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Tag Archives: Simon Woolf
Foot Trodden by Simon J Woolf & Ryan Opaz (Review)
If I ask you to name one country which is most often completely forgotten for its wines, at least on the UK market, I’d put money on many of you saying Portugal. It’s not as if Portugal doesn’t make a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Foot Trodden Book Review, New Wine Book, Portugal, Portuguese Wine Book, Portuguese Winemakers, Ryan Opaz, Simon Woolf, Wine Book, Wine Book Review, Wine Culture in Portugal, Wine Photography, Wine writing
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The Visitor
It’s what we do, isn’t it? As wine lovers, obsessives even, we visit vineyards and taste the wine, and if we are not the victim of airline baggage restrictions, we probably buy some to bring home. If we are lucky … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Hobby, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Hannah Fuellenkemper, Patrice Beguet, Simon Woolf, Tasting Rooms, The Morning Claret, Think before you visit a winemaker, Trials of Small Producers, Visiting Wine Regions, Visiting Winemakers, When Hail and Frosts mean no wine to sell, Wine Holiday, Wine Issues on Social Media, Wine Tourism, Wine Trips, Wine Twitter Themes, Wine writing
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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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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 