Category Archives: German Wine

Recent Wines April 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 25/06/2024 by dccrossley

The catchup continues. We are right back in April for my “Recent Wines”. Two parts, the first showing wines from Franken, Hampshire, Burgundy, Burgenland and Jura. Silvaner Thüngersheim Rothlauf GG 2019, Weingut Rudolf May (Franken, Germany) I seem to be … Continue reading →

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Real Wine Fair 2024 (Part 2)

Posted on 13/06/2024 by dccrossley

Part 2 from Real Wine 2024, five more producers, and as I’m way late with this, let’s crack on… NATALIA & PHIL HARRIS (Sussex, England) Okay, so technically these wines are billed as “Natalia Harris” but I’m going to give … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines March 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 02/04/2024 by dccrossley

March began with some stormy weather, then up here in Scotland we had some marvellous spring days bringing floral profusion to our little rain shadow just outside Edinburgh. As I type, at the end of the month, we have wetter … Continue reading →

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Basket Press Wines Spring Tasting at Spry in Edinburgh – This is Very Much a New Wine Frontier Now

Posted on 25/03/2024 by dccrossley

Monday 18 March was the date for the Basket Press Wines Spring Tasting for the trade, held at Spry Wines, the wonderful restaurant/wine bar/natural wine shop in Central Edinburgh. Now, I know I’ve brought you a lot of articles on … Continue reading →

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Rewilding Bordeaux – Feral Art & Vin Three Years On (Natural Wine in that Bastion of Conservative Taste)

Posted on 21/02/2024 by dccrossley

Back in March 2021 Russell Faulkner and his wife, Sema, opened Feral Art & Vin in the heart of the old city of Bordeaux. To open a shop selling natural wines, alongside art exhibitions, and indeed to stock around 50% … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines January 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 06/02/2024 by dccrossley

We have a dozen wines from January, divided into two equal parts. Here in Part 1 there are wines from Austria’s Burgenland, NE Italy, Alsace, Eastern Switzerland, a new wine and a new producer to all of us from Czech … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines December 2023 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 09/01/2024 by dccrossley

Before we get onto Part 2 of the wines I drank in December, a quick plug for a wine book project close to my heart. Some of you may have already seen that Wink Lorch has launched a Kickstarter campaign … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines November 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 05/12/2023 by dccrossley

November has seen me away from home quite a lot, so there are only ten wines we drank at home to tell you about, and nine out of those ten wines were European. At least this focuses the mind on … Continue reading →

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Basket Press – New Vintages in Edinburgh

Posted on 23/11/2023 by dccrossley

The last of the Edinburgh tastings for November featured some new wines from Basket Press Wines, actually tasted outdoors on a lovely mid-November lunchtime. It doesn’t always rain here, contrary to the myths put about down south. You will doubtless … Continue reading →

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Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair 2023 (Part 2): Roland Wines, Element Wines and Modal Wines

Posted on 12/11/2023 by dccrossley

Part 1 from the Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair covered wines from Indigo Wines, Keeling Andrew and Dynamic Vines. Part 2 here follows the same path, with a selection from the wines poured by Roland Wines, Element Wines and … Continue reading →

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