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Author Archives: dccrossley
A Bit of a Theise
Terry Theise’s book Reading Between the Wines (UCP, 2010) had been floating just above my radar for a long while. It was the recommendation of Heidi Schrœck about a month ago which acted as a catalyst to make me read it, … Continue reading
Spice Oddity
Major Thom called Ground Control suggesting the India Club might be the venue at which to see whether the Oddities theme could work for Indian food. As it turned out, the wines were not really very odd (on the whole), … Continue reading
Here’s to Your Good Health!
The ping-pong debate over the health benefits of drinking wine is never far from the mainstream press in the UK, and the same can be said for most other Western countries too. It might not shock anyone that this has … Continue reading
Posted in Wine and Health, Wine Books
Tagged Benefits of Wine Drinking, Gouty Wines, Wine and Health
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The Talented Mr Ripley
Okay, I admit, my proclivity for really corny headlines has seemingly gone too far this time, but you should not despair. Howard Ripley can be described as nothing less than talented, for he’s assembled much of the cream of German … Continue reading
Do You Keep Péts?
Long before someone other than Dom Pérignon thought of putting bubbles in Champagne and the whole méthode traditionelle was invented, bottle fermented wines were commercialised using the Ancestral Method (aka Rural Method). The plan is that you bottle the wine before … Continue reading
Rhone Away Success
Things so often happen in pairs, and after reading Matt Walls‘ really interesting article on Saint-Joseph in last month’s Decanter, I was invited by Vintrepid‘s Robbie Ward to a tasting of this appellation downstairs at Planet of the Grapes’ Holborn … Continue reading
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Having previously discussed how young people are thinking about wine these days (a theme I’ll pick up on again very soon), I have just heard about a really interesting company set up to sell premium and craft spirits by a … Continue reading
Viennese Whirl
Before Rust (see last post) we spent a week in Vienna consuming way too much food (and just about the right amount of wine). It was only my second visit to Vienna. I thought that after two visits my desire … Continue reading
Posted in Austria, Dining, Vienna, Wine, Wine Agencies
Tagged Austria, Austrian Wine, Café Central, Café Korb, Demel, El Gaucho Vienna, Glacis Beisl, Heuriger, Landtmann, Mayer-am-Pfarrplatz, Stürm, Vienna, Vienna Palmenhaus, Viennese Cafés, Viennese Sausage Stands, Wiener Beisl, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wieninger
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Rust Never Sleeps
After a week of eating and drinking in Vienna, we made a journey I had been waiting to make since a planned visit to the Neusiedler See in 2013 had to be cancelled. And before talking about the wine I … Continue reading
Posted in Austrian Wine, Rust, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings
Tagged Burgenland, Cycling in Austria, Heidi Schroeck, Mooslechner's Bürgerhaus, Neusiedler See, Rust, Ruster Ausbruch
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