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A Holiday, A Producer, A Wine – Discovering La Voile from Domaine Jeandaugé in Gascony
There is no denying that France has more than its fair share of profoundly beautiful regions. I guess that’s why they call them La France Profonde. Poor jokes aside, there are many regions that match the Gers for scenery, architecture, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Regenerative Viticulture, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Shops, Wine Travel, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged De La Terre au Verre Lectoure, Domaine Jeandaugé Courrensan, French Sous Voile from Gascony, Gascon Wine, La Voile Chardonnay 2021 Gascony, Littlewine on Domaine Jeandaugé Gers, Natural Wine, Natural Wine in Gascony, Romain Bourlot Wine Merchant, Sébastien Fazas Gers, Wine of the Gers, Wine Shop Lectoure
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Recent Wines April 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
To run through what’s in store in Part Two (of three) of my wines drunk at home in April, we begin in Germany and continue with Jura, Penedès and Champagne. We finish up with two wines from Czechia (or Czech … Continue reading
Posted in Amber Wine, Artisan Wines, Champagne, Czech Wine, German Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, orange wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #Crémant du Jura, #theglouthatbindsus, Basket Press Wines, Best Aube Growers, Cave Les Papilles Paris, Champagne Jacques Lassaigne Le Cotet, Czech "Ginger" Wine (Rysak), Domaine Pignier Montaigu, Elbling, Emmanuel Lassaigne Montgueux, Entre Vinyes Baix Penedès, Feral Art & Vin Bordeaux, Jonas Dostert Elbling, Jonas Dostert Nittel Mosel, Macabeu Sotaterra Oniric Entre Vinyes, Moravian Natural Wine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines, Ota Sevcik Boretice, Ota Sevcik Chardonnay 2018, Raeburn Fine Wines, Recent Wines April 2025 (Pt 2), Richard Stavek Divy Rysak 2017, Smith & Gertruce Portobello
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Recent Wines March 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
March has been a quieter month, so just ten wines, five in each part. It’s not so much the alcohol as the cost of wine now, as my last article explained. That said, with various wine-loving guests coming to stay, … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Aosta, Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Burgundy, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice & Olivier de Moor Courgis Chablis, Alpine Wine, Aosta, Australian Natural Wine, Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Aligoté Burgundy Blend, Czech Riesling, Czech Wine, De Moor Nuova Descriptio 2022, Maison Vevey Albert Aosta Valley, McLaren Vale Grenache, Meyer Zellberg L'Hermitage Sylvaner 2020, Mira Nestarcová Moravia, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Nothalten Wine, Patrick Meyer Alsace, Prié Blanc, Recent Wines March 2025 (Pt 1), Taras Ochota, The Green Room Grenache, Valle d'Aoste, Vin Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle
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Recent Wines September 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
We have a baker’s dozen of wines for September, and I shall split that two ways, seven wines here in Part One, the six remaining to follow in Part Two. Below, we begin the usual eclectic mix with a classic … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Cider, Natural Wine, Petnat, Slovakian Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wines of Southwest France,
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Aeble Cider Anstruther, Bergerac Moelleux, Bergerac Wine, Côtes de Toul, Domaine de la Légèreté Lorraine, Domaine des Verdots, Domaine Durrmann Alsace, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Du Vin aux Liens, Durrmann Gaz de Schistes Petnat, Farid Yahimi, Fife Cider, Hendre Huffcap Pear Variety, Herefordshire Perry, Little Pomona Cider Company, Lorraine Wine, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Maison Wessman, Naoufel Zaim, Natural Wine, Naughton Cider Company, Nussberg, Perry, Peter Crawford Naughton Cider, Pulsations Pinot Noir des Joncyns, Recent Wines September 2024 (Pt 1), Scottish Cider, Source des Verdots Moelleux, Vanessa Letort, Viennese Field Blend, Viennese Wine, Vino Magula Sucha nad Parnou, Wieninger Vienna, Wine of Little Carpathians/Trnava
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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
The bumper June edition of my Recent Wines of 2024 runs to a third part this year. The final half-dozen wines here start with a Bugey (yawn, but you’ll thank me one day). Then we stay off-piste with Lagrein Rosé, … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alto Adige Lagrein Rosé, Amontillado "I Think" Equipo Navazos, André Grape Variety, Bugey, Bugey-Cerdon, Cantina Terlano Lagrein Rosé, Chardonnay "Le Glanon" Juravinum, Czech Wine, Elbling in Luxembourg, Elbling Roche Liquide Racines Rebelles, Equipo Navazos, Fruitière Viticole de Pupillin Natural Wine, Kaja Kohv Winemaker Racines Rebelles, Lagrein Rosé, Luxembourg Wine, Montilla-Moriles Spain, Moravian Wine, Moselle Wine Luxembourg, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Jura, Philippe Balivet Mérignat, Pupillin Chardonnay, Recent Wines June 2024 (Pt 3), Syfany André 2017, Syfany Winery Moravia
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Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Edinburgh (3 July ’24)
I have yet to dine at Timberyard’s new outpost in Edinburgh, Montrose, doubtless the cause being all our house moving escapades, but I did get to visit on Wednesday for a tasting with Peter Honegger from Newcomer Wines. I’ve known … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wachau, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Agly Valley, Andrew and Emma Nielsen, Austrian Wine, Domaine Rieffel Pinot Noir Nature, Du Grappin Côte de Brouilly, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Foradori, Franz Weninger Soprón, Hungarian Wine, Kékfrankos from Sopron Hungary, Le Grappin Hautes Côtes de Beaune, Loire Wine, Lucas Rieffel Mittelbergheim, Manzoni Grape Variety, Matassa Cuvée Marguerite, Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine, Natural Wine, Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Nikolaihof Grüner Veltliner, Nikolaihof Wachau, Northeast Italian Wine, Orthogneiss Domaine L'Ecu, Roussillon Wine, Trentino Alto-Adige Wine, Weninger Steiner 2017
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 