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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 Wine 2017 – Part 1

Posted on 14/03/2017 by dccrossley

In the run up to last weekend there was palpable excitement in the London wine fraternity, and doubtless beyond. Raw Wine was in town. Raw, founded and run by Isabelle Legeron MW, is one of the two big annual “natural … Continue reading →

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Saint-Chinian – Not All Schist!

Posted on 11/03/2017 by dccrossley

I was at the Saint-Chinian Tasting at the Maison de la Région Occitanie in London’s Cavendish Square this week. It was quite a small tasting, just fourteen producers present, with a few of the names I know being absent. I … Continue reading →

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Bérêche Night

Posted on 06/03/2017 by dccrossley

Several times each year a group of friends, who all share an avid interest in the wines of Equipo Navazos, get together for dinner at 28-50 Restaurant in Marylebone (London). Most of the time we don’t drink Sherry at all, … Continue reading →

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Rolling Back More Swiss Wines

Posted on 01/03/2017 by dccrossley

I am lucky to have friends in Geneva who appreciate wine, and whenever I’m there, they ply me all kinds of Swiss wines. Rather than internationally known superstar wines (the finest Swiss wines are only a little less expensive in … Continue reading →

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A Lavaux Affair

Posted on 28/02/2017 by dccrossley

Let’s face it, if you are the kind of wine lover who reads a wine blog you are probably an inveterate romantic who adores being in the vineyards as much as drinking the wine. Something in that bucolic scenery gets … Continue reading →

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Viñateros – A Spanish Wine Revolution

Posted on 27/02/2017 by dccrossley

It has been, unusually, two weeks since I’ve posted an article. This has largely been down to my trip to Switzerland, which I’ll be writing about soon. I apologise if you therefore end up being bombarded with articles this week. … Continue reading →

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Austria’s Sparkling Again (Sekt not dregs and…)

Posted on 07/02/2017 by dccrossley

Monday 7 February, I should have been at the Wines of Austria Tasting at London’s Institute of Directors. I wasn’t. Never mind, I’m still going to write about Austrian wines, but some of the Austrian wines you don’t often hear … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future

Posted on 01/02/2017 by dccrossley

I do write the occasional Review of a wine book, or DVD, though I haven’t done so recently. I haven’t actually read any new wine books for a while, not since Stephen Brook’s Wines of Austria, and that was almost … Continue reading →

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Muy Generoso

Posted on 29/01/2017 by dccrossley

Generoso usually refers just to a dry fortified wine, but in this case it refers to our Sherry lunch on Friday where we drank largely wines of a darker hue, Amontillado, through Palo Cortado and Oloroso, to PX. Of course, it … Continue reading →

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The Emperor’s New Clothes are Real

Posted on 26/01/2017 by dccrossley

This is just a quick shout for Newcomer Wines, the Austrian specialist wine merchant who used to be in Shoreditch Boxpark. The emperor in this case is, with typical corny humour, naturally one of the Habsburgs, and whilst in the … Continue reading →

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