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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.

Uncharted Territory

Posted on 03/10/2018 by dccrossley

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 →

Out the Box 2018

Posted on 01/10/2018 by dccrossley

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 | 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 | 2 Comments

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 2 – Wines Under the Bonnet in the Basement at Terroirs

Posted on 28/09/2018 by dccrossley

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 | 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 | 3 Comments

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 1 – Otros Vinos in the Basement at Terroirs

Posted on 27/09/2018 by dccrossley

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 | 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 | 1 Comment

Alpine Wines at SITT

Posted on 26/09/2018 by dccrossley

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 | 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 | 1 Comment

Restyling Wine – Les Caves de Pyrene at Thirty

Posted on 20/09/2018 by dccrossley

Back in the 1990s I discovered a wine merchant who appeared to sell all the weird and wonderful wines I’d come to love over the previous decade. I’d just had a few trips to Aosta, and I couldn’t believe I … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alberto Loi Sardinia, Alex Craighead Nelson, Alexandre Bain, Andert-Wein, Andrea Occhipinti, Andrew Beckham, Beckham Estate, Bow and Arrow Wines, Burja, Cascina degli Ulivi, Cave Verdier-Logel Forez, Champagne Pierre Gerbais, Christian Binner, Clos Fantine, Comando G, COS Pithos, Domaine Botheland, Domaine Hauvette, Domaine Valette Macon, Dominique Belluard, Dominique Lucas, Doug Wregg, Evan Lewandowski, Foradori, Gentle Folk Wines, Hervé Souhaut, Hughues-Beguet, Il Paradiso di Manfredi, Intellego, Jauma Wines, Jean Maupertuis, Julian Castagna Beechworth, Kelley Fox, Kmetija Mlecnik Ana, La Cave de Mont Blanc, La Garagista Grace & Favour, Lapalu Brouilly, Les Caves de Pyrene, Les Caves de Pyrene 30th Anniversary Tasting, Les Vignes de Paradis, Loxarel, Marco de Bartoli, Momento Mori Wines, Nicolas Carmarans, Ovum Wines, Partida Creus, Patrick Sullivan, Pierre Frick, Piquentum Croatia, Plageoles Gaillac, Pol Opuesto, Ruth Lewandowski, Sam Viniciullo, Sclavos Efranor, Scott Frank, Sepp and Maria Muster, Stefano Bellotti, Tajinaste, Testalonga El Bandito, Val Frison, Vale da Capucha, Vignes du Maynes Mangonite, Vin Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle, Vino di Anna, Vittoria Bera, Wine Tastings, Zidarich | 3 Comments

Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 17/09/2018 by dccrossley

It seems a long time ago, August, days of thirty-degree plus temperatures, three meals a day taken out in the garden, and hardly a serious red wine drunk. Nothing here will be anything more than light red, although the Blank … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Austria, Austrian Wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Rosé Wine, Savoie Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine | Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Blauer Wildbacher, Bruno Schueller, Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee, Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Gerard Schueller Sylvaner, Dominique Lucas, Famille de Conti Petillant Naturel, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Vignes de Paradis Savoie, Puszta Libre! 2017 Claus Preisinger, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Recent Wines August 2018, Rotes Haus Wiener Gemischter Satz Nussberg, Schilcher, Schilcher Frizzante Strohmeier, Tibouren Clos Cibonne 2014, Top Alsace Sylvaners, Tour des Gendres, Vin des Allobroges Savagnin | 2 Comments

Jura Night at Solent Cellar

Posted on 13/09/2018 by dccrossley

I’m a little sad this year. Followers of Wideworldofwine will be well aware that Eastern France’s Jura region is one of my passions. They may well know the story of how we used to stay on the Côte de Beaune each spring, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Jura, Wine, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings | Tagged Arbois Wine, Berthet-Bondet, Chardonnay Balanoz 2015, Chateau Bethanie Crémant du Jura, Chateau-Chalon, Chateau-Chalon Berthet-Bondet 2009, Coq au Vin Jaune, Daniel Dugois Savagnin Sous Voile, Domaine de la Pinte L'Ami Karl, Houillon-Overnoy Ploussard 2015, Jura Tasting, Jura Wine, Love Poulsard Fruitière d'Arbois, Lymington, Lymington Wine Shop, Melon a Queue Rouge, Michel Gahier Melon Fraquette, Ouillé Savagnin, Ploussard, Poulsard, Poulsard Sans Souffre, Savagnin, Savagnin Savignier, Solent Cellar Lymington, Sous Voile Savagnin, Tissot Singulier Trousseau 2015, Trousseau, Vin Jaune, Vin Jaune Dom St-Pierre 2008, Vin Jaune Jacques Puffeney 1995, Wine Dinners, Wine Merchants in Hampshire | 3 Comments

Tillingham Update (Sept 2018)

Posted on 12/09/2018 by dccrossley

I wrote about my visit to Ben Walgate’s Tillingham Wines back in June, here. Quite a lot of interest has been generated in what Ben Walgate is doing there, in the far east of Sussex. This is in part because he … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings | Tagged Ben Walgate, Ben Walgate at Plateau Brighton, Bourbon Cask Cider, English Qvevri Wine, English Wine, Ortega Grape, Plateau Brighton, Qvevri, Qvevri Cider, Starvecrow Cider, Sussex Vineyard, Tillingham Artego 2017, Tillingham at Plateau Brighton, Tillingham Chardonnay, Tillingham Col 2017, Tillingham Pet Rosé, Tillingham Qvevri Artego 2017, Tillingham Vineyard, Tillingham Wines | 3 Comments

Ripples Become Waves – Howard Ripley German 2017 GG and Reds

Posted on 10/09/2018 by dccrossley

There’s a certain sedate quality to your average Howard Ripley Tasting. You turn up early to the grand venue, the Pension’s Room in Gray’s Inn, and for a few moments you can sip amid a sea of calm. Even when … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged 2017 Vintage in Germany, Daniel Vollenweider, Efringen-Kirchen, Florian Lauer GG 2017, Fritz Haag, Georg Mosbacher, German GG 2017, German Red Wines, German Wine, German Wine Tasting, Grosses Gewachs 2017, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Howard Ripley, Jaspis Range Ziereisen, Niederberg Helden, Philipp Wittmann, Rheinhessen Morstein, Rudolf May Franken Silvaner, Schäfer-Fröhlich, Schloss Lieser, Schloss Lieser Pinot Noir, Schweigen Wines, Spatburgunder and Pinot Noir, Thomas Haag, Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus, Von Schubert Pinot Noir, Weingut Julg Schweigen, Weingut Peter Lauer, Weingut Wittmann, Wissembourg Abbey Former Vineyards, Ziereisen Baden | 6 Comments

Author Archives: dccrossley

About dccrossley

Uncharted Territory

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 2 – Wines Under the Bonnet in the Basement at Terroirs

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 1 – Otros Vinos in the Basement at Terroirs

Alpine Wines at SITT

Restyling Wine – Les Caves de Pyrene at Thirty

Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Jura Night at Solent Cellar

Tillingham Update (Sept 2018)

Ripples Become Waves – Howard Ripley German 2017 GG and Reds

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