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Wines of the Year 2023 #theglouthatbindsus
Wines of the Year! It could be so self-indulgent, could it not? A dozen posh bottles which no one can afford and will probably never drink. I do have some of that stuff left in my cellar, a kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, New Zealand Wine, Sherry, Spanish Wine, Whisky, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrian Pike Westwell Wines, Agostado Cortado 2017 Cota 45, Alsace Natural Wine, Alsace Wine, Annamaria Reka-Koncz, Beaujolais, Bodegas Cota 45 Sanlucar Jerez, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Sir Andrew Davis 2016, Breaky Bottom Sussex, Bugey, Caroline Ledédenté Bugey, Charlie Herring Seyval Blanc Brut 2018, Equipo Navazos, Field Blend 2019 The Hermit Ram, Franz Strohmeier Styria, Furmint, Isle of Arran Sauternes Cask Finish, Jean Foillard Cote duu Py 2011, Julie Balagny Beaujolais, La Bota de Palo Cortado 75 Equipo Navazos, Lambert Spielmann, Lambert Spielmann Completement Red, Morgon Cote du Py, North Canterbury Wine, Palo Cortado, Peter Hall Winemaker, Reka Koncz Disorder #4 2021, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Sudsteiermark, The Hearach Isle of Harris, Theo Coles The Hermit Ram, Tim Phillips, Westwell Wines Petulant Pink 2021, Whiskies of the Year 2023, Wine of Eastern ~Hungary, Wines of the Year 2023
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Recent Wines November 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
The second and final part of November’s “Recent Wines” (the wines we drank at home) ranges from a rare Alpine treat from Savoie, a genuinely remarkable Sherry and another nice entry-level wine from a well-known Tuscan estate, to another of … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Australian Wine, Austrian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Sherry, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Ashley and Holly Ratcliff, Belluard Gringet Les Alpes 2019, Bullets Before Cannonballs 2021, Burgenland Wine, Dominique Belluard Ayze, Equipo Navazos Bota 75, Gringet, La Bota de Palo Cortado 75, Maremma wine, Natural Wine, Palo Cortado, Recent Wines November 2023 Pt 2, Renner & Sistas, Rennersistas Gols, Ricca Terra Farms, Rosso dei Notri 2021, Savoie Wine, Sherry, South Australian Wine, Stefanie Renner, Tua Rita Suvereto, Tuscan Coast wine, Tuscan Wine, Waiting for Tom Weiss 2020
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Recent Wines November 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
November has seen me away from home quite a lot, so there are only ten wines we drank at home to tell you about, and nine out of those ten wines were European. At least this focuses the mind on … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Slovakian Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Muscat, Alsace Wine, Fattoria di Sammontana Sangiovese 2020, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Joiseph Burgenland, Joiseph Mischkultur 2021, Klaus Peter Keller, Luka Zeichmann, Magula Frankovka 2016, Murmure Muscat 2021 Rietsch, Recent Wines November 2023 (Pt1), Silvaner Feuervogel 2018 Keller, Vino Magula Slovakia, Weingut Keller Rheinhessen
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Recent Wines October 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
For our second batch of wines drunk at home in February we dart all over Europe, starting out in Devon of all places, followed by the Rioja Region (but not Rioja), Faugères (an all too rare visit to Languedoc, I … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Artisan Wines, English Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bacchus from Devon, Castlewood Vineyards Artefact 2021, Castlewood Vineyards Devon, Domaine du Méteore Faugères, Domaine du Méteore Leonides 2019, Elio Ottin Aosta, Faugères Wine, German Pinot Gris, Gonzalo Grijalba, Gran Cerdo Tempranillo, Grauer Burgunder Kalkmergel Becker Pfalz, Ottin Torrette Superieur 2016, Petit Rouge Grape Variety, Recent Wine October 2023 (Pt 2), Rheinpfalz Grauburgunder, Schweigen-Rechtenbach Pfalz, Torrette Superieur, Val d'Aosta Wine, Vallée d'Aoste Wine, Weingut Friedrich Becker Schweigen Pfalz
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Recent Wines October 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
With fifteen wines up for consideration here, I’m going to make October’s Recent Wines into three parts again. Only five wines in each, but easier to skim through. I’m doing this because it’s mainly regular readers who subscribe to Wideworldofwine … Continue reading
Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Italian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Sherry, South African Wines, Spanish Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, 69.999999 Shiraz 2016 Blank Bottle Winery, Agostado Cortado 2017 Bodegas Cota 45, Alexis and Emilie Porteret, Amélie Guillot Molamboz Jura, Arbois Chardonnay VV 2021 Amélie Guillot, Arbois Pinot Noir, Cota 45 Sanlúcar, Domaine des Bodines Arbois Pinot 2017, Jura Pinot Noir, Jura Wine, Perruno, Petrolo Torrione 2015, Pieter Walser Blank Bottle Winery, Ramiro Ibanez, Recent Wines October 2023 (Pt 1), Sangiovese Blend, South African Wine, Unfortified Palomino, Uva Rey, Val d'Arno di Sopra Tuscan Wine, Voor Paardeberg South Africa
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “Recent Wines” has been a long haul. A trip to Australia in springtime meant that whilst you were all away enjoying August holidays I was commuting between England and Scotland. Despite the thousands of miles I put on the … Continue reading
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Red Wine, Alsace Wine, Artisan Vignerons of Naoussa, Benje Blanco 2021 Envinate, Canary Islands Wine, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Gewurztraminer 2020, English Petnat Wine, Envinate Tenerife, Greek Wine, Italian Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace, Lambert Spielmann Complétement Red 2021, Magula Gabay Bernheim SEN 2020, Magula SEN Rosé, Matt Gregory The Ancestral Pink 2021, Northern Greece Xinomavro, Ramato Wine, Recent Wines August 23 (Pt3), Rosé Wine from Slovakia, Skyphos Xinomavro IGP Macedonia, Specogna Colli Orientali del Friuli, Specogna Pinot Grigio Ramato 2021, Tenerife Wine, Wine from Leicestershire
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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
After the London interlude we are back to “Recent Wines”, this being Part 2 out of three for the month of August. We kick off with a remarkable wine from England’s South Downs, followed by wines from Corbières, Oregon, Jerez … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Apache Vin des Potes, Chris and Andrea Mullineux, Corbières Wine, Dermot Sugrue, Dirler-Cadé Bergholtz, Dirler-Cadé Pinot Réserve 2020, English Sparkling Wine, Equipo Navazos, Hiyu Farm, Hood River Wine, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Florpower 99, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada Bota Punta 80, Mullineux Wines Syrah 2008 Swartland, Oregon Wine, Pinot Blanc and Auxerrois, Recent Wines August 2023 (Pt 2), Sanlúcar Wine, Smockshop Band Spring Ephemeral Rosé, South African Wine, Sugrue South Downs Rosé Ex Machina 2016, Swartland Wine, Yohann Moreno
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Recent Wines July 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
July has been a month for hoovering up a few wines I’ve written about before, so again there are only five wines to tell you about in Part 2. I should explain that I don’t see myself as a wine … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Czech Wine, Georgian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Austrian Wine, Balagny Fleurie En Remont 2019, Beaujolais, Burgenland, Corsican Rosé, Czech Wine, Fleurie, Georgian Wine, Julie Balagny, Kakheti Orange Wine, Koppitsch Neusiedl am See, Koppitsch Petnat Pretty Nuts 2021, Korab Carbonic for All, Natural Wine, Nika Winery Ma Fille 2019, Petr Korab Moravia, Qvevri Wine, Recent Wines July 2023 Pt2, Rkatsitelli and Mtsvane blend, Sciaccarellu Corsica, Waitrose Loved & Found Wines
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