This time, I’m looking at the wine of one of my favourite comfort food pairings: Grilled cheese and cheap champagne. Preferably drunk out of a mug. The champagne doesn’t need to be cheap, mind. But when I’m in the mood for this sort of pairing, the cheaper stuff works just fine. If you are British, […]
Month: April 2021
Cairanne Sans Soufre Ajoute 2019 Camille Cayran, Rhône, France
Cairanne Sans Soufre Ajoute is a no-added sulphites wine from the Southern Rhône. There are still sulphites, since wine produces them anyway, but none have been added, which means (in theory at least) there’s more opportunity for the wine to do its thing. The wine is alive, as low-intervention advocates would say. It could make […]
Is the Mute on?
The more astute among you may have noticed a slight discrepancy between the subtitle of this site and the actual reviews. That’s a lack of one of the senses, namely, hearing. But do not adjust your screen (or your speakers). There is nothing wrong. Unless, of course, you have your password on a stickie note […]
Judith Beck Neuburger Bambule!, 2016, Burgenland, Austria
Bambule! is Judith Beck’s low-intervention range of wines. Neuburger is an Austrian white grape. This is a skin-contact wine, often known as an orange wine. It’s a wine made with white wine grapes, but as with a red wine, the grape skins are left in contact with the juice to extract flavour and tannins. This […]
Domaine des Escaravailles ‘Les Antimagnes’ Côtes du Rhône, 2017
This was the wine I had planned to review first, mainly for the all-vital reason that I had a bottle sitting around, and I find Domaine des Escaravailles usually does nice stuff. My Long Covid fever seems to have taken to returning at odd points, so perhaps my senses were a bit duller than usual […]