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 December 21, 1980 Queens Hall, Leeds, ENG (supported by Eddie & The Hot Rods, Praying Mantis & Chevy) 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. By comparison, as distressing as the time when I found out that Santa Claus was not a real person. That bad. Spaced Out USA!, Melody Maker, 1 December 1973, archived from the original on 8 February 2003 , retrieved 23 September 2015

This debut vintage from a warm year set the benchmark. 2009 had very ripe grapes with high sugar content, some Botrytis, and high acidity. A deep 24-carat gold colour presages powerful aromas. Rose petals and lychee are signatures, but there’s much more besides; lavender, passionfruit and mango all appear, as do cinnamon and saffron. The palate is richly creamy, almost syrupy, retaining finesse thanks to the retention of fresh acidity to balance a large amount of residual sugar. Honey appears on the palate, plus added complexity from salinity, ginger and cloves. The finish takes minutes. This vintage was the one that later received 100 points. There’s an overwhelming impression of power, concentration and intensity, a wine for slow-sipping contemplation. Magnificent – but is it too much? Arguably so. 2010 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) Nadja Sayej (2 November 2015). "The space artist who saw Pluto before Nasa". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 June 2019. Produced by Hawkwind & Doug Bennet except B1 Prod. by Roy Baker at Olympic Studios, Barnes, & B5 recorded live at the Edmunton, Sundown, 26/1/74 on the Pye Mobile.After the release of the successful live album Space Ritual and single " Urban Guerrilla" in 1973, vocalist Robert Calvert and electronics player Dik Mik Davies left, leaving the group as a five-piece. In November and December 1973, Hawkwind undertook their first live tour of North America taking in ten dates. [9] During this time, Del Dettmar bought land near Calgary in Canada and signalled to the group his intent that he and his pregnant wife were to emigrate. [10] 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) Sort of shattered my illusions when I found out that the Mountain Grill was a cafe on the Portobello Road and the legend of Beenzon Toste mere fiction, more about the rattling of cutlery and a Full English Breakfast than my imagined Psychedelic Warlords being marooned on a distant planet finding themselves in a cavernous Hall inhabited by mythical Troll like creatures. 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

The Epokale project has become a great success. After much research and planning, the debut 2009 vintage became the first Italian white wine to receive a perfect 100-point score from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate in 2018. Additionally, it became the only 100-point Italian wine outside Tuscany or Piemonte.a b Del Quits Hawkwind, NME, 29 June 1974, archived from the original on 29 September 2007 , retrieved 23 September 2015 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.135. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.