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Wines of Greece Highlights Tasting, Edinburgh (February 2026)
The Wines of Greece Tasting finally made its way up to Edinburgh and took place at Smith + Gertrude’s wine bar in Stockbridge on 2nd February. I’d been very much looking forward to this event. You don’t find a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Greek Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alpha Estate Macedonia, Assyrtiko, Chateau Nico Lazaridi, Costa Lazaridi, Foundi Estate Naoussa, Gaia Winery Peloponnese, Greek Wines in Edinburgh 2026, Idaia Winery Crete, Karamitros Winery Moi Je M'En Fous, Ktima Dio Ipsi Dialogos 2024, Ktima Gerovassiliou Macedonia, Ktima Kir Yianni, Ktima Pavlidis Thema 2025, Ktima Voyatzi Proposis 2024, Latipes 2024 Malagouzia 2024, Mandilaria Grape, Mega Spileo Estate Achaia, Monemvasia Grape, Moschofilero Grape, Nikolou Winery Botanic Sparkling Savatiano 2022, Novas Winery Peloponnese, Orealios Gaea Cephalonia, Papagiannakos Winery Old Vines Savatiano, Paros Farming Community Cooperative, Rouvalis Winery Assyrtiko and Mavrodaphne, SEIRADI Paros, Semeli Estate Nemea Peloponnese, Tasting Greek Wines in Edinburgh, Theopetra Estate Limniona 2022, Thrapsathiri Grape on Crete, Topos Red and White Wines, Venetsanos Winery Santorini, Wine, Wines of Greece, Wines of Greece Highlights Tasting Edinburgh 2026, Xinomavro
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Hampshire Wines 3 – Tim Phillips (Charlie Herring Wines)
This is the third vineyard and winery visit of the day from our long weekend down in Hampshire. You may remember, if you read the two preceding articles, that I spent this day of visits with Tim Phillips (Charlie Herring … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Regenerative Viticulture, Sparkling Wine, Vineyard Visits and Tastings, Wine
Tagged Charlie Herring Wines, Chickens in the Vines, English Natural Wine, Hampshire Wine, Regenerative Viticulture in England, Tim Phillips winemaker, Wine, Winemaker Rewilding Projects, winery
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Regenerative Viticulture 2nd Edition by Jamie Goode (Book Review)
Back in 2022 Jamie Goode published a small but significant little book, Regenerative Viticulture. It detailed what was then a relatively new concept, based around a realisation that viticulture in its current form was depleting the soils in which the … Continue reading
Posted in Geology and Wine, Grape Varieties, Natural Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Books, Wine Science, Wine Writing
Tagged Agroecology, Agroforestry (viticulture), Animals in the Vineyard, Compacted Soils (Vineyard), Composting and Biochar, Copper Toxicity in the Vineyard, Cover Crops (viticulture), Dead Soils (Vineyard), Disease Resistant Grape Varieties, Dr Jamie Goode Author, Goode Regenerative Viticulture, Goode Regenerative Viticulture 2nd Edition 2025, Hybrid Grape Varieties, Microbial Activity (Vineyards), New Grape Varieties Against Fungal Diseases, Permaculture Approaches in Viticulture, Pilzwiderstandsfähige, PIWI grape varieties, Regenerative Hydrology, Regenerative Viticulture, Regenerative Viticulture Book Review, Soil Carbon in Viticulture, sustainability, Sustainability (wine production), Sustainable Viticulture, Vineyard Biodiversity, Weed control and no-till viticulture, Wine
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Recent Wines November 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We switch the vibe a little for Part Two of the wines we drank at home during November. Nothing from the likes of Albania and Ukraine, but instead four French wines and one from Austria. From France we have a … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Beaujolais-Lantignié J-M Burgaud, Beaujolais-Villages Domaine Burgaud, Bertrand Lilbert, Blanc de Blancs from Cramant, Champagne Lilbert Cramant, Cornas, Cornas Cuvée des Coteaux 2005 Robert Michel, Cramant Blanc de Blancs Lilbert, Fred Loimer Langenlois, Jean-Marc Burgaud, Kamptal Wine, Lambert Spielmann Alsace Wine, Lambert Spielmann Domaine in Black, Lilbert et Fils BdeB 2006, Loimer Kamptal Austria, Marriage Plus Vieux Lambert Spielmann, Natural Wine from Beaujolais, Recent Wines November 2025 Pt2, Robert Michel Vigneron, Wine
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Kipferl – Austrian Restaurant, Café and Bottle Shop in Islington
The evening before the tasting I have just written about, we headed up to Angel’s Camden Passage to try a restaurant recommended by a friend who knows we love Austrian wines and Austrian cuisine. Kipferl is an Austrian restaurant and … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Dining, Restaurants, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine and Food
Tagged Austrian Food London, Austrian Restaurant in London, food, Kaiserschmarrn in London, Kipferl Austrian Restaurant Camden Passage Islington, Potzinger Trockenbeerenauslese 2017, Stefan Potzinger Südsteiermark, Viennese Wine, Weingut Christ Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 