The producer is one I keep hearing and reading very good things about. And I saw from her Vivino reviews that TY once had and liked the Terres Falmet Mourvedre when she had it. (Without me, I may add.) So, when I was placing an order from CWM, it was past time to finally try […]
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Vaskapu Kadarka, 2021, Hungary
Kadarka. To my everlasting shame, this grape didn’t ring a bell. And by ‘everlasting shame’ I mean thinking: ‘Huh. Can’t say I know it.’ Since they say you learn something new every day, I then when back to bed. I had learned something new, and fulfilled my quota. My work was done. Sometime later, I […]
Domaine des Lampyres, Une Autre Histoire, 2022, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Once again, no exciting back story. I was browsing in the Cambridge Wine Merchants Bridge Street branch, and came across this. There’s not really a lot more that needs to be said. As the one or two readers of the blog will know, I’ve liked pretty much everything I’ve had from Lampyres, and plan to […]
Christina Grüner Veltliner, 2021, Niederösterreich, Austria
It’s a Grüner Veltliner, one I haven’t tried yet. There’s really not much more that needs to be said about why it’s here. Well, add in wild ferment, and unfined / unfiltered, and it’s pretty much guaranteed once I learned of its existence, I’d have to give it a go. In the glass Hazy. Light, […]
Mas Lumen, 2008, Languedoc, France
Yes, you read that vintage correctly. Today we are tasting a 16 year old wine. (Well, I am. Alone. None of my guest tasters are around. Sigh. Mope.) To be honest, I hadn’t even noticed the vintage until it came time to do the review. I had popped into Cambridge Wine Merchants not too long […]