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.
Take a fish out of water and it stops breathing, but what happens if you place an avid wine drinker into an environment where there frankly isn’t much wine, or at least not the kind of wine readers of this … Continue reading →
Posted in Nepal, Wine, Wine Travel
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Tagged Chang Rice Beer, Drinking in Nepal, Kathmandu, Khukri Rum, Nepal, Nepalese Beers, Old Durbar Whisky, Pataleban Vineyard, Sam's Bar Thamel, Sherpa Craft Beer, Tongba Article Link, Wine in Nepal
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You will recall that I made Champagne by Peter Liem my wine book of last year. That expertly written book which puts terroir at its heart was the outstanding work on wine, in my view, in the whole of 2017. Bursting Bubbles by Australian author Robert Walters follows a similar … Continue reading →
Posted in Champagne, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing
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Tagged Anselme Selosse, Bursting Bubbles, Cedric Bouchard, Champagne, Champagne Books, Champagne Grower, Champagne Philosophy, Champagne Terroir, Grower Champagne, Jerome Prevost, Peter Liem Champagne, Robert Walters, Wine writing
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Pretty much every time I go to a Tasting of German wines we see a few reds tacked on to the end, and I suppose that’s how reds have been seen in the past when it comes to the UK … Continue reading →
Posted in German Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
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Tagged ABS Wine Agencies, Ahr Wine, Anne Krebiehl MW, Awin Barratt Siegel, Bernhart Pfalz, Efringen-Kirchen Wines, Fürst Franken, German Pinot Noir, German Pinot Noir Tasting, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Holger Koch Baden, Howard Ripley, Jülg Pfalz, Jean Stodden Ahr, Kaiserstuhl, Karl H Johner Baden, Keller Spätburgunder S, Maximin Grunhaus, Rainer Schnaitmann Württemberg, Ruwer Red Wine, Schweigen-Rechtenbach Wine, Shelter Winery Kenzingen Baden, Spätburgunder, Ziereisen Baden, Ziereisen Jaspis
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I’m a little bit behind again with my regular pieces on recent wines drunk at home, so here I’ll mention just eight stars from February, along with a clutch of wines we drank last Saturday night (which deserve not to … Continue reading →
Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine
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Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Bugey Chardonnay, Claus Preisinger, Clot de les Soleres, Comando G El Tamboril 2014, COS Pithos Rosso, COS Sicily, Costador Terroirs, Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Franck Peillot, Gilles Barge Cote Rotie Du Plessy 2006, Hegyikalo Oroksegul, Julie Balagny, Jura Wine, Lopez de Heredia Tondonia 1994, Metamorphika, New Forest Dining, New Forest restaurants, Recent Wines, Simone C'est Moi, Sumoll Blanc Brisat, The East End Arms Lymington, Weissburgunder Erdeluftgrasundreben, Xarel-lo Ancestral
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 