The Wine Society pushes the boundaries
Thursday 30 August 2018

The Wine Society is probably thought of as a well-established, traditional merchant with a good selection of European classics, but the tasting described below showed that it has a thriving alternative side as well. Wines as diverse as skin-fermented Welschriesling from Serbia, Hasandede (me neither) from Turkey, and Pinot Noir from Luxembourg prove how widely their buyers cast their nets.
Inevitably, these more extreme styles of wine are never going to please everyone, and I found that some of them were more interesting in theory than in practice, but I thoroughly applaud The Wine Society for taking on wines that...
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