The Real Alternative Wine Glossary: O
Oak - Oyster Oak - Iām getting oak with plummy overtones Iām getting screwed on alimony --Frasier Oaked (pejorative) - eye of oak newt; essence of vanillin toad. Can be…
Recaredo: Cava not Cava
For almost a century, Recaredo has maintained a firm commitment: to produce terroir winesĀ that reflect the landscapes of the Alt PenedĆØs as honestly and transparently as possible. They make only…
The Real Alternative Wine Glossary: N
Nacarat to Numerology Nacarat ā Bright orange-red colour, useful to have for tasting notes and the name of an occasional wine from Claude Courtois. Nagyburgundi ā Hungarian synonym for…
That thing we like
Iāve argued on these pages and elsewhere that it is trite to bandy loaded terms such as ānaturalā, āconventionalā and āmovementā willy-nilly as in ānatural wine movementā and to have…
The Yeaster Bunny Bounces In, and more of Doug’s Decants
Oregon Ovum Wines: Back to the Egg Ever till now When men were fond I smiled and wondered how. --Angelo, Measure for Measure Perceived as a truly noble grape that…
Marks-Schism
Every time I am invited on a tasting panel I vow that it will be my last foray into the world of jangling and wrangling. Although this vow will doubtless…
Les Caves New(ish) Release Tasting
Last week we uncorked a few bottles in the basement of Terroirs and put together a rough tasting called New & Recent Releases. As the clunky title suggests this was…
Wines of Austria Round Table Discussion
I was honoured to be invited by The Drinks Business to offer my tuppence hapāorth of half-baked opinions about more niche Austrian wines, or life beyond Gruner, as it might…
Doug Decants: California, Jurancon, Georgia + more!
Vale da Capucha Branco:Ā Composed of 92% FernĆ£o Pires (which is not a cross of Fernando Torres and Robert Pires) and 8% Arinto, hails from Atlantic country in Lisboa, a…
The Real Alternative Wine Glossary: M (Part One)
Macabeo - Myths Macabeo ā The Scottish grape. Maceration ā Describes the process of drinking wine from lunch through to dinner without a break. Sardonic maceration is when drinking leads…
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