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  • Austrian Sweeties

    Alpine Wines is one of the UK’s most unique wine merchants focusing on wines from alpine regions of Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland. There are some interesting whites and reds to be found, plus the odd orange or pink wine pops up to. But for me, it is old sweet wines that beckon and the…

  • Exploring Koshu

    WSET School London recently hosted an Explore Japanese Koshu session led by Raku Oda, MW student and Sommelier at The Fat Duck. The tasting coincided with the visit to the UK by representatives of Koshu of Japan, the promotion agency for these enigmatic wines, which held a number of trade tastings alongside this WSET event.…

  • La Dame Verte 2020

    Lé Thio Noots, La Dame Verte 2020 Loire, France Vibrant purple colour. Funky, bretty on the nose – farmyard in that not entirely pleasant way – though it dissipates pretty quickly leaving notes of raspberry, plums, heady herbs. It’s a bit smudgy on the nose but better defined on the palate with a load of…