouilleret Vin Jaune 1976, Vin Jaune, Vincent Dauvissat
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Recent Wines July 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We stick with the two-part format again for July’s wines. I’ve selected sixteen once more, which represent a mix of the best and the most interesting bottles drunk at home during July. It remained a month of minimal socialising, although … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Rosé Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot, Annamária Réka, Australian Montepulciano, Domaine des Muses Sierre, Domaine L'Octavin, Eden Valley Montepulciano, Frederick Stevenson Montepulciano, Hannes Hoffmann, Hosteradky Resov, Hungarian Wine, Jura Wine, Kinheim-Kindel Mosel, Királyleányka Grape Variety, Mayga Gamay L'Octavin, Moravian Gruner Veltliner, Olympia Samara, Rainer Christ, Réka-Koncz (In) Return, Recent Wines July 2020, Rosé de Gamay Domaine des Muses, Rosswag, Roterfaden Pinot Noir 2018, Steve Crawford winemaker, Swabian Wines, Swiss Wine, Trossen Spätburgunder Rosé, Valais Wine, Veltlinske Zelene, Vienna Wines, Württemberg Wines, Weingut Christ Bisamberg, Weingut Roterfaden, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Zdenek Vykoukal
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Recent Wines March 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
As we are all doubtless drinking a little more at home during the Lockdown you may recall that last month’s “recent wine” roundup has been split into two parts. Part 1 is a mere short scroll down if you haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alexis Porteret, Arbois Petnat, Bodegas Gracias Arroba, Bodegas Gratias Arroba, Chardonnay Les Gaudrettes, Chasselas, Clos des Vignes du Maynes, Comando G, Cuvée 910, Dani Landi, Daniel Gómez Jiménez-Landi, Domaine des Bodines, Domaine Philippe Bornard, Emilie Porteret, Fernando Garcia, Georgian Wine, Gredos Grenache, Julien Guillot, Jura Chardonnay, Jura Wine, Kvevri Wine, Lavaux Wine, Lopez de Heredia Haro, Macon-Cruzille, Manchuela Wine, Neyroud-Fonjallaz, Niki Antadze, Pintailla, Pintaillo, Poulsard, Pupillin, Qvevri Wine, Recent Wines March 2020 (Pt 2), Red Bulles Pétnat, Rkatsiteli Antadze Wines, Rozas 1er 2015, St-Saphorin Chavonchin, Tony Bornard, Traditional Rioja, Vel del Tietar, Viña Bosconia Gran Reserva 1995
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 