Tom Lewis
@tomlewiscambridge.bsky.social
Professional bean-counter; amateur wine-writer
Rioja beyond Big Oaky Reds - two barrel-fermented white Riojas at different price points: - the Everyday option: Beronia 2024 - the Ageworthy option: 200 Monges 2013 cambridgewineblogger.substack.com/p/a-deeper-d...
A Deeper Dive Into Rioja: Two White Riojas
Different Ages and Price Points, Both Barrel-Fermented
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Go to your camera and search ‘boat’ and post one that you like. Small boats on the beach at Braye, Alderney in September.
Go to your camera and search ‘boat’ and post one that you like. Unredal in Norway. Locally known as the goat village.
Tom Lewis@tomlewiscambridge.bsky.social · 3d agoGo to your camera and search ‘boat’ and post one that you like. A row of punts, Cambridge UK
Go to your camera and search ‘boat’ and post one that you like. A row of punts, Cambridge UK
Kate Armstrong@brainchain.ca · 4d agoGo to your camera and search ‘boat’ and post one that you like. The working harbour of Rivière au Renard from this September.
Tuesday night tasting Rioja at Barrafina. With tapas. And a quiz.
Monday evening tasting of Alto Adige. As you do. Expensive, elegant, structured. Austro-Italian. Like Swiss wines but with a more Mediterranean personality.
De Bortoli Viognier currently on markdown at @aldiukstores.bsky.social Buy as much as you can carry and stash it away somewhere cool for a few months - if you can wait. De Bortoli, The Astronomer Viognier, 2026 - £3.99 cambridgewineblogger.substack.com/p/de-bortoli...
De Bortoli The Astronomer Viognier, 2026
An Australian Viognier On Markdown at Aldi
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Three Czech wines - and my story of how the country and I grew up together: cambridgewineblogger.substack.com/p/three-czec...
Three Czech Wines - And Decades Of Improvement
Veltlínské zelené and Frankovka
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It was a nice sunny day today so I went out with my camera to capture some interesting images. #shadows #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #barcelona
Exploring Prague. It’s a city of grand bridges, palaces, squares, monasteries, formal gardens and cathedrals. So this small, cosy, courtyard-garden space just below the castle has an especially welcoming feel. Almost Parisian.
Exploring Prague. Last day, with luggage to carry. Found this Austrian kaffeehaus where in true Austrian style, you can linger as long as you like and the coffee will fill you up as much as a meal. I chose Videnska kava and Sachertorte. The diet can start tomorrow, I’ll just roll back home.
Exploring Prague. Last night here and I finally managed some dark beer and my first Radegast (on this trip). Plus 1kg of ribs (note absolute lack of any vegetables whatsoever).
Exploring Prague. Trdelniki from the Jewish bakery. Crispy, sweet, doughy, nutty, chocolatey with a huge portion of ice-cream in the middle.
More Czech wine - in two parts. Kutna Hora vineyard. 0.5ha just outside the monastery. Organic. Biodynamic. Demeter certified. Their Pinot is priced like a Burgundy, so I passed as that’s not really my thing. Another bottle of Blaufraenkisch - very much is my thing - from Habanske sklepy.
Exploring Czechia’s edgier side. Blues Cafe, Kutna Hora. Hipster coffee and pastries, rare old vinyl for sale. Subversive, late-80s, arty / politically-conscious, student vibe with a gravelly electric blues soundtrack. Felt like a time warp back to my late teenage years.
Exploring Prague. Definitely the most refined meal of the holiday so far. Strahov monastery.
Exploring Prague. Another hearty Czech dinner at U Vejvodu - pork knee and beer. That’s all the major food groups covered, right?
Exploring Prague St Vitus Cathedral, Prague Castle and blue skies.
Exploring Prague. Couple of local wines: - Gruener to add another country to the list (Austria, Italy, NZ and RSA done so far) 120 CZK (=£4) - Blaufraenkisch aka frankovka with an award bc it’s the great red grape of central Europe CZK 290 (=£10) Have not had Czech wine in decades.
Exploring Prague. Not sure about these grapes growing just outside the Strahov Monastery. Conditions seem perfect - vines mature, hillside location, plenty of sun exposure plus a bit of altitude for cool breezes. What could be the problem? @adhalliwell.bsky.social @vinosity.bsky.social
Exploring Prague. This is the Valdštejnská zahrada aka Waldstein Garden in Malostranska. @museumbums.bsky.social
Went for dinner in Prague. Local place, nothing special. Felt very 90s post-communist with a simple dark-wood interior and hard rock soundtrack. Pilsner Urquell, slab of roast pork belly that sufficed for two and cabbage salad with horseradish. Then strolled / rolled to the main square.
