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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.

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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Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 08/07/2022 by dccrossley

Part 2 of June’s “Recent Wines” is, as a half-dozen, perhaps, almost as diverse as it can be, although I’m sure someone will be there to shoot down that statement with regard to origin (no Americans, Africans or Antipodeans). I … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines June 2022 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 07/07/2022 by dccrossley

June saw a very interesting bunch of wines drunk at home, but equally, it saw us drinking a lot of repeats, wines I’ve already written about. So, we have just five wines in this first selection of wines drunk at … Continue reading →

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Italians at The Glasshouse, Kew

Posted on 20/06/2022 by dccrossley

When you alight from the train from Central London at Kew Gardens station you cross the tracks and immediately feel you are in a village. The tall trees surrounding the station set the scene for the famous gardens down the … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines May 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 16/06/2022 by dccrossley

In Part 2 of my roundup of the most interesting bottles we drank at home in, effectively, the second half of May, I find a Jura-heavy selection, three wines out of six. The remainder come from Moravia, Alsace and Hungary. … Continue reading →

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