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Tag Archives: Natural Wine
We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine by Camilla Gjerde (Book Review)
Over the past several years I have noticed something interesting. Not only am I buying more wines from women winemakers than I was, but some of those women would count firmly among my very favourite producers. I’ve tried to work … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing, Women in Wine
Tagged Alice Bouvot Arbois, Arianna Occhipinti Vittoria Sicily, Artisan Wines, Camilla Gjerde Author, Catherine Hannoun Port-Lesney, Domaine de la Loue Jura, Domaine L'Octavin Jura, Elena Pantaleoni La Stoppa, Francesca Padovani Fonterenza Montalcino, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, La Stoppa Emilia-Romagna, Margherita Padovani Fonterenza Montalcino, Natural Wine, Rennersistas, Stefanie Renner Gols Burgenland, Susanne Renner Gols Burgenland, We Don't Want Any Crap in Our Wine (Review), Wine Books, Wine writing, Women in Natural Wine, Women Winemakers
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Are We Doing Enough?
Last week we had Earth Day, and all media was full of climate doom and save the planet pleas from environmentalists and scientists. Most of us probably gave the matter some thought, whilst others would have let the warnings pass … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Vegan Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Science
Tagged Intensive Viticulture, Natural Wine, Organic Viticulture, Regenerative Viticulture, Soil Health in the Vineyard, Sustainable Viticulture Issues, Vineyard Health, Wine and Chemicals, Wine is Part of Agriculture
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Beyond Natural Wine
As many of you know, the French Wine Authorities (shall we call them?) have recently acceded to a legal framework and definition for “natural wine”. For many years wine drinkers, mainly through social media and mainly those who bear some … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Philosophy and Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, Wine and Health
Tagged "Natural Wine is no Longer Enough", Alice Feiring, Beyond Natural Wine, Biodiversity within a vineyard monoculture, Hannah Fuellenkemper, Littlewine.co, Mindful Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Charter, Natural Wine Regulation, Simon Woolf, Sustainability and Wine, The Morning Claret, Vin Méthode Nature, Vineyard Biodiversity, Vineyard Ecology
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Littlewine with Big Ambitions
As the Lockdown in Europe continues towards its second month my guess is that many, perhaps most, readers will have begun to find it quite normal behaviour engaging with wine on an online platform. Like me, you will perhaps be … Continue reading
Les Caves de Pyrene Drinking Outside the Box Tasting 2019 (Part 2)
This second part of my coverage of Les Caves de Pyrene‘s 2019 London Portfolio Tasting takes in four of the categories of wines which relate to “terroir and climate”. These are Minerals, Sea Sand and Saline, Volcanoes and Mountains and Garrigue Maquis Fynbos. If you would … Continue reading
Posted in Minerals and Wine, Natural Wine, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Andreas Tscheppe Styria, C de Marrin Chasselas, Chardonnay Terre du Lias, Clos du Gravillas Lo Vielh, Cota 45 Miraflores, Domaine Belluard Gringet Le Feu, Domaine de la Borde Pupillin Jura, Dominique Belluard, Dominique Lucas, Etnella Kaos, Goisot Aligoté, I Vigneri Aurore, Jean Maupertuis Gamay Pierres Noires, John Bojanowski, Julien Mareschal, La Sénéchalière Folle Blanche, Les Caves de Pyrene Portfolio 2019, Les Vignes de Paradis Léman, London Wine Tastings, Luneau-Papin Goulaine Excelsior, Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation White, Minella Grape, Natural Wine, Nicolas Carmarans Aveyron, Panevino UVA Sardegna., Salvo Foti, Taste of Terroir, Verdier-Logel Le Poycelan, Vina di Anna Jeudi 15 Rosato
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Raw Wine 2019, Part 2
If Raw Wine has changed over the years, it is no more so than in this respect: whereas once the writer or blogger could identify the best producers with relative ease, now it is much harder. Of course, there are … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Greek Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged André-Jean Morin, Domaine Brand Alsace, Domaine de la Touraize Arbois, Domaine Ligas, Domaine Tatsis Macedonia, Jason Ligas, Ktima Ligas Macedonia, Môrelig Wines, Natural Wine, Okanagan Crush Pad Free Form Cabernet Franc, Raw Wine 2019, Southern Wine Roads, Stergios Tatsis, Tillingham Rosé, Wightman & Sons Swartland
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 