In the glass Medium, lemon, clear. The mousse dissipates quickly, but there are fine, persistent bubbles. It doesn’t look particularly cloudy, like many pet nats do, since they are unfined and unfiltered. That may be bottle variation, which tends to be noticeable in these wines. The nose Possibly a hint of lemon. Or possibly not. It’s […]
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Dot Austrian Pepper Grüner Veltliner, Pepper, 2022, Niederösterreich, Austria.
There’s a new wine shop in Cambridge – King Street Cellar – and so your ever-intrepid researcher was obligated to check it out, especially since it has a focus on sustainability. So, one rainy weekend day recently, I trekked all the way down (and later, back up) the one hill in Cambridge. I had a […]
Nozeco, France
In honour(?) of Dry January, and the fact that my semi-regular / occasional tasting companions suggested this, I decided to do a review of a non-alcoholic wine. I ended up with this, a non-alcoholic sparkling wine simply because it was the only non-alcoholic wine that my local Co-op had in stock, and I didn’t feel […]
Domaine Bachey-Legros Maranges Le Goty Vieilles Vignes, 2021, Burgundy
I was in Cambridge Wine Merchants, and thought I’d ask for a recommendation for a wine to go with roast pheasant. I had my own ideas, but I find it can be useful to ask someone else, who might introduce me to a wine I wasn’t familiar with, or a pairing I didn’t think of. […]
Kleine Zalze Shiraz, Grenache, Viognier, 2021. Western Cape, South Africa
I was in Co-op again, and came across this one. It was a fairly easy choice to try for two reasons beyond the price. One was it is from Kleine Zalze, a storied estate in South Africa. I wasn’t aware they did wine at this price point. This is presumably done just for the Co-op, […]