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.
Part 1 of my March 2017 Vaults Tasting Article covered the exciting new importer of Spanish wines, OtrosVinos. Part 2, here, covers Tutto Wines and Vine Trail. Winemakers Club and Gergovie get a shout in Part 3, and finally, Part … Continue reading →
Posted in Champagne, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Agrapart Terroirs, ArPePe Valtellina, Babacarlo Montebuono Oltrepo Pavese, Barraco Alto Grado Marsala, Bereche Brut Reserve, Chignin Savoie, Gilles Berlioz Chignin, J-P Robinot Bistrologie, Luca Faccenda, Marko Fon Slovenia, Matej Skerlj Carso, Pascal Agrapart, Testalonga Rossese Dolceacqua, The Vaults Tasting, Tutto Wines, Valfaccenda Roero Nebbiolo, Vine Trail
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Back in the last century it was pretty simple if you liked wine. You had your own “wine merchant”, a decent fellow, one hoped. If you wanted “claret” then you took what he recommended, what he had. Likewise Hock, and … Continue reading →
Posted in Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Alpujarras Wines, Ambiz, Bodegas Cauzon, Clot de les Soleres, Costador Terroirs Mediterranis, Furanxo Spanish Delicatessen, Granada Wines, Marenas Asoleo, Marenas Montilla, Metamorphika, Otros Vinos, Purulio, Ramon Saavedra, Torcuato Huertas, Vaults Tasting, Verdevique
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Before there was Fish & Fino there was Fizz & Chips. Latterly this took place at Fish Club in Clapham Junction, before they got fed up with us…and then closed down. But Fizz & Chips began as an irregular but … Continue reading →
Posted in Champagne, Dining, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Bollinger Grande Annee 2002, Bollinger Grande Annee 2004, Champagne, Champagne with food, Dom Perignon 2002, Dom Perignon 2004, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Paul Bara 2004, Pierre Peters Chetillons 2002, Pol Roger 2002, Pol Roger BdeB 2002, Taitti, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne BdeB 2004, Veuve Clicquot 2004, Veuve Fourny Clos Notre Dame 2004, Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee 2002
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On Wednesday evening I attended the Tasting of Primeurs 2016 from the Grand Cercle des Vins de Bordeaux, thanks to an invitation from Business France, at Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel in London. Now I’m quite sure that many readers will wonder … Continue reading →
Posted in Bordeaux Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Bordeaux EP 2016, Bordeaux Primeurs 2016, Bordeaux wine, Business France, Ch d'Arsac, Ch Dalem, Ch de la Rivière Fronsac, Ch de Myrat Barsac Sauternes, Ch de Villegeorge, Ch Haut Lagrange, Ch La Cardonne, Ch La Tour de Bessan, Ch Le Prieuré, Ch Ramafort, Ch Rol Valentin, Ch Roquetaillade La Grange, Ch Sainte-Barbe, Ch Siaurac Lalande de Pomerol, Ch Villars, Ch Vray Croix de Gay, Ch Yon-Figeac, Clos Vieux Taillefer, Grand Cercle des Vins de Bordeaux, Haut-Carles, Marie-Laure Lurton, Winemakers' Collection Saison 11 Hubert de Boüard
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On 14th March I published Part 1 of my article on the London Raw Wine Fair 2017. You can read it here. Part 2 covers several European producers, from Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia and Greece. As I said in … Continue reading →
Posted in Aosta, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Aosta Wine, Azienda Selve, Batic Vipava Slovenia, Catherine Roque, Chandon de Briailles, Ciliegiolo, Domaine de Clovallon Faugères, Domaine Ligas, Dr Martin Keres, Eric Thill Jura, Fabio Bartolomei, Jason Ligas, Le Vignoble du Rêveur, Les Vignes d'Olivier, Mas d'Alezon, Masanobu Fukuoka, Mathieu Deiss, Meli Ligas, Mischler Vineyard Bennwihr, Olivier Cohen, Paiko Mountain, Pella Wine Region, Picotendro, Pur Kiffe, RAW Wine Fair, Sierra de Gredos Wine, Thomas Ligas, Tim Manning, Valdonica, Vinos Ambiz
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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 →
Posted in Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Canadian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Albert Mathier, Alexander Koppitsch, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Meinklang, Okanagan Crush Pad, RAW Wine Fair, Rennersistas, Scholium Project, Somlo
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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 →
Posted in Languedoc-Roussillon, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
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Tagged Ch Bousquette, Ch du Prieuré des Morgues, Ch La Dournie, Dom Boissezon Guiraud, Dom des Aspes, Dom Les Eminades, Domaine de Pech Ménel, Domaine des Jougla, Languedoc Wines, Maison de la Region Occitanie, Mas Champart, Saint-Chinian, St-Chinian, Vignoble Belot, Vins Virtuoses de Saint-Chinian
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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 →
Posted in Champagne, Fine Wine, Wine
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Tagged 28-50 Marylebone Lane, Barbaresco Asili Ceretto 1982, Bérèche, Beaux Regards Chardonnay, Bourgogne Rouge Mugneret-Gibourg, Campania Remensis Rosé, Champagne, Chateauneuf Les Caves St-Pierre 1966, Chave St-Joseph 2009, Domaine Guiberteau Clos de Guichaux, Marques de Riscal Rioja 1958, Noble Rot Restaurant, Old Rioja, Reflet d'Antan, Wine Dinners
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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 →
Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine
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Tagged Bianco di Merlot Ticino, Cave de Genève, Caves Orsat Fendant, Dalai Lama Vineyard, Domaine Châbles Montreux, Domaine des Lolliets, Domaine du Centaure Dardagny, Escalier de la Dame, Humagne Rouge Yves Granges, Martial Neyroud, Petite Arvine Cédric Flaction, Sherpa Rouge, Swiss Gamay, Swiss Wine, Vins des Chevaliers, White Merlot, Zürcher Clevner
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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 →
Posted in Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel
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Tagged Antoine Bovard, Chasselas, Domaine d'Aucret, Domaine de la Maison Blanche, J-F Neyroud-Fonjallaz, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Patrick Fonjallaz, Plant Robert, Rivaz, St-Saphorin, Swiss Vineyards, Swiss Wine, Tasting Swiss Wines, Vaud Wine
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