Previous Posts
Top Posts & Pages
- Recent Wines May 2026 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus
- Recent Wines May 2026 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus
- Extreme Viticulture in Nepal
- The Great German Pinot Noir Tasting
- Tongba, A Study of Emptiness
- Cork & Cask Summer Fair 2026, Part 3 (Sake, Richmond Wines, Beer and Ciders)
- One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier (book review)
- Do You Keep Péts?
- Cork & Cask Summer Fair May 2026, Part 1 (Element and Raeburn)
- Cork & Cask Summer Fair 2026, Part 2 (Indigo Wines and Moreno Wines)
Author Archives: dccrossley
Jura Night at Solent Cellar
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)
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
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
Red Squirrel Portfolio 2018
I’ve been to the Red Squirrel Portfolio Tasting a few times now, and I can say with conviction that the 2018 event, at the China Exchange in Gerrard Street, Soho, on Tuesday this week, was the best ever. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
Tagged Alexander Bauer, Altaviva Liguria, Andrew Wightman Morelig Farm, António Maçanita, Arnold Holzer, Australian Col Fondo, Ayunta Etna, Azores Wine Company, Bioweingut Diwald, Black Chalk Wines, Bruna Liguria, Bruno Bouche, Champagne Levasseur, Clos Cibonne Tibouren, Crosby & Lockhart Cellars, Dal Zotto Wines, Emil Bauer & Sohne, Eschenhof Holzer, Filippo Mangione, Frederic Guilbaud Muscadet, Grossriedenthal Wine, Isabella Labrusca Grape, Jacob Leadley, Kéké Descombes, Kewin Descombes Morgon, King Valley Italian Varietals, Lowerland Wines, Martin Bauer, Martin Diwald, Morelig Swartland, New English Sparkling Producer, Nik Darlington, Pasaeli Wines Izmir, Pigato, Prieska Wine of Origin, Red Squirrel Portfolio 2018, Red Squirrel Wines, Rossese di Dolceacqua, Rue du Sorbier, Turkish Grape Varieties, Turkish Wine, Vinterloper Adelaide Hills, Wagram Wine
3 Comments
Vienna for Adventurous Eating and Drinking
Plenty has been written about the Vienna wine scene, and a whole lot more plastered over social media. You don’t really need a guide to eating and drinking natural wines in Vienna (although, as always, the Raisin app is your … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Dining, Vienna, Viennese Cafés, Wiener Beisl, Wine, Wine Shops, Wine Travel
Tagged Cafe Sperl Vienna, Feinkost Gerhard Urbanek, Friedrich Silchersekt, Glacis Beisl, Jutta Ambrositsch und Mast 2017, Kopitsch, MAST Vienna, Mast Weinbistro, Meinl am Graben Wine Shop, Nittnaus, Off the Radar Vienna Cafe, Preisinger, Uhudler, Uhudler Frizzante Weinhof Zieger, Vienna Beisl, Vienna Dining and Drinking, Vienna for Wine Lovers, Vienna Naschmarkt, Vinifero Wine Shop, Wein & Co Vienna, Wine From Isabella Grape
4 Comments
Blank Bottle at Butler’s
I don’t often write about a single wine producer unless I’ve visited them, or at least met the producer at a wine event. I’ve known and enjoyed the wines made in South Africa by Pieter Walser, imported into the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Own Label Wines, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops
Tagged Blank Bottle Winery, Brighton Wine Merchants, Butlers Wine Cellar, Give and Take 2017, It is What it Is 2016, Own Label Wines, Pieter Walser, South African Pinot Blanc, South African Tempranillo Blend, South African Wine, Swig Wines
2 Comments
Wieninger and Wiener Wein
It is no secret that I have a disproportionate passion for Wiener Gemischter Satz, compared that is to most sane wine obsessives. It’s not just the flavours, nor an interest in field blends in general. Once you’ve seen these unique, … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Heurigen, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Wine, Bisamberg, Fritz Wieninger, Georg Grohs, Hajszan Neumann, Nussberg, Nussberg Kaasgraben, Nussberg Rosengartel, Nussberg Ulm, Vienna's Vineyards, Viennese Wines, Weingut Wieninger, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger Grand Select
2 Comments
Sisters Are Doin’ It at Weingut Renner
Our trip to visit Rennersistas at Gols began very early with a forty-five minute train ride from Vienna Hauptbahnhof to Neusiedl-am-See, and an eleven kilometre cycle into the wind. It made us slightly late and very hot for our 10.30 appointment, but … Continue reading
Posted in Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Vienna, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
Tagged Austrian Natural Wine, Austrian Wine, Austrian Wine Tourism, Burgenland, Claus Preisinger Gols, Gols, Mole West, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusiedlersee on a bike, Renner Pannobile, Rennersistas, Stefanie Renner, Tasting at Rennersistas, Waiting for Tom 2017, Weingut Renner
Leave a comment
Aligoté
Some years ago now I attended a “bring your own bottles” Burgundy Lunch, and was seated on a table with some genuine experts in the region’s wines. The red I took was a safe bet because I’d sourced it from … Continue reading
Posted in Aligoté, Artisan Wines, Burgundy, Grape Varieties, Wine
Tagged Aligoté, Aligoté at Noble Rot, Bouzeron, Burgundy Wine, Claire Naudin Le Clou 34, Coche Dury Aligoté, De Moor Aligoté, de Villaine, Du Grappin Aligoté, Goisot Saint-Bris Aligoté, Grape Varieties, Jean-Marc Roulot Aligoté, Love and Pif!, Mark Haisma Aligoté 2016, Nicolas Vaulthier Bréau and M, Pataille Aligoté, Recrue des Sens Aligoté, Skin contact Aligoté, Yann Durieux
10 Comments
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 