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Author Archives: dccrossley
Happy New Year 2017
I did consider a review of 2016, you know, what I drank, but it just seemed boastful and self indulgent for me (no aspersions cast on anyone else). It’s also quite likely you’ve read about it all on my blog … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Happy New Year, What I'll be drinking, Wine for 2017, Wine Trends
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Recent Wines – December 2016
The sudden realisation that if I don’t write about some recent wines soon, we shall be into the festive flurry, reminded me I do have a few exceptionally tasty wines to tell you about. In clearing the decks, don’t think … Continue reading
Posted in Aosta, Argentinian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Christmas and Wine, Matias Michelini, Michelini Brothers, Natural Wine, Passionate Wine, Wine
Tagged Aosta Pinot Noir, Arbois, Auvergne Gamay, Brut de Cuve, Cave des Papilles Paris, Champagne Bereche, Domaine des Bodines Chardonnay, Elio Ottin Pinot Noir, Flint Wines, Gilles Berlioz Chignin, Hughes Beguet Plouss' Mousse, Magma Rock, Matias Michelini, No Control Wines, Passionate Wines, Prohibition Wines, Recent Wines, Romain des Grottes, Savoie Mondeuse, Selfridges Wine Dept, Solent Cellar, Via Revolucionaria Torrontes Brutal, Vincent Marie, Vine Trail, Winemakers Club
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Pearl of Brunswick
Our Oddities Christmas Lunch took place yesterday at Brunswick House in Vauxhall (London), a completely new venue for us. The theme was Fizz and Fortified. The restaurant, which I’d been desperate to try for some time, really nailed it for … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Oddities lunches, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged 2Naturkinder Bat-Nat 2014, Bellavista Franciacorta Satèn, Brunswick House, Caluso Spumante Orsolani, Champagne Guiborat Prisme 05, Dom Pérignon 1973, Equipo Navazos Palo Cortado 47, Ferrari "Maximum" Trentodoc, François Chidaine Montlouis Brut, Huet Vouvray Pétillant 2005, Jean-Paul Brun FRV, Karelas Winery, La Bota de Palo Cortado 47, Lanson 1996, Mavrodaphne 1944, Niepoort-Sadie Cape Fortified, Oddities Lunches, Plum Sake Liqueur, Taylor's Vintage Port 1985
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Where To Now, Saint Vincent?
I think there are many wine obsessives who begin life very traditionally, enjoying the red wines of Bordeaux. But after that, Burgundy begins to fascinate, and fascination soon turns to something stronger. There are many reasons why this can happen, … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, Wine
Tagged A&P de Villaine, Aligoté, Alogoté, Aragonite, Bourgogne Rouge Le Digoine, Bourgogne-Vézelay, Bouzeron, Burgundy, Catherine & Jean Montanet, Chandon de Briailles, Cotes d'Auxerre, Cuvée 910, Domaine Berthaut, Domaine de la Cadette, Domaine des Vignes du Maynes, Du Grappin, Fixin, François Lumpp, Goisot, Héritiers du Comte Lafon, Ile des Vergelesses, Julien Guillot, Le Grappin, Macon-Cruzille, Maconnais, Manganite, Marsannay, Michel Juillot, Michel Sarrazin, micro negociants, Olivier & Alice De Moor, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, PYCM, Roulot Bourgogne Blanc, Roulot Monthélie, Saint-Bris, St-Aubin En Remilly, Stéphane Aladame
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Butter or Marge, Daz or Dreft?
“We don’t know which one is best?” as the words of the song go! Well, to put two world class wines in the same bracket as washing detergents is obviously unfair, but a while ago a small disagreement broke out … Continue reading
Tuscan Raiders
There’s a group of aficionados of all things Toscana which meets several times a year to drink frankly far too much wine in impressive restaurants. It has been a while since I’ve been able to join them, so I was … Continue reading
Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Italian Wine, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Tastings
Tagged Altesino 1975, Altesino 1985, Brunello di Montalcino, Col d'Orcia Poggio al Vento 2004, Florio Marsala 1840, Il Marroneto Brunello 2004, Il Torchio Stralunato, Marsala, Montenidoli Carato Vernaccia, Poliziano Asinone 1997, Riecine Sebastiano Passito, Sassotondo Ciliegiolo San Lorenzo, Selvapiana Vin Santo, Sesti Brunello 2001, Sesti Phenomena 2001, The Glasshouse Kew, Tuscan Raiders, Tuscan Wine, Vermentino Colli di Luni, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
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Le Beaujolais Nouveau…Est Arrivé?
Is anyone here old enough to remember, back in the 1980s/90s, when the Beaujolais Nouveau marketing machine got into full swing? For most lovers of half-decent wine it was horrible to behold. The UK, a nation of beer drinkers, was really … Continue reading
Posted in Beaujolais, Natural Wine, Paris, Wine, Wine Festivals
Tagged Andrew Nielsen, Beaujolais, Beaujolais Nouveau, Brut de Cuve, Chateau Chambon, Domaine des Grottes, France Gonzalvez, Guy Breton, Jean Foillard, Jean-Claude Lapalu, Jean-Paul Brun, Karim Vionnet, Le Grappin, Les Papilles, Philippe Pacalat, Remi Dufaitre, Romain des Grottes, Verre Volé, Xavier Benier
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Jura Come to London
If you have read my wideworldofwine blog since I began posting you will know I visit the Jura Region every year, usually around harvest time, but you will also know that my focus is generally on the newer producers, the … Continue reading
David Crossley's Wide World of Wine 