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Basket Press – New Vintages in Edinburgh
The last of the Edinburgh tastings for November featured some new wines from Basket Press Wines, actually tasted outdoors on a lovely mid-November lunchtime. It doesn’t always rain here, contrary to the myths put about down south. You will doubtless … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Baden Wine, Basket Press Wines in Edinburgh, Czech Wine, Divide 2019 DVA Duby, Dva Duby Moravia, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Frühroter Veltliner, Goriska Brda Wine, Hajos Baja Hungary, Hungarian Wine, Impera 2019 DVA Duby, Kmetija Stekar Sivi 2022, Magula Oranzovy Vlk 2021, Malvasia 2019 DVA Duby, Max Baumann Winzer, Max Sein Wein Pur Jus 2021, Max Sein Wein Rouge 2021, Moravian Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Sziegl Pince Kekfrankos Diofas 2019
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Recent Wines February 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Part Two of the wines we drank at home in February takes us to ground mostly not covered in Part One. We begin in Austria’s Rust, then Georgia’s Imereti, before we travel back to Alsace. Realising I’d not been drinking … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adeline Houillon Pupillin, Alice & Olivier De Moor Courgis, Alsace Riesling, Alsace Wine, Austrian Wine, Baia's Wine, Bruyère-Houillon Ploussard 2017, Bugey Molette, Burgenland Furmint, Caroline Ledédenté Bugey, Chablis Humeur du Temps 2018, David Keoberlé, De Moor Chablis, Domaine Muller Koeberlé Saint-Hippolyte, Farid Yahimi, Fred #8 Strekov 1075, Furmint Aus Dem Quarz Wenzel, Georgian Wine, Gvantsa Abuladze, Gvantsa's Wine Imereti, Jura Ploussard, Jura Wine, Otskhanuri Grape Variety, Raoni Riesling, Recent Wines February 2023 (Pt2), Reynaud Bruyère Pupillin, Ruster Wine, Slovakian Wine, Sons of Wine Alsace, Southern Bugey Wine, Strekov Fred Red Blend, Table by Caroline Ledédenté, Weinbau Wenzel Rust, Zsolt Suto
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Recent Wines May 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
May wasn’t quite the start of the early summer we experienced last year, but we kicked off with wines which at least helped to make it feel like one. Will the wines still be this good out of Lockdown? I … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Natural Wine, Rosé Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adelaide Hills Natural Wine, Altesse, Antoine Sanzay Saumur-Champigny 2014, Basket Ranges, Blauer Portugieser, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Charlie Herring Wines, Cuvée Jack Pike, Domaine Saint-Germain Savoie, English Sparkling Wine, Gareth Belton Winemaker, Gentle Folk Rainbow Juice 2019, Hampshire Artisan Cider, Jeff Coutelou Winemaker, La Buvette à Paulette Mas Coutelou, Las Cepas de Curro, Palomino and Moscatel Table Wine, Perfect Strangers Cider, Peter Hall Winemaker, Raúl Moreno Bodegas Herederos, Recent Wines May 2021 (Pt1), Roussette de Savoie, Seyval Blanc, Slovakian Wine, Tim Phillips winemaker, Vino Magula Carboniq 2019, Vinos Oceánicos
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Recent Wines April 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
April arrived swiftly, May even more quickly, but as I begin my roundup of last month’s bottles, with reference to my previous article, I can pretty confidently assure you that no “Roundup” was used on any of these wines. They … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice Bouvot Trousseau, Alternative Mosel, Andrjez Grestza, Arbois Wine, Blank Bottle for Butlers, Blank Bottle Winery A Rare Moment Blend, Burgundian Melon de Bourgogne, Champagne Stroebel Héraclite, Darling Pinotage Western Cape, Domaine L'Octavin Commendatore 2013, Jan Matthias Klein, Jas Swan Mosel, Katla Wines Sif 2019, Konkret Rot 2012 Meinklang, Kröv Mosel, La Soeur Cadette Melon 2018, Les Corvées Arbois, Magula Veltlín 2018, Meinklang Burgenland, Meinklang Pamhagen, Montanet Family, Pandamonium Project, Papa Panda's Rising Petnat, Pieter Walser for Butlers Wine Cellar, Recent Wines April 2021 (pt1), Slovakian Grüner Veltliner, Slovakian Wine, Staffelter-Hof Winery, Suchá nad Parnou, Timothée Stroebel Champagne, Vézélay Wine, Villers Allerand Stroebel, Wines of Lower Carpathians
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Recent Wines November 2020 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
November’s “Recent Wines”, the most interesting wines drunk at home last month, kicks off in Rust and a winemaker whose wines were among the first from Burgenland I drank. We then continue our journey via Sussex, Hungary, the Mosel and … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alt-Mosel, Annamária Réka, Austrian Natural Wine, Ben Walgate, Breaky Bottom, Burgenland, Cuvée Michelle Moreau, English Qvevri Wine, English Sparkling Wine, English Wine, Heidi Schröck, Hungarian Wine, Intergalactic 2019 White Blend, Jack Roberts Winemaker, Jan Matthias Klein, Johanna Jensen, Junge Löwen, Keep Wines Ciliegiolo, Keep Wines Napa, Királyléanyka Grape, Kröv, Little Red Riding Wolf, Magula Devin 2018, Magula Slovakia, Réka-Koncz Hungary, Recent Wines November 2020 (Part 1), Renner & Rennersistas Gols, Ripken Vineyard Ciliegiolo, Slovakian Wine, Staffelter Hof Mosel, Sussex Wine, Tillingham Qvevri White
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The Christmas Popup You Mustn’t Miss (Basket Press Wines on Hackney Road)
I don’t know if you are like me but I love browsing. Record shops, book shops and yes, wine shops. I find it remarkably difficult to enter one of these establishments and to leave without a purchase. But aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Slovenian Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Basket Press Wines Popup Shop, Central European Wine, Czech Cider, Czech Wine, December Wine Popup, Jiri Majerik, Max Sein Franken, Reka-Koncz Hungary, Slovakian Wine, Wine Christmas Popup, Wine on Hackney Road, Zainab Majerikova
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 