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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.

Raw London 2018 Part 2

Posted on 19/03/2018 by dccrossley

This is the second part of my selection from Raw Wine London 2018, the first part of which precedes this article. Here we have eleven more producers from the weekend before last’s event at The Store on London’s Strand. All but one are … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Canadian Wine, Czech Wine, Japan, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alex Koppitsch, Andy Fausto Oltrepo Pavese, Basket Press Wines, Batic Vipava Slovenia, British Columbia Wine, Burgess & Hall, Canadian Wine, Clot de les Soleres, Czech Wine, Dobra Vinice Moravia, Domaine Ligas, Fabio Bartolomei, Furanxo, Greek Macedonian Wine, Japanese Sake Suppliers, Jaroslav Osika Moravia, Jason Ligas, Ktima Ligas, Lombardy Wine, Magula Family winery Slovakia, Maria Koppitsch, Meinklang, Moravian Wine, Natural Wine, Okanagan Crush Pad, orange wines, Otros Vinos, Raw Wine London 2018, Red Squirrel Wines, skin contact wines, Slovakian Wine, Ueno Gourmet Sake, Vinos Ambiz Gredos, Winemakers Club | 5 Comments

Raw London 2018 Part 1

Posted on 14/03/2018 by dccrossley

So Raw has been and gone for another year. Raw Wine seems now to be a real community – a group of artisans who know each other, so the vibe is always friendly and buzzing. If anyone doesn’t know Raw Wine, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Bordeaux Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Rhone, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alsace Wine, Amphora Wines, Beaujolais, Bugey, Bugey Mondeuse, Domaine de Valmengaux Bordeaux, Domaine Geschickt, Emmanuelle Milan, Eric Thill Jura, Karim Vionnet, L'Epicurieux Beaujolais, Laurent Bannwarth, Le Vignoble du Rêveur, Mathieu Deiss, Natural Wine, Philippe Viret, Raw Wine, Raw Wine London 2018, Sébastien Congretel, Stéphane Bannwarth, Sud Revermont Producers, Yves Duport Bugey | 5 Comments

Learning the Natural Way at Plateau

Posted on 08/03/2018 by dccrossley

For those of us who have been interested in natural wine for some time, it may be hard to remember how we built our knowledge and understanding. For me, my journey began when someone recommended L’Insolite in Paris the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Tasting Wine, Wine, Wine Bars | Tagged Anathème Rouge Thierry Forrestier, Barranco Oscuro Varetúo Andalucia, Breton Vouvray La Dilettante, Brighton Bars, Brighton Dining, Craig Hawkins, Czech Sekt, Dinavolino Emilia Romagna, Krasna Hora Sekt, Natural Wine in Brighton, Plateau Brighton, Plateau Wine Wednesdays, Testalonga Baby Bandito 2017 | Leave a comment

Newcomer at RIBA

Posted on 06/03/2018 by dccrossley

Already this year there have been some astoundingly good Tastings on the London circuit, but Newcomer Wines’ “The Old New World” at the Royal Institute of British Architects was right up there with the best. I remember my first visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged Attila Homonna Tokaj, Austrian Sauvignon Blanc, Blauer Wildbacher, Christian Tschida, Christoph Hoch Kremstal, Christoph Neumeister, Claus Preisinger Gols, Czech Wine, Ewald Tscheppe, Hollenburg Kremstal, In A Hell Mood 2017, Jutta Ambrositsch, Markus Altenburger, Milan Nestarech Moravia, Mythopia, Newcomer Wines at RIBA, Pechsteinkopf, Rennersistas, Rudolf Trossen, Schilcher, Steiermark Wine, Strohmeier, Weingut Odinstal, Weingut Pranzegg Bozen, Werlitsch, Wiener Gemischter Satz | 2 Comments

Raw Wine Week Events 2018

Posted on 28/02/2018 by dccrossley

With Raw Wine London just over a week away (11/12 March), Raw Wine Week 2018 begins on 7 March. This week of natural wine, culminating in the 13th Raw Wine Fair, this year back at “The Store” on The Strand, sees a … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Festivals, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings | Tagged Antidote London, Burgess & Hall Wines, Clot de Soleres at Furanxo, Domaine Ligas at Elliot's, Elliot's London, Fabio Bartolomei, Furanxo Dalston, Greek Wine at Plateau Brighton, Karim Vionnet at Antidote, Ktima Ligas, Meli Ligas, Otros Vinos, Plateau Brighton, Raw Wine, Raw Wine Events 2018, Raw Wine Week London 2018, Sager & Wilde, Sager & Wilde Paradise Row Raw Offer, Southern Wine Roads at Plateau, Terroirs Wine Bar, Timberyard Edinburgh, Vinos Ambiz at Burgess & Hall | Leave a comment

“I remember, Standing by the Wall” (Berlin Bars)

Posted on 26/02/2018 by dccrossley

With Raw Wine Week coming up here in the UK, my attention was turned to Berlin’s own Raw Wine in May, when a friend said he was thinking of going over for it. I’ve just come back from a week … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Bars | Tagged 2Naturkinder Kleine Heimat 2016, Berlin, Berlin Natural Wine Bars, Brammibals Donuts Berlin, Fournier Frères Normandy Cider, Franco Terpin Quinto Quarto, Ginglinger Cuvée Bilh, JaJa Berlin, Nigl orange wine Kremstal, Ottorink Berlin, Raw Wine Week Berlin, Soy Berlin, Wild Things Berlin | Leave a comment

Mood Indigo – Indigo Wines Portfolio 2018

Posted on 22/02/2018 by dccrossley

The Vinyl Factory is a nostalgic venue for any music lover. Even the entrance has its charm because you go in via Phonica Records on Soho’s Poland Street, past the vinyl and CDs, before descending. I always enjoy an event … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Birgit Braunstein Purbach, Breuer Nonnenberg, Castro Ventosa, Cesar Marques, Channing Daughters Clones, Eduardo Torres Acosta, Envinate Tenerife, Eulogio Pomares, Fossil Valle da Capucha Lisbon, Frederick Stevenson Wines, Hoffmann & Rathbone, Indigo Wine Portfolio Tasting, Javier Revert, Kras Wines Slovenia, Long Island Wine, Mother Rock Swartland, Ochota Barrels, Pax Mahle, Peter Wetzer Sopron, Raul Perez, Steve Crawford, Theresa Breuer, Vina Cotar Slovenia, Vinyl Factory Wine Tastings, Weingut Georg Breuer Rudesheim | 2 Comments

Great Exhibition 2018 – with the emphasis on Great

Posted on 13/02/2018 by dccrossley

Yesterday was the Winter 2018 Great Exhibition Tasting in the arches under Holborn Viaduct, this time featuring Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines. These Tastings are always good, but there must have been something in the air yesterday, because there … Continue reading →

Posted in biodynamic wine, Champagne, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Adrien Dhondt, Ancre Hill Estate, Ben Walgate, Benoit Dehu, Carte Blanche Wines, Christelle Guibert Orange Wine Itata, Craig Sheard, Dhondt-Grellet, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Domaine L'Ecu, Elemental Bob, Eliane Delalot, Fabien Jouves, Great Exhibition Tasting 2018, Gudfish Wines, Hegyikalo, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, La Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Maxime Magnon, Meinklang H15, Olivier Horiot, Pelle Pince Alma Palinka, PN17 Petnat, Rosé des Riceys, Stefan Vetter, Sylvaner, Tillingham Wines, Tom Shobbrook, Vincent Caillé, Winemakers Club | 2 Comments

Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)

Posted on 10/02/2018 by dccrossley

At least once a year the treat of a Sherry-focused lunch comes around, and I’m sure some of you have read tales from our “Fish & Fino” lunches in the past. This week we went to Pizarro, one of José … Continue reading →

Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Amontillado, Amontillado 30-y-o Bodegas Tradicion, Antique Oloroso Fernando de Castilla, Berry Brothers Sherry Bottlings, Equipo Navazos, Fino, Inocente Fino Valdespino, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Amontillado 37, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 59, La Bota de Palo Cortado 72 "Pata de Gallina", La Gitana Aniversario Hidalgo, Lustau Palo Cortado Almacenista Vides, Manzanilla, Montilla-Moriles, Old & Plus Oloroso Romate, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro-Ximenez Grape, Pizarro Bermondsey, PX Grown in Jerez, Sanlucar, Sherry, Sherry Lunch, Solera Fundacion 1830 PX Navarro, Spanish Restaurants London, Tio Pepe Una Palma, Very Old Sherry, Ximenez-Spinola Medium Old Harvest | Leave a comment

Les Vignes Retrouvées – The Story of Plaimont

Posted on 08/02/2018 by dccrossley

If you remember the commercial wines of the Plaimont Co-operative in France’s Gers Region from back in the 1980s (okay, well maybe your parents drank them), when Colombard made in almost a New World style hit our shelves in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine, Wine Tastings | Tagged Arrufiac, Chateau de Sabazan, Dr Jamie Goode, Dubosc 1, Gers Wines, Gros Manseng, Le Faite Wine, Les Vignes Retrouvees, Madiran, Manseng Noir Plaimont, Morenoa, Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, Pedebernade 5, Petit Courbu, Pinenc, Plaimont Blending Masterclass, Plaimont Producteurs, Plaimont Tasting London 2018, Prephylloxera Vines, Saint Mont, Saint Mont "1871" Cuvee, Southwest France Wines, Tannat, Tardif Grape Variety Experiment, Westbury Communications | 3 Comments

Author Archives: dccrossley

About dccrossley

Raw London 2018 Part 2

Raw London 2018 Part 1

Learning the Natural Way at Plateau

Newcomer at RIBA

Raw Wine Week Events 2018

“I remember, Standing by the Wall” (Berlin Bars)

Mood Indigo – Indigo Wines Portfolio 2018

Great Exhibition 2018 – with the emphasis on Great

Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)

Les Vignes Retrouvées – The Story of Plaimont

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