This was a wine I noticed Cambridge Wine Merchants had got in, and it was a new wine to the company. So, since I’m a big fan of Riesling, I thought it would be worth a try. Not only is this a new wine for me, but it is a new producer as well. I […]
Category: white wine
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 […]
StockWerk Grüner Veltliner, Geyerhof, 2021, Kremstal Austria
Since first having it in Austria in December 2011, I’ve been a huge Grüner Veltliner fan. I can’t say I’ve tried them all, but more often than not, when I come across one I hadn’t had before, I’ll pick it up. At least, I don’t recall having had this particular one before. Stuff from Geyerhof, […]
Domaine Grammiller Gramillette Pet Nat. 2022 Southern Rhone, France
This was not planned, but I see that the last wine I reviewed here was also a Pet Nat. That just happened. But that should be it on Pet Nats for the foreseeable future. In the glass Before the glass, there’s the bottle. There’s a lot of sediment, and it’s cloudy. But given it is unfiltered, […]
Ormarine Picpoul de Pinet, Cuvée Conchylia, 2019. Languedoc, France
Picpoul is, I think, an underappreciated wine. Its classic pairing is with shellfish, but I am also quite found of enjoying it on its own. I haven’t had this particular one before, but when I saw it on the shelf as I was browsing my local M&S (yes, how dreadfully middle-class of me) it suddenly […]