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.’ […]
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Tapiz, Extra Brut, NV, Mendoza, Agentina
The story behind the selection of this wine is pretty much a non-story. It goes as follows: One weekend, I was in one of the branches of Cambridge Wine Merchants; the branch affectionately known as BS. (Much hilarity ensues.) I picked up one wine I was planning on buying. It will probably show up sooner […]
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 […]
Luigi Bosca Pinot Noir, 2018. Mendoza, Argentina.
This wine is what happens when you aren’t paying attention. I will sometimes ask a colleague to suggest a wine, if I feel like I’ve fallen into a rut, and want to try something I might not think of myself. So I did this one day. I said I didn’t want a Burgundy, since I […]