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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 2)
In my introduction to Part One of my coverage of RealWine 2022 I mentioned that, wandering around the tables and bumping into friends, I was bombarded with producer recommendations, most of which I had no time to visit. One or … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Altesse de Montagnieu, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Angiolino & Alessandro Maule, Beaujolais, Bugey, Burgundy, Côte de Brouilly du Grappin, Dimitrios and Eleftheria Kioutsoukis, Domaine L'Achillée Scherwiller, Du Grappin, Emma Bentley, Fleurie-Poncié, Garganega, Greek Wine, Groslée-St-Benoît Bugey, Kamara Estate Thessaloniki, La Biancara Veneto, Le Grappin, Les Caves de Pyrene, Macon-Villages Du Grappin, Maison Yves Duport Bugey, Modern Natural Artisan Retsina, Monatgnieu, Mondeuse in Bugey, Provisions London, Riesling Schieferberg 2019, St-Aubin En L'Ebaupin 2014, Veneto Natural Wine, VinNatur Group, Yves Duport Winemaker
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Real Wine Fair 2022 (Part 1)
RealWine, or the Real Wine Fair, took place at London’s Tobacco Dock venue on Sunday and Monday. This is one of the biggest natural wine fairs in the UK (along with Raw Wine), and possibly in Europe now. Organised for … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andert-Wein Pamhagen, Austrian Wine, Basket Press Wines, Burgenland, Czech Petnat, Czech Wine, DB Schmitt Flörsheim Rheinhessen, Dva Duby Moravia, Erich & Michael Andert, German natural wine, Jaroslav Osicka, Jiri Sebela, Les Caves de Pyrene, Moravian Wine, natural wines, Petr Korab, Real Wine Fair 2022 (Pt 1), Weingut Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, Wine Tasting Events
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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 April 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We’ll slip straight into Part 2 with the final nine wines we drank at home last month. Part 1 immediately precedes this article. We will travel to Jura (twice), Alsace, Burgenland, Vienna, Eastern Hungary, Slovakia, Stellenbosch, and the Langhe. PINOT … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Alexis and Emilie Porteret, Annamária Réka, Arbois Wine, Basket Press Wines, Bodines Pinot Noir 2015, Break a Leg Cinsaut Rosé, Domaine des Bodines, Fresh Wines Kinross, Gemischter Satz, Glockenturm Mukenthal, Grinzing Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, Koppitsch Zweigelt Reserve 2015, Langhe Dolcetto, Les Caves de Pyrene, Lukas Van Loggerenberg, Modal Wines, Newcomer Wines, Ploussard Oeuvre L'Esprit Bornard, Réka-Koncz Eastern Accents, Rebela Rosa Slobodné, Rietsch Pas a Pas Cuvée, Rinaldi Dolcetto D'Alba, Rinaldi Dolcetto Roussot, Slobodne Slovakia, Slovakian Wine, Solent Cellar, Tony Bornard Pupillin, Viennese Wine, Weingut Koppitsch, Wines Under the Bonnet, Young South African Winemakers
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Wines of The Aveyron and a Little Vicarious Travel
Back at the end of the 1980s I had this idea for a book. It was going to be called The Lost Vineyards of France. Somehow it never happened, and as the years passed so many of the vineyards I … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Aveyron Wines, Caveau du Viala Estaing, Conques Abbey, Domaine du Cros, Entraygues et du Fel, Estaing, Fer Servadou, Jean-Luc Matha, Jean-Marc Viguier, Laurent Mousset, Les Caves de Pyrene, Les Vignerons d'Olt, Lo Sang del Païs, Majesty of Sainte Foy, Mansois, Marcillac, Marcillac Maximus, Marcillac Selves Chenin Blanc, Mauvais Temps Cuvée, Negret de Banhars, Nicolas Carmarans, Olivier Mousset Le Fel, Patrick Rols Vigneron, Philippe and Julien Teulier, Pierre Rieu, Rougiers Soils, Teulier Family
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Review of the Year 2019
It’s always an enjoyable task deciding what to highlight from the year just gone, or almost (as I write this on New Year’s Eve). The research for this article, and my initial words, were begun in the week before Christmas … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas and Wine, Review of the Year, Wine, Wine Books
Tagged Andrew Thomas, Basket Press Wines, Bindi, Black Chalk, Butlers Wine Cellar, Charlie Herring Wines, Clonakilla, Dobra Vinice, Domaine L'Octavin Pamina, Dynamic Vines, Equipo Navazos Bota 51, Heidi Schrock, Henschke Mount Edelstone 2001, Jacob Leadley, Les Caves de Pyrene, Newcomer Wines, Review of the Year 2019, Ruster Ausbruch, Silo Brighton, Soldera Riserva 1990, Solent Cellar, Sue Style The Landscape of Swiss Wine, The Sportsman Seasalter, Thomas Wines, Tim Phillips, Wine Book of the Year, Wines of the French Alps (Book), Wines of the Year, Wink Lorch, Ziereisen
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Real Wine Fair 2019, Part 3
This will be the final part of my Real Wine Fair 2019 coverage. Here we have a few North American producers of the highest order, a couple of very fine Friulians, and an inspirational trio of Sicilians, nine producers in … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged "Jakot", Anna Martens Etna, Arianna Occhipinti Contrada Wines, Arianna Occhipinti Vittoria, Benjamin Zidarich Carso, Chilion Cuvée Zero 2017, Dario Princic Friuli, Etna Wine, Evan Lewandowski, Frappato, Frontignac Gris, Hyland Pinot Noir, I Vigneri Etna, Kelley Fox Wines, La Garagista, Les Caves de Pyrene, Maresh Pinot Noir, Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation Red, Mirabei Pinot Noir, Momtazi Pinot Noir, Nerello Mascalese, North American Hybrids, Qvevri Don Alfio 2016, Real Wine Fair 2019, Ruth Lewandowski, Salvo Foti, Sicilian Wine, Vermont Wine, Vino di Anna, Vitovska Kamen 2016, Wine in Utah
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Real Wine Fair 2019, Part 2
If you have not seen Part 1 of my coverage of the Real Wine Fair 2019 you can check it out here. That is where you will find any introductory blurb, for what it’s worth. This is the second of … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Adelaide Hills Wines, Alice & Olivier De Moor, Australian Nebbiolo, Australian Sangiovese, Australian Savagnin, Castagna Beechworth, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, Cota 45 Sanlúcar, Crémant Quetsches, de Moor Caravan, de Moor Chablis Monts de Milieu, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Domaine L'Achillée Alsace, Gareth Belton, Genesis Syrah, Gentle Folk Wines, Julian Castagna, Les Caves de Pyrene, London Wine Events, Natural Wine Fairs, natural wines, Real Wine Fair 2019, Vendangeur Masqué, Yann Durrmann
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Real Wine Fair 2019, Part 1
After an absence of a year the Real Wine Fair returned to London’s Tobacco Dock, and visiting yesterday, I overheard so much ecstatic praise for the event. The venue is spacious and airy, and especially the large hall enables tasters to feel … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andreas Tscheppe Sudsteiererland, Ben Walgate, Claus Preisinger Gols, Georgian Qvevri Wine, Iago Bitarishvili Kartli, Jois Wine, Joiseph Burgenland, Kartli Chinuri and Mtsvane, Les Caves de Pyrene, Luka Zeichmann, Mlečnik Slovenia, Real Wine Fair 2019, Rennersistas, Slobodne Slovakia, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Stefanie Renner, Superglitzer, Tannenberg, Tillingham Wines, Tobacco Dock Wine Events, Vipava Valley
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 