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Author Archives: dccrossley
Let Me Tell You A Little About Shoalhaven Coast
Australia is brimming with new wine regions. Just as we get used to Tumbarumba and Hastings River in New South Wales we hear that Willyarup, within the wider Margaret River appellation, has just been given approval. One region you may … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Wine, Dining, Wine, Wine Writing
Tagged Australian Sauvignon Blanc, Cupitt's Alphonse Sauvignon Blanc, Cupitt's Cheeses, Cupitt's Winery Restaurant, Cupitt's Winery Ulladulla, Emerging Wine Regions Australia, Mada Wines Sui Generis IV, Matt Upson Chef, Milton NSW, Mollymook, Mount Bushwalker, Narrawallee Beach, Narrawallee Creek, Narrawilly Farm Cottages, New South Wales Wine Regions, Russell Chinn Chef, Shoalhaven Coast Wine Region, Tallwood Restaurant Mollymook Beach, Ulladulla
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Polperro – A Small Cornish Gem on the Mornington Peninsula
When I first visited Mornington Peninsula about twelve years ago it was just gaining a bit of a name in the UK, where it was seen as very much a cool climate region, all the rage as they say. Located … Continue reading
Central Victoria Part 2 – Bindi
We have moved south from Bendigo, which was our first destination on this Australian adventure, to the Macedon Ranges. If you drive north out of Melbourne the first wine region you hit is Sunbury. North of that you come to … Continue reading
Central Victoria Part 1 – Around Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a small town in the old Victorian goldfields. It’s an attractive town in many ways, with plenty of places serving the great food and coffee one comes to expect almost anywhere in Australia, but do pronounce it with … Continue reading
Godforsaken Grapes (Book Review)
I’d been aware of Jason Wilson’s Godforsaken Grapes (2018) for some time, but it had never really registered as a book I needed to read until an American friend recommended it in the strongest terms. I think what had put me off, … Continue reading
Extreme Viticulture in Nepal
It lives! After my last article in early October I’ve been travelling. The result will be a host of articles from Australia, though I hope that, by-and-large avoiding the obvious, I won’t be substantially repeating what others have written as … Continue reading
Posted in Nepal, Wine, Wine Travel
Tagged Ashish White Blend, Charikot Panorama Resort, Extreme Wine Tourism, Heida in Nepal!, Janapal Thapa, Joseph-Marie Chanton, Kathmandu Wine Excursion, Kaule Red, Kumar Karki, Nepal's Vineyard, Nepalese Wine, Pataleban Vineyard, Pataleban Vineyard Resort, Solaris Grape, Tongba, Tropical Viticulture Consultants, Vitis Coignetiae, Wine's Outer Reaches, Wolfgang Schäfer (TVC), Yama Budou, Yama Sauvignon
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Out The Box Young Importers 2019, Part 2
Part 1 of my Out The Box 2019 article covered three of the importers who were showing their wines in Clerkenwell last Tuesday: 266 Wines, Swig and Uncharted Wines. If you haven’t yet read Part 1 you will find it via the link here. This … Continue reading
Posted in Greek Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Ancre Hill Monmouthshire, Black Chalk Wines Hampshire, Ca di Mat Gredos, Camille Braun Orschwihr, Cancedda O'Connell, Carte Blanche Wines, Chatzivaritis Estate Macedonia, Christelle Guibert, Clos Cibonne Tibouren, Damian Pinon Vouvray, David Knott, Diamantis Winery Macedonia, Domaine Kalathas Tinos, Domaine L'Ecu Pays Nantais, Douloufakis Winery Crete, Graft Wine Company, Greek Wine, Jérôme Charles Binda, Koerner Clare Valley, Koerner La Korse, Limnio, Maltby & Greek, Mavroudi, Mick O'Connell, Morgado do Quintao Algarve, Negoska, Nick Darlington, Out The Box Young Importers 2019, Polperro Wines Mornington Peninsula, Rolle in Australia, Sigurd Clare Valley, Smiley NV Swartland, Thörle Rheinhessen, Vidiano, Vincent Caillé Muscadet, Vourvoukelis Thrace, Welsh Wine
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