Category: white wine

Sea Foam, Unico Zelo, 2023 Australia

It’s a pet nat I haven’t tried yet. That’s really all the explanation needed for this one. That makes for a rather short intro, but hey, if that is your greatest disappointment this week, you’re doing well. In the glass Pale lemon.  For some reason, it actually reminds me more of not-particularly-concentrated urine than anything else. […]

Stein Der Traubenflüsterer Riesling Trocken, 2022, Germany

I saw this (without paying attention to the price) once in King Street Cellar, a month or two ago. Last time I was there, I asked about it, and picked up a bottle.  I had seen a one-litre bottle of Riesling, and it immediately brought to mind table wine.  Granted, I hadn’t had the equivalent […]

Ansgar Clüsserath Trittenheimer Apotheke Riesling Kabinett, 2018, Germany

I think, right off the bat, this wine wins the award for longest name yet reviewed. Do with that what you will. As a thank you for my most recent episode of house / animal sitting, I was given some posh ramen, direct from Japan, which came highly recommended by a Russian oligarch TE knew. (As […]

Tête-â-Tête Terret Blanc 2023, Languedoc, France

I came across this wine recently. What caught my attention was that it is a grape – Terret blanc – that I can’t remember ever hearing about before. I’d so not heard of it that I need to keep checking when I want to mention it. At any rate, this seemed like a good enough […]

Domaine de la Noë Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie 2022, Loire, France

Let me start with something that might seem like a bit of a diversion. WSET – the industry standard training in wine – teaches you to write tasting notes in a certain style. You rank different elements of the wine, like body, acidity, tannins, alcohol and so on. You note down the smells and tastes […]