Can’t say I remember how I picked this wine to sample, even though I ordered it only a week or so ago. I was presumably just browsing the Cambridge Wine Merchants website, and came across it. Not the most exciting backstory, but there you go. It is a low-intervention wine, which piqued my interest. Plus, […]
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GWC Flowers, Agiorgitiko, 2019. Nemea, Greece.
Recently, the Countryside Faction, as they are known, took a holiday to Greece. When I saw them after they had returned, they gave me this bottle. Also, some Greek cheese, which I had with the wine when tasting it. So I went into this having no idea what to expect. In the glass ‘Red wine.’ […]
Yo El Rey, Grenache Gris, 2020, South Cape Coast, South Africa.
Thanks to my Responsible Adult (aka Alisa) for this recommendation. I had asked her to recommend some South African wines, being that she is both a wine buff and South African. This was top of her list. I’m glad it was. In the glass A stunning colour. Completely unexpected. (I hadn’t read much on the […]
G’mischter Sotz, Andert-Wein, 2021, Burgenland, Austria.
G’mischter Sotz is Andert Wein’s name for their version of a Gemischter Satz, or a ‘field blend.’ Most blended wines – say, a Bordeaux – are vinified individually, and then the wines blended. In a field blend, the grapes are grown and vinified together. Historically, it might not have even have been known what all […]
Carte Postale, 2022, Cité de Carcassonne IGP, Languedoc, France.
A bit of a change-up. This one’s from the Co-op. Mainly because I needed a few things, and was too lazy to go to a wine shop for this week’s wine. I wasn’t quite in the mood to open one of the nicer bottles, since I’m not sure I’d enjoy it fully. Besides, you can […]