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Not tasting wine at the Samos Wine Museum
A map, a camera and a wine glass. These are the essential tools of the civilised traveller. The map will get you there, the camera will capture it - and the wine glass is used to enjoy the exciting...
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Pairing Wine and Music? "Tasting Notes" radio programme launch at Laithwaites...
Music does not taste. Wine does. Rather obvious, but not nearly as simple as you may think. What we perceive as the taste of wine is actually our brain combining all sorts of information and the tongue...
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The Riesling Retribution by Ellen Crosby. A cozy wine mystery book review
Some reviews seem to write themselves, in extreme cases even before you have had a detailed look at the product. I mean honestly, what could you possibly expect from a "wine country mystery" novel...
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A Merry Wine Rambling Christmas 2012
Munich. It is late on Christmas Eve. Snow falls, it is icy and families are sitting around the hearth. No, wait. There is no snow. There is no ice. It is not even cold. Earlier today I arrived in...
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2012 - looking back over a year in Wine Rambling
Vineyards in northern Yorkshire, dentists, wine museums without wine, finding the pink soul of Riesling, drinking some of the best and worst wines of Germany, finishing unfinished business in...
View ArticleGerman Riesling Rap (Must Be Seduktion)
In 2009 for a short moment I was cool. You might have been too, without knowing it. Back then we had street cred - just by drinking Riesling. No, I am not insane, nor did I have too much Riesling...
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Who are you? The Wine Rambler 2012 Web Stats and Reflections on Wine Blog...
Do you know who you are? We do! Should you ever have an identity crisis please do come back to this post for some reasurance regarding your identity. Now, before you get all excited and ask where you...
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Scandinavian Food and German Wines - an evening of Food and Wine Pairing Heaven
There are several philosophies about kids growing up to into mature adults, but the successful ones tend to include the Muppet Show. And as our readers naturally are mature adults I can take it for...
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Stop misleading customers and damaging the reputation of German wine - an...
Dear Waitrose,You are not like every other supermarket. You were the first to sell organic food in the UK. You have a royal warrant to supply the Queen. You are owned by your employees. And through...
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It's Only Natural: Impressions from the Real Wine Fair 2013
Natural wine is "in", no doubt. It fits the Zeitgeist of minimal intervention, non-industrial, organic, "honest" produce that is increasingly sought after by consumers. And yet there is also confusion....
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Waitrose responds to open letter about "Legends of Germany"
Earlier this year I published an open letter to Waitrose that within hours became our most widely read, tweeted about and "liked" article of the year. I had criticised Waitrose for stocking a wine that...
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Wine Rambler dinner at Trinity restaurant
It was always about food. I am not saying you cannot, should not have wine without food (quite the opposite), but without my love for food there would be no Wine Rambler. The crucial moment was a...
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Impressions from RAW 2013 - the wine fair for "natural" wine
Autumn is upon us. Had I missed this fact before, cycling through cold, autumnal rain and over streets covered in brown leaves tonight would have driven home that message clearly. For some this is a...
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What camera should I buy? An overview of camera systems and recommendations...
And now for something completely different – photography. Or, to be precise, cameras. The photos on the Wine Rambler may not always show it but I do spend a lot of time with the camera these days, and...
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A Merry Wine Rambling Christmas 2013
We don't know what you will be drinking this Christmas - rumour has it at least one of the Wine Ramblers will betray his country by opening a French wine - but as long as you enjoy it and have a truly...
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2013 - a Year in Wine Rambling, and our top 5 German wines of the year
2013 was the year of fizz, overcoming prejudice, fighting the good fight and natural wine. 2013 has also been a challenging year. It was not because of rising wine taxes or the global wine shortage...
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Two Princes - skin-contact Riesling from the Rheingau
That Riesling is Royalty will be intuitively plausible to all lovers of this noble grape. In this sense the Wine Rambler is by now quite used to dine with royalty - after all Riesling is the most...
View ArticleWine Murder Series - generate titles for your wine murder mystery novels
Wine and Crime - what could go together more smoothly! If you doubt this pairing, have a look at our review of Ellen Crosby's The Riesling Retribution. It is a wine murder and mystery story and part of...
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German Gin, with Riesling? Ferdinand's Saar Dry Gin!
It took me almost two decades to appreciate gin. In my early drinking years, it was one of two spirits that I would always decline, as more than a glass made me sick (the other being ouzo). And let's...
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A Wonderful and Merry Christmas 2015 to All of You
To all our readers a Merry Christmas and wonderful 2016, filled with joy and exciting wine adventures!
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