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Nekter Deli – New in London

Posted on 21/10/2025 by dccrossley

I’d not usually pass comment at a new deli opening in London, even if it sold wine, although it does warrant a big cheer in the current economic climate, but my interest was piqued when I heard who is behind … Continue reading →

The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide – Rhône Valley by Matt Walls (Review)

Posted on 22/09/2025 by dccrossley

As this is the fourth of these Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides I have read and reviewed, you will probably surmise that I am rather taken with them. They are portable, quite inexpensive, and offer the wine lover not only some … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines August 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 08/09/2025 by dccrossley

Part Two of my August Wines begins spectacularly with a twenty-five-year-old bottle from what is one of my half-dozen favourite sites in Champagne, one which can produce extraordinary gastronomic wines. That was followed by a wine of the same age … Continue reading →

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Bordeaux by Georgie Hindle – The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide (Book Review)

Posted on 16/05/2025 by dccrossley

Having read and thoroughly enjoyed Fintan Kerr’s Rioja Guide in the Academie du Vin Library’s The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide series (see review, 31 March 2025), I wanted to explore these handy little guides further. Although four further titles are … Continue reading →

Posted in Bordeaux Wine, Fine Wine, Restaurants, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing | Tagged Académie du Vin Library, Bars and Dining in Bordeaux, Bordeaux by Georgie Hindle (Book Review), Bordeaux Châteaux Restaurants, Bordeaux Dining, Bordeaux Tourism, Bordeaux Travel Guide, Bordeaux Wine Shops, Châteaux Visits Bordeaux Region, Eating in Saint-Emilion, Eating Out in Bordeaux, Georgie Hindle Author, The Smart Traveller's Wine Guides, Visiting Bordeaux, Visiting Saint-Emilion | 2 Comments

Rioja by Fintan Kerr – The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide (Book Review)

Posted on 31/03/2025 by dccrossley

Wine books can be pretty expensive these days, at least the serious wine books you and I read. It’s not always the case. Jamie Goode has found a way to make some of his books affordable, but those published by … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Wine, Restaurants, Rioja, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Shops, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel, Wine Writing | Tagged Académie du Vin Library, Bodega Visits in Rioja, Club Oenologique, Dining in Rioja, Fintan Kerr Author, food, Rioja Guide, Rioja Wine Routes, Rioja Wine Shops, spain, The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide Series, The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide to Rioja, travel, Visiting Rioja, Wine, Wine Tasting | Leave a comment

Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 2 – Passione Vino

Posted on 06/03/2025 by dccrossley

Part Two (of three) of my review of Timberyard’s Edinburgh Spring Tasting covers the wines of Passione Vino. Part One, already published, covers Carte Blanche Wines. Passione Vino is an importer/merchant I don’t know too well, although you may have … Continue reading →

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Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 1 – Carte Blanche Wines

Posted on 05/03/2025 by dccrossley

The spring tasting season got off to a chaotic start in Edinburgh on Monday. Rather like the cliché about buses coming along in twos and threes, there were four wine tastings and a whisky tasting on the same day, all … Continue reading →

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Wines of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 02/01/2025 by dccrossley

In the “Recent Wines” articles I publish each month I always stress that the wines I include are not the most expensive, smartest and poshest wines but the wines I find most interesting, and hopefully thrilling. This means you might … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Arbois, Artisan Wines, Beaujolais, Burgundy, Christmas and Wine, Czech Wine, English Wine, Fine Wine, German Wine, Italian Wine, Jura, Mosel, Natural Wine, North American Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies | Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alsace Wine, Beaune 1er Cru Blanc, Best Jura Vin de Paille, Cascina Borgatta Dolcetto "Lamilla", Castlewood Wines and Luke Harbor, Castlewood Wines Artefact Bacchus, Catherine Hannoun Port-Lesney, Charlie Herring Promised Land Brut Nature 2017, Crémant du Jura Indigène, Czech Natural Wine, Devon Amphora Bacchus, Domaine A&M Tissot Indigène, Domaine de La Loue Vin Jaune 2015, English Sparkling Riesling, Foillard Morgon Courcelette 2010, François Mossu Vin de Paille 2011, German Chardonnay, Houillon-Overnoy Savagnin 2012, Jean-Pierre Rietsch Quand Le Chat..., Jonas Dostert Chardonnay, Kaja Kohv Vigneronne, Kelley Fox Freedon Hill Pinot Blanc, Lambert Spielmann Chien Noir/Chat Blanc, Le Grappin Beaune Les Grèves 2015, Luxembourg Wine, Mira Nestarcová Cabernet Franc, Moravian Wine, Mosel Chardonnay, Oregon Pinot Blanc, Petr Korab Dark Horse Petnat, Racines Rebelles Elbling Roches Liquide, Racines Rebelles Luxembourg, Stéphane & Bénédicte Tissot, Stephane Tissot Montigny-les-Arsures, Tim Phillips Charlie Herring Wines, Westwell Ortega Classic 2023, Westwell Wines Kent, Willamette Valley Pinot Blanc, Wines of the Year 2024 | 1 Comment

Winemakers Club, London

Posted on 19/09/2024 by dccrossley

I’m not sure when I first began visiting Winemakers Club under the Holborn Viaduct arches on London’s Farringdon Street, but I know it was very early on in its existence. It was very familiar to me because even longer ago … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 10/09/2024 by dccrossley

Part 2 brings us to mid-August. Although it sometimes seems an age ago, they were the heady days of our very short English summer this year. Our drinking definitely has a “holidays” feel to it here. This second batch of … Continue reading →

Posted in Arbois, Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies | Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Alexandra Mossu Voiteur, Annamária Réka-Koncz Hungary, Arbois Vin Jaune Domaine de la Loue 2015, Barabás Wine, Catherine Hannoun Winemaker, Domaine Guiberteau Montreuil-Bellay, Domaine Overnoy-Houillon Pupillin, Emmanuel Houillon, François Mossu Voiteur, Guiberteau Les Motilles 2015, Jura Sweet Wines, Jura Wine, Overnoy Savagnin, Pierre Overnoy, Port Lesney Jura, Réka-Koncz Liner Notes 2022, Recent Wines August 2024 (Pt 2), Romain Guiberteau, Saumur Rouge, The Pope of Vin de Paille, Vin de Paille Jura, Vin Jaune, Wine of Eastern Hungary | 4 Comments

Category Archives: Fine Wine

Nekter Deli – New in London

The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide – Rhône Valley by Matt Walls (Review)

Recent Wines August 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Bordeaux by Georgie Hindle – The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide (Book Review)

Rioja by Fintan Kerr – The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide (Book Review)

Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 2 – Passione Vino

Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 1 – Carte Blanche Wines

Wines of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus

Winemakers Club, London

Recent Wines August 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

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