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Tag Archives: Natural Wine
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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Raw London 2018 Part 1
So Raw has been and gone for another year. Raw Wine seems now to be a real community – a group of artisans who know each other, so the vibe is always friendly and buzzing. If anyone doesn’t know Raw Wine, … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Bordeaux Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alsace Wine, Amphora Wines, Beaujolais, Bugey, Bugey Mondeuse, Domaine de Valmengaux Bordeaux, Domaine Geschickt, Emmanuelle Milan, Eric Thill Jura, Karim Vionnet, L'Epicurieux Beaujolais, Laurent Bannwarth, Le Vignoble du Rêveur, Mathieu Deiss, Natural Wine, Philippe Viret, Raw Wine, Raw Wine London 2018, Sébastien Congretel, Stéphane Bannwarth, Sud Revermont Producers, Yves Duport Bugey
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Terre Magazine
In the digital age print media struggles with wine journalism. Whilst newspapers cull their wine columns, the old established Wine Press, or at least those magazines that remain, are forever trying to come up with new ideas to increase revenue, … Continue reading
Raw Part 1 – The Austrians
There were nearly 220 wine producers exhibiting at the Raw Wine Fair this past Sunday/Monday. The Old Truman Brewery, off London’s Brick Lane, is an excellent venue for an event like this, but even so it was necessary to get … Continue reading
Raw (and Wriggling)
Okay, another corny quote, from a film this time (guess?), but seriously, I’m wriggling with anticipation for the Raw Wine Fair this weekend at Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery (public day, Sunday 15 May), especially after the success that was … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 