Club Tasting Notes
Read the archive of RAW WINE Club Tasting Notes, with each edition offering 6 natural wine recommendations, winemaker interviews and food pairings.
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - May 2023 Selection
Hello again. All the wines in our May selection are pretty wow - there are no shrinking violets here. Instead we're tasting a variety of big voices from Italy, Spain, France and The US. There's a dangerously easy drinking, almondy, Venetian bubbly; a powerful Spanish white
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - April 2023 Selection
Hello again. Time to crack open April’s selection, and I am sure you won’t be disappointed. There’s a refreshing, textured, zesty bubbly from Italy’s Abruzzo with moreish pomelo bitterness and hints of tropical passion fruit; a steely, creamy, almost minty, Muscadet; a salty Andalusian Palomino with
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - March 2023 Selection
Hello all! Welcome back. As I write, all the ladybirds who have been hibernating in my window frames are starting to wake up and the woods are awash with the smell of wild garlic, which is all very exciting as spring is nigh. This box is all about the new
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - February 2023 Selection
Hello fellow wine lovers, Welcome back to another eclectic selection. There’s a lot of elegance in this month’s box, and a lot of light, luminous, freshness in keeping with the season - here in England snowdrops are out and the days are visibly longer; the sun more present.
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - January 2023 Selection
Hello and welcome back, I hope you have all had a joyous holiday season and a great start to the new year. For those of you doing dry January - have no fear, these bottles will wait. Just be sure to store them somewhere cool and dark. For those of
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - December 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back. To carry on in the festive vein, and to celebrate this extra special season, we've included a bottle of Champagne - even if Quentin Beaufort can’t quite call it that because his vines are on the wrong side of the Appellation line. There&
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - November 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back. This month’s selection is full of exciting, young talents - in fact the grower-makers of the first three wines are barely 30 years old, and they’re all helping bring about a renaissance in their respective countries. I have also included three New World wines
RAW WINE Club - Tasting Notes - October 2022 Selection
Hello and welcome back. This autumnal box has been heart-warming to put together as I’ve included quite a few old friends in the line-up this time - wines of growers I have been following for years that I have seen evolve and change. It is quite special opening up