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.
Prosecco, what, that cheap supermarket mainstay of every vodka and coke drinker’s Friday night? Has he gone mad? Well, actually, no! A long time ago I used to drink Prosecco from time to time. It actually provided a nice contrast … Continue reading →
Posted in Italian Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine
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Tagged Andrea Dal Cin, Campofalco, Canevel, Carlo Caramel, Dosaggio Zero, Fine Prosecco, Glera, Masi Agricola, Monfalcon single vineyard, Prosecco, Valdobbiadene, Vigneto del Faè
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It’s fair to say that many wine lovers would be hard pushed to pinpoint Moldova on a map, let alone realise that it is a country with a very long winemaking history. Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, most of Moldova … Continue reading →
Posted in Eastern European Wine, Moldovan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Chateau Vartely, Codru, Cricova Wines, Eastern European Wine, Equinox Elemente 5 2015, Fautor Wines Tigheci Hills, Fetească Alba, Fetească Neagră, Fetească Regală, Manuel Ortiz, Moldova, Moldovan Wine, Novus BH Magister, Poiana Wines, Rara Neagră, Salcuta Wines, Saperavi in Moldova, Stefan Voda, Timbrus, Valul Lui Traian, Viorica grape variety
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You may have read my last roundup of the best wines I drank at home during August, under my usual hashtag #theglouthatbindsus, and you might recall that one of them was a Champagne that I readily admit surprised me by … Continue reading →
Back on 25th September I was at the Out The Box young importers tasting and I promised to put up some notes on what I tried from Swig at the end of last week, following their joint Portfolio tasting with Uncharted Wines. That turned … Continue reading →
Posted in Alsace, Natural Wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged AA Badenhorst Family Wines, Adi Badenhorst, BK Wines Adelaide Hills, Blank Bottle Wines, Boina Douro, Champagne Collard-Picard, Claus Schneider Baden, Coteaux Champenois Meunier, Emmanuelle Milan, Les Louves 2014, Mathieu Deiss, Out The Box 2018, Pieter Walser, Skin n Bones, SWIG, Swig at the China Exchange 2018, Vignoble du Reveur
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I had intended to write an article combining the wines from Uncharted Wines and Swig that I tasted last week at Out the Box with those I tasted at their joint portfolio tasting at The China Exchange in Soho yesterday. Looking at the number of wines I want … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged AA Badenhorst, Blank Bottle, Celler Frisach, Chateau Yvonne Saumur, Conca de Barbera new producers, David Chapel, Domaine du Petit Août Hautes Alpes, Huis Van Chevallerie Filia Brut 2014, Jean-Baptiste Souillard, Keg Wine, Le Grappin Aligoté Skin 2017, Maison Nicolas Morin, Mosel Lieser, Olivier Morin, Out The Box 2018, Pieter Walser, Rupert Taylor, St Cyr Kanon Keg, Succés Vinicola, Sybille Kuntz, The Hermit Ram, Theo Coles, Uncharted China Exchange Tasting, Uncharted Wines, Vigna San Lorenzo, Westwell Amphora 2017, Westwell Pelegrim, Westwell Wines, Yann de Agostini
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September is a busy month for Tastings, so I apologise that this article is appearing, unusually, almost a week after the event. I’m covering five importers here: Maltby & Greek, Modal Wines, The Knotted Vine, Basket Press Wines and Red Squirrel Wine. I simply … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Albino Rocca Barbaresco, Basket Press Wines, Chateau de Bel, David Knott, De Kleine Wijn Koöp, Domaine Kalathas, Eekhoring Wines, El Cosmonauta, El Mozo Rioja Alavesa, Faan Rabie, Greek Wine, Jakub Novak Moravia, Jiri Majerik Basket Press Wines, Joiseph Austria, Joiseph Tannenberg 2016, Koerner Clare Valley, Lectores Vini Pomagrana, Luka Zeichmann, Magula Family Winery, Maltby & Greek, Modal Wines, Morgado do Quintao Algarve, Nic Rizzi, Noelia Ricci Emilia Romagna, Ou Treffer Cinsaut, Out The Box 2018, Red Squirrel Wine, Richard Stavek Moravia, Slobodne Slovakia, Tenuta di Angoris, The Knotted Vine, Tim Manning, Tinos Wine, Valdonica Tuscany
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This is the second part of our Yazoo-themed coverage of the joint Tasting held by Otros Vinos (Part 1, here) and Wines Under the Bonnet. Whereas all Fernando’s wines are Spanish, the wines I picked out here are largely from France, … Continue reading →
Posted in Beaujolais, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Alsace Wine, Aymeric Hillaire, Bergerac Wine, Château Barouillet Bergerac, Chilean Wine, Cyrille Vuillod, Domaine des Cognettes Eguor, Domaine Mélaric, Downstairs at Eric's, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, La Dernière Gout, Landron Chartier, Mélanie Hunin, Mittelbergheim, Naturlich Petnat, Pais Grape, Roberto Henriquez Bio-Bio, Santa Cruz de Coya 2017, Vincent Alexis, Wines Under the Bonnet
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September is Tastings Month. There are several events almost every day, so it’s impossible to get to them all. It’s also impossible to keep up my usual timely posts, splitting writing with sipping wine all day. For those who have … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Bodegas Cauzón Iradei 2017, Clot de les Soleres Cabernet Amfora, Costador Terroirs Mediterrani, Forcallat, Fuente Guijarro, Marenas José Miguel Márquez, Metamorphika, Montepilas Grape, Otros Vinos, Ramón Saavedra Saavedra, Sumoll, Sumoll Blanc Brisat, Tinto Velasco, Viña Enebro, Vinos el Patio
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SITT is the Specialist Importers Trade Tasting which groups together a number of both large and small wine importers who seem mostly to fall outside of the regular London circuit. Just under forty importers were grouped together at the Honorable Artillery Company barracks … Continue reading →
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Alpine Wines, Cave de la Côte, Château de Parenchère, Cornalin du Valais, Domaine de la Croix Barraud, Domaine de Monmollin, Domaine des Muses, Doral Grape, Franck Bessone, Gunter & Regina Triebaumer, Kellerei Kurtatsch Lagrein, Mamete Prevostini Valtellina, Planète Bordeaux, Provins Petite Arvine, Robert Taramarcaz, SITT Tasting London 2018, Weingut Waldschütz
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 