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Tag Archives: Wines Under the Bonnet
Trade Tasting at Montrose 9 March 2026 (Part 1: Wines Under the Bonnet and Wayward Wines)
Montrose has become one of the venues that hosts some of the most exciting trade tastings in Edinburgh since it opened in November 2023, in a former pub near the top of Easter Road. Being under the same ownership as … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Italian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged 2 Naturkinder Brutal!!! 2023, 2Naturkinder Franken, 2P Production Wines Gaillac, Antonio Gismondi Campania, Complémen' Terre 68 Ares, Edinburgh Wine, Edinburgh Wine Tasting, Elisa Guerin at Chénas, Elisa Guerin Beaujolais-Villages 2024, Fabio Ferracane Marsala Sicily, Géraldine and Meryl Croizier Ardèche Wine, La Tangente Ostara 2023, Manu Landron and Marion Peschaux, Martin Hirsch Kitzingen Franken, Mataburro Otium Rivesaltes, Mikael Bouges La Pente de Chavigny, Montrose Tasting 9 March 2026, Olivier Cousin Le Franc 2022 Anjou, Patricia and Remi Bonneton Ardèche, Pauline Maziou Sorcières 2024, Peltier-Ravineau Cheverny, Petite Nature Pauline Maziou Ardèche, Romain Plageoles and Fanny Papelard, Small Wine Importers Tasting Edinburgh, Thomas Puéchavy Loire Wine, Wayward Wines, Wine, Wine Tasting, Wines Under the Bonnet, Xavière Hardy Anjou Loire
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Recent Wines June 2020 (Part 2)
No diversions this time, straight into the second part of June’s “at home” selection. The first wine is another old school classic but the rest are all contemporary thrillers…to a varying degree, but they all thrill. Two from Alsace, one … Continue reading
Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alliance Wine, Alsace Pinot Noir Jean-Pierre Rietsch, Basket Press Wines, Ben Walgate, Benevolent Neglect Counoise 2018, Californian Counoise, Canary Islands Wine, Czech Wine, Dynamic Vines, English Ortega, English Qvevri Wine, Envinate Benjé Blanco 2018, Equipo Navazos, Gut Oggau Winifred Rosé, Herr Gewürz 2019 Krasna Hora, Indigo Wines, Krasna Hora, La Bota de Florpower Manzanilla 82, Les Caves de Pyrene, Mittelbergheim Pinot Noir, Moravian Wine, Muré Riesling Vorbourg 2004, Nekter Wines, Palomino Listán Blanco, Recent Wines June 2020 (Part 2), Rosé from Burgenland, Tenerife Wine, Tillingham Wines Qvevri Artego 2017, Vintage Manzanilla, Wines Under the Bonnet
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Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 2)
After interrupting my May Wines recap at the start of the week to add to the conversation about the grey market for natural wines (which seemed to go down pretty well) we are back on track for the last nine … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Adrien Berlioz Chignin, Azul y Garanza Navarra, Back in Alsace Blog, Basket Press Wines, Beaujolais-Villages Domaine Chapel, Cremaux Pinot Noir Moravia, Cuvée des Gueux Savoie, Czech Wines, David Chapel Beaujolais, Domaine Durrmann Andlau, Florian Lauer Saar, Jacquère/Altesse blend, Jaroslav Osicka, Kupp Kabinett Faß 8 Lauer, Matthiasson Rosé Napa, Modal Wines, Modry Portugal, Naturaleza Salvaje Tinto, Navarra Amphora Garnacha, Petr Korab, Recent Wines May 2020 (Part 2), Stephane Tissot, Steve Matthiasson, The Solent Cellar, Tissot Chardonnay Rose, Uncharted Wines, Weingut Peter Lauer, Wines Under the Bonnet, Zegwur Cuvée Nature
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Recent Wines April 2020 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
We’ll slip straight into Part 2 with the final nine wines we drank at home last month. Part 1 immediately precedes this article. We will travel to Jura (twice), Alsace, Burgenland, Vienna, Eastern Hungary, Slovakia, Stellenbosch, and the Langhe. PINOT … Continue reading
Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged Alex and Maria Koppitsch, Alexis and Emilie Porteret, Annamária Réka, Arbois Wine, Basket Press Wines, Bodines Pinot Noir 2015, Break a Leg Cinsaut Rosé, Domaine des Bodines, Fresh Wines Kinross, Gemischter Satz, Glockenturm Mukenthal, Grinzing Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Mittelbergheim, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, Koppitsch Zweigelt Reserve 2015, Langhe Dolcetto, Les Caves de Pyrene, Lukas Van Loggerenberg, Modal Wines, Newcomer Wines, Ploussard Oeuvre L'Esprit Bornard, Réka-Koncz Eastern Accents, Rebela Rosa Slobodné, Rietsch Pas a Pas Cuvée, Rinaldi Dolcetto D'Alba, Rinaldi Dolcetto Roussot, Slobodne Slovakia, Slovakian Wine, Solent Cellar, Tony Bornard Pupillin, Viennese Wine, Weingut Koppitsch, Wines Under the Bonnet, Young South African Winemakers
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 