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Author Archives: dccrossley
We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine by Camilla Gjerde (Book Review)
Over the past several years I have noticed something interesting. Not only am I buying more wines from women winemakers than I was, but some of those women would count firmly among my very favourite producers. I’ve tried to work … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing, Women in Wine
Tagged Alice Bouvot Arbois, Arianna Occhipinti Vittoria Sicily, Artisan Wines, Camilla Gjerde Author, Catherine Hannoun Port-Lesney, Domaine de la Loue Jura, Domaine L'Octavin Jura, Elena Pantaleoni La Stoppa, Francesca Padovani Fonterenza Montalcino, Jutta Ambrositsch Vienna, La Stoppa Emilia-Romagna, Margherita Padovani Fonterenza Montalcino, Natural Wine, Rennersistas, Stefanie Renner Gols Burgenland, Susanne Renner Gols Burgenland, We Don't Want Any Crap in Our Wine (Review), Wine Books, Wine writing, Women in Natural Wine, Women Winemakers
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Recent Wines September 2021 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
Following on from Part One, we have another pretty eclectic mix of wines. For those who think I drink too much from Austria and Jura, or even Czech wine, well, there aren’t any here. Instead, I give you a Portuguese … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alentejo Branco, Alsace Wine, Antonio Macanita, Artisan Sherry, Aube Grower Champagne, Australian Amphora Wine, Bénédicte Leroy Vigneronne, Black Chalk Dancer in Pink, Black Chalk Wine Test Valley, Brad Hickey Winemaker, Brash Higgins McLaren Vale, Brash Higgins NDV, Breaky Bottom Cuvée Oliver Minkley 2011, Breaky Bottom Winery Rodmell, Champagne Ruppert-Leroy Essoyes, Christian Binner Ammerschwihr, English Sparkling Wine, English Still Rosé Wine, Equipo Navazos, Fitapreta Branco, Florpower 82 Manzanilla, Jacob Leadley Winemaker, natural wines, Omensetter Vineyard McLaren Vale, Pago Miraflores La Baja Sanlúcar, Peter Hall Winemaker, Portuguese White Wine, Ruppert-Leroy Fosse-Grely 2015, Si Rose 16-17, Single Vineyard Single Vintage Manzanilla, South Australian Nero d'Avola, Wines of Hampshire
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Recent Wines September 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
September has been a strange month. After feeling we had pretty much no summer it turned out to be mostly warm and sunny. It doesn’t quite feel like time to raid the Nebbiolo and Syrah really. So, the reds have … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine
Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alice and Olivier De Moor, Bianka & Daniel Schmitt Rheinhessen, Caravan Le Vendangeur Masqué, Dôle, Dôle La Liaudisaz Chappaz, De Moor Negociant Label, Frei Korper Kultur Weingut Schmitt, Fully Wine, Guillaume Edel Alsace Vigneron, Jois in Burgenland, Joiseph Fogosch, Ligurian Wine, Luka Zeichmann Joiseph, Marie-Thérèse Chappaz Fully, Patrice Beguet Mesnay, Philippe Brand Ergersheim Alsace, Philippe Brand Le Bleu Pinot Noir, Recent Wines September 2021, Rossese di Dolceacqua, Swiss Pinot Noir-Gamay Blend, Terre Bianche Rossese di Dolceacqua, Three Views of a Secret Patrice Beguet
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Foot Trodden by Simon J Woolf & Ryan Opaz (Review)
If I ask you to name one country which is most often completely forgotten for its wines, at least on the UK market, I’d put money on many of you saying Portugal. It’s not as if Portugal doesn’t make a … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
Tagged Foot Trodden Book Review, New Wine Book, Portugal, Portuguese Wine Book, Portuguese Winemakers, Ryan Opaz, Simon Woolf, Wine Book, Wine Book Review, Wine Culture in Portugal, Wine Photography, Wine writing
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Recent Wines August 2021 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
August’s “recent wines” will be a little shorter than usual, still two parts, but with a focus on just six wines in each part. This is partly because of spending time away and partly because we drank some bottles I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Petnat, Wine
Tagged Anjou Petnat, Anne-Laure Sicard Vigneronne, Darren Smith & Roberto Henriques, Eglantine Benoit Courault, Entre-Deux Côtes du Jura, Equipo Navazos Florpower, Faye D'Anjou Petnat, Grenache Petnat, Itata Valley Bio Bio, Jean-Pascal Buronfosse, Jura Wine, Justin Langham, La Bota de Florpower 99 Antes de la Flor, La Combe Rotalier, Langham Corallian Extra Brut, Langham Wines Dorset, Languedoc Petnat, Mas Lasta Petnat Rosé, Müller-Thurgau Ancestral Method, New Zealand Petnat, North Canterbury Wine New Zealand, País Chile, Pago de Miraflores La Baja, Palomino table wine, Peggy Buronfosse, Sud Revermont, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2005, Terroir de Larzac St-Privat, TFWATH, The Finest Wines Available to Humanity, The Hermit Ram North Canterbury, The Hermit Ram Petnat, Theo Coles Winemaker, Wines of Dorset
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The Visitor
It’s what we do, isn’t it? As wine lovers, obsessives even, we visit vineyards and taste the wine, and if we are not the victim of airline baggage restrictions, we probably buy some to bring home. If we are lucky … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Hobby, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Hannah Fuellenkemper, Patrice Beguet, Simon Woolf, Tasting Rooms, The Morning Claret, Think before you visit a winemaker, Trials of Small Producers, Visiting Wine Regions, Visiting Winemakers, When Hail and Frosts mean no wine to sell, Wine Holiday, Wine Issues on Social Media, Wine Tourism, Wine Trips, Wine Twitter Themes, Wine writing
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The One Straw Revolution (Masanobu Fukuoka)
Here in the UK a series of proposals has just been published under the ambitious heading of a “National Food Strategy”. Its author, Henry Dimbleby, has outlined a raft of measures we need to adopt in order to save lives … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Japan, Natural Wine, Philosophy and Wine, Viticulture, Wine, Wine and Health, Wine Science
Tagged Do-nothing Farming, Farming Without Chemical Inputs, Masanobu Fukuoka, No-till farming, Philosophy and Agriculture, Regenerative Agriculture, Soil Health, The One Straw Revolution
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 