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Recent Wines June 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For the second part of my Recent Wines for June we have a small, but very eclectic, selection. We begin with two Mosel producers. One is a young woman making boundary-pushing wines in tiny quantities, the other is a young … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Mosel, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Birnen-und-Apfelwein, Blackbook Urban Winery London, Blackbook Winery Field Blend 2021, Crouch Valley Grapes, English Red Wine, English Wines, Essex Vineyards, Field Blend Drums > Space 2021, Galician Wine, German Pear & Apple Cider, German Wine, Jan Matthias Klein collaborations, Jan-Philipp Bleeke Cider, Jas Swan Winemaker, Kerner, Loved & Found Treixadura, natural wines, Recent Wines June 2023 Pt 2, Ribeiro Ribadavia Treixadura, Sóley 2020 Katla Wines, Sergio Verillo Winemaker, Spanish Wine, Staffelter Hof Staffers, Stefan Vetter Franken Sylvaner, Supermarket Wines of Interest, Waitrose Loved & Found Wines
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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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Basket Press Wines – Portfolio Tasting March 2022
The tasting round seems to be getting back in full swing now and I think for most people writing about wine there are just too many to write about. On Monday 14th March Basket Press Wines held theirs, at The … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Basket Press Wines Portfolio Tasting 2022, Czech Cider, Czech Wines, Dluhe Grefty Moravia, Dva Duby Moravia, Ice Cider, Jaroslav Osička Moravia, Kmetija Stekar, Krasna Hora Blanc de Noir Sekt, natural wines, Petr Kocarik Moravia, Petr Koráb Neronet 2016, Richard Stavek Moravia, Sziegl Pince Hajos-Baja Hungary, Utopia Cider, Utopia Ice Cider
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Recent Wines September 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Following on from Part One, we have another pretty eclectic mix of wines. For those who think I drink too much from Austria and Jura, or even Czech wine, well, there aren’t any here. Instead, I give you a Portuguese … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alentejo Branco, Alsace Wine, Antonio Macanita, Artisan Sherry, Aube Grower Champagne, Australian Amphora Wine, Bénédicte Leroy Vigneronne, Black Chalk Dancer in Pink, Black Chalk Wine Test Valley, Brad Hickey Winemaker, Brash Higgins McLaren Vale, Brash Higgins NDV, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Oliver Minkley 2011, Breaky Bottom Winery Rodmell, Champagne Ruppert-Leroy Essoyes, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, English Sparkling Wine, English Still Rosé Wine, Equipo Navazos, Fitapreta Branco, Florpower 82 Manzanilla, Jacob Leadley Winemaker, natural wines, Omensetter Vineyard McLaren Vale, Pago Miraflores La Baja Sanlúcar, Peter Hall Winemaker, Portuguese White Wine, Ruppert-Leroy Fosse-Grely 2015, Si Rose 16-17, Single Vineyard Single Vintage Manzanilla, South Australian Nero d'Avola, Wines of Hampshire
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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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All’s Gut in Oggau
Many wine lovers will have heard of Rust, a lovely old town on Austria’s Neusiedlersee, southeast of Vienna and bordering Hungary. If they don’t know it for its famous storks which swoop majestically over the town and breed on its chimneys, … Continue reading
In Pursuit of Vikings
Okay, I admit that very few readers are going to know this reference (it’s a song by Swedish melodic death metallers, Amon Amarth), but the Vikings, aside from the plunder and pillage reputation, were great explorers of the edges of … Continue reading
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Tagged Grower Champagne, natural wines, What to drink, Wine appreciation, Wine Exploration, Wine Trends, Wine's Outer Fringes
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 