Wine

The Future’s Bright – The Future’s Orange

2021-10-11T18:40:45+01:00October 11th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , |

(apologies to a certain phone provider) Orange wine? What? Wine made out of oranges? No. In a nutshell, orange (or amber or ramato as it is sometimes described) wine is a type of white wine made by leaving the grape skins and seeds in contact with the juice, creating an orange-hued liquid. Or, as ...

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Natural Wines: The Marmite of the Wine World?

2021-09-07T12:47:20+01:00September 7th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , , , |

Natural Wines: The Marmite of the Wine World?   In previous blogs, I’ve written about organic and bio-dynamic wine. There’s another category that has made its way into the wine lexicon – ‘natural’ – and so this blog will, hopefully, shed some light on what ‘natural’ wine means. The first thing to say is ...

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Wine of the Month – Gem Pinot Noir

2021-08-11T11:22:47+01:00August 11th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , , |

If you like a Pinot Noir that has a bit of dynamism to it, look no further. This Gem Pinot Noir from Martinborough in New Zealand is just the ticket. Based at the southern end of the North Island, Martinborough is one of the three main sub-regions of the larger Wairarapa region. It’s a ...

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Spotlight on … Pinot Noir

2021-08-06T15:40:55+01:00August 6th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , |

Do you know what’s special about 18th August? Apart from it being someone’s birthday, anniversary, or such like? Or it being National Fajita Day (yes, really) or Bad Poetry Day (I’m not making it up)? It’s (trumpet fanfare) International Pinot Noir Day! So before we get to the serious stuff about the wine, here’s ...

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WINE OF THE MONTH – Reyneke Cornerstone Bio-dynamic

2021-07-09T18:59:15+01:00July 9th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , |

To link in with this month’s blog about bio-dynamic wines, we’ve chosen Reyneke Cornerstone Bio-dynamic 2016 from Stellenbosch, South Africa, as our Wine of the Month. If you were ever lucky enough to visit the Reyneke Estate, you might be surprised to find not only vineyards but also a farm, complete with cows and ...

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Bio-dynamic Wine

2021-07-09T18:22:54+01:00July 9th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , |

I wrote recently about what the term organic means with regard to wine. Now it’s the turn of bio-dynamic. I suppose you could say this is organic – and beyond. Bio-dynamics is a system of agriculture and horticulture introduced in the 1920s by Rudolph Steiner, an Austrian philosopher. (By the way, his areas of ...

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WINE OF THE MONTH – BLACK CHALK

2021-06-03T11:31:03+01:00June 3rd, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , , |

‘Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!’ So said Dom Perignon when he tasted his Champagne – or so legend has it. Well, I am in no way likening myself to that esteemed 17th Century monk, but I have to say that when I tasted our Wine of the Month I had pretty much ...

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BRITISH WINE

2021-06-02T20:16:54+01:00June 2nd, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , , |

In this Blog post, I thought we could have a look at British Wine to celebrate Welsh Wine Week – 4th to 13th June, and English Wine Week – 19th to 27th June. Mention British wine to a group of aficionados of the fermented grape juice and you’d probably expect a range of reactions ...

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Wine of the Month – Château La Mascaronne Rosé.

2021-05-16T12:26:21+01:00May 16th, 2021|Categories: Blog, The Wine Shed, Wine|Tags: , , , , |

Stop and Smell the Rosés! Actually, I should say stop and smell the rosé, singular, because although The Wine Shed has a wonderful selection of more than twenty mouth-watering rosés, I want to concentrate on just one - Château La Mascaronne Rosé. Before we look at the wine itself, let me whisk you off ...

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