Hall Of The Mountain Grill

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April 3, 1972 Falcon Fields, Tadley, ENG (Free C.N.D Festival, with Roy Harper, Steve Took, Graham Bond & Pete Brown, Armada, Adrian Henri & Adrian Mitchell) This brand-new release is fresh from the mine and a light golden colour. Rich, fruity and intense, showing rose and oleander scents, apple, pineapple and melon on the nose and palate. It has the highest residual sugar since 2009, so it is a little heftier. Velvety textured and beautifully poised with still unrealised potential, so there’s much more to come. Wither 2014? For completeness, it’s worth noting that the wine was made in 2014 but has never appeared. The 2014 vintage conditions were harsh, so this wine is “a good Gewürztraminer, but not an Epokale.” Nevertheless, that wine continues to mature within the mountain, with its ultimate fate still undecided. Food Matching A perfect wine? Whether you embrace or dismiss such tropes, there’s no doubting that this remarkable achievement helped put Italian Gewürztraminer, Alto Adige and Cantina Tramin on the world stage. However, as we shall see, the style of the six vintages thus far released continues to evolve. Cantina Tramin and Gewürztraminer

The album's title was a nod to Edvard Grieg's " In the Hall of the Mountain King" and to a Portobello Road cafe called The Mountain Grill (now closed), frequented by the band and their contemporaries from the Ladbroke Grove scene in the early 1970s. Hawkwind's frequent solo support act and occasional live guest musician Steve Peregrin Took had a song "The Ballad of the Mountain Grill," [5] released in 1995 on a Cleopatra Records CD under alternative title "Flophouse Blues (in the Mountain Grill)". [6] At one point, underground newspaper International Times had its printworks in the upstairs of the Grill. May 27, 1973 Empire Pool, Wembley, ENG (Supported by Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Magic Michael, Deke Leonard & Iceberg, Danny & The Racing Cars, Fruup & (DJ) Andy Dunkley) After four kilometres, we near our destination. However, the last 250 metres (longer or shorter, it’s difficult to tell in the darkness) are taken on foot, passing various side passages. Briefly, I wish for a ball of string, like Theseus had, to ensure I could retrace my steps should I become all too easily lost. The Golden Hoard Harvest is by hand at the end of October, about ten days after the main crop. Yields are meagre, at only 28 hectolitres per hectare. After a short grape maceration and pressing, the juice ferments slowly for four weeks in stainless steel tanks at 18°C. Then this fermentation is then halted by deliberately cooling down to 5°C for ten days, leaving residual sugar and stable wine. There is no subsequent malolactic fermentation, as Gewürztraminer needs the racier malic acid to balance the wine. This new wine stays on its lees in smaller stainless steel tanks for 8-11 months, with some lees stirring in the early months before it clarifies naturally. Bottling is then under cork. Now the magic happens. These wines will continue to develop and live for at least 20 years, potentially many more. Each vintage taken alone is a great wine but tasting them all together reveals a deliberately evolving style.Another good vintage, though conditions meant lower levels of alcohol and sugar. Yellow-gold, and slightly less sweet-tasting, yet a velvet cushion texture too. The least residual sugar of any of the vintages released, with rose, oleander, lavender, lychee and sage aromas. A predominance of citrus fruits on the palate. Orange, kumquat and tangerine suggest a hint of Botrytis. A length in minutes, with cloves and nutmeg, a saline mineral freshness. A little less weighty, but with no sharp edges, irresistible. 2013 Hawkwind – Hall of the Mountain Grill (album review ) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com . Retrieved 6 July 2016. Hawkwind – Hall of the Mountain Grill (album review 2) | Sputnikmusic". www.sputnikmusic.com . Retrieved 6 July 2016. January 14, 1972 Community College, Slough, ENG (supported by Spontaneous Combustion, Carol Grimes & Uncle Dog & Heavy Eric)

September 9, 1979 Queens Hall, Leeds, ENG ( Futurama Festival 1979, Supported by The Only Ones, The Fall, Scritti Politti, Teardrop Explodes, Echo & The Bunnymen & Others) a b Barton, Geoff (12 October 1974), Hawkwind-busted! but not broke, Sounds, archived from the original on 14 March 2012 , retrieved 23 September 2015 A return to higher residual sugar due to a later harvest. Pale gold. 2013 offers an attractive candied fruit sensation on the palate. It feels like a much younger wine, more restrained; you sense there’s more yet to unfurl. Powerful aromas of stone fruits, rose petals and lychee, with hints of something green, sage perhaps. A more luscious expression than 2012, kept agile by focused mineral-like acidity. 2015

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Kellermeister Willi Stürz (Gambero Rosso’s “Winemaker of the Year” in 2004) is the creator of the wines at the Cantina. He and Marketing Director Wolfgang Klotz led our Epokale visit and tasting. September 8, 1973 Winter Gardens, Malvern, ENG (supported by Ace, Andy Dunkley, Liquid Len & Cosmic Frenz) Sep 1974: United Artists Records, UAG 29672, UK vinyl – original issues came in single sleeve with inner sleeve By comparison, as distressing as the time when I found out that Santa Claus was not a real person. That bad. At Poschhaus Stollen, a bright red electric train with yellow carriages awaits us. Its fairground-like appearance belies its serious role as the only practical way in and out of the mine. Meanwhile, we dress in waterproofs and rubber boots (this level is muddy, being an exit for mine waters). Helmets and lamps are essential too. Outside, it’s approaching 30°C, so the mine initially offers welcome respite.

Epokale’s name references a time some two centuries ago when Gewürztraminer (aka Traminer Aromatico) in Alto Adige was usually a sweeter wine, a style largely abandoned today in favour of dry wines. Hence in Germanic terms, it’s a classic Spätlese. The lightest of the late harvest styles, it may contain traces of noble rot ( Botrytis cinerea) in some vintages. May 23, 1970 Afan Lido Sports Centre, Port Talbot, WAL (Afan Festival No. 2, with Keef Hartley Big Band, Taste, Yes, Atomic Rooster, Writing On The Wall, Bloody Welsh, Gypsy & Skin Alley) Returning to England, the band went to Clearwell Castle to rehearse, [12] then entered Olympic Studios to record this album in May and June, with help from producers Doug Bennett and Roy Thomas Baker. The lead singles "Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke)" (coupled with "It's So Easy") in the UK and an alternative version of "You'd Better Believe It" (coupled with "Paradox") in France were issued on 2 August, followed by the album on 6 September. Alternative studio versions of "It's So Easy", "You'd Better Believe It" and "Wind of Change" were later released in 2011 on Parallel Universe. Nadja Sayej (2 November 2015). "The space artist who saw Pluto before Nasa". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 June 2019. Outside, the mercury reaches a grilling 37°C in the shade. Such temperatures may not be uncommon in the Alto Adige later in summer but are undoubtedly unusual in June, and this was already the third heatwave of the year.The group returned to North America a second time for a more comprehensive tour consisting of 22 dates in March and April under the banner of "1999 Party", taking their entire entourage with them including dancer Stacia, MC and DJ Andy Dunkley, a lightshow by Jonathan Smeeton (Liquid Len) and support from United Artists Records label mates Man. [13] [14] [15] Although Dettmar had not yet left the group, House joined the band for this tour, but not having the appropriate work permit, his performances were strictly unofficial. [12] The Chicago and Detroit shows on 21 and 23 March were professionally recorded, the former being released in 1997 as The 1999 Party. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.