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About dccrossley

Writing here and elsewhere mainly about the outer reaches of the wine universe and the availability of wonderful, characterful, wines from all over the globe. Very wide interests but a soft spot for Jura, Austria and Champagne, with a general preference for low intervention in vineyard and winery. Other passions include music (equally wide tastes) and travel. Co-organiser of the Oddities wine lunches.

Recent Wines July 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 04/10/2022 by dccrossley

Finally, I think I have some time to write, post-move, post-Covid and post-family visits. I’m way behind with my “Recent Wines” articles, so in this case you will get some not so recent wines dating back to July. Here’s what … Continue reading →

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Gut Oggau Visit, August 2022

Posted on 19/09/2022 by dccrossley

I might have mentioned previously that when we visited Moravia we flew into Vienna. The route worked best to minimise overall travel, and to avoid Stansted. It also afforded an opportunity to spend a couple of nights in Rust. This … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Richard Stávek, Maverick and Magician

Posted on 15/09/2022 by dccrossley

First, an apology, both to my readers and to Richard Stávek, for taking so long to write about these wines. First, we returned from Moravia a week-and-a-half before moving house, and indeed country. Then, the same number of days into … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Jaroslav Osicka

Posted on 31/08/2022 by dccrossley

Jaroslav Osička is a legend in Moravian natural wine, a kind of Pierre Overnoy. Except that Jaroslav not only makes wine, but taught at the local wine school for thirty years. Many of the younger generation of winemakers learnt from … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Krásna Horá Winery

Posted on 21/08/2022 by dccrossley

Krásna Horá means beautiful hill, or mountain, in Czech, and the winery which sits at the bottom of it in the village of Nový Poddvorov, and is named after it, nestles among extremely attractive, gently rolling, Moravian hills. However, in … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Petr Koráb, Boleradice

Posted on 14/08/2022 by dccrossley

“We were pretty tired on arrival in the village of Boleradice, about two hours north of Vienna, a relaxed drive through a pastoral idyll of rolling hills and vineyards, and very little traffic, a world away from what we had … Continue reading →

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Autentikfest 2022, Moravia

Posted on 11/08/2022 by dccrossley

I’ve just returned from a trip to Moravia in the south of the Czech Republic. The main reason for going was an invitation to Autentikfest 2022, the wine festival for the Czech natural wine movement, but whilst there I also … Continue reading →

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New Wine Leaders 1 – Christina Rasmussen

Posted on 03/08/2022 by dccrossley

I was flicking through one of those trade magazines, one which always helps to form a disorderly pile beside my bed after a big event like the London Wine Fair. Anyway, this copy had one of those rankings of young … Continue reading →

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Journey Through the Past to get Lost in a Field

Posted on 25/07/2022 by dccrossley

Back at the end of May I was wandering around the Tobacco Dock venue for the Real Wine Fair and I happened to spy Tim Wildman. I have been a fan of his Aussie Petnats for ages, so I thought … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines, Off-Topic

Posted on 13/07/2022 by dccrossley

Why off-topic? My “Recent Wines” articles are almost exclusively made up of wines drunk at home, and the ten wines here were drunk on two evenings last week whilst staying with friends in the New Forest. But perhaps “off-topic” also … Continue reading →

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