Category Archives: Hungarian Wine

Annamária Réka-Koncz – New Arrivals

Posted on 01/12/2025 by dccrossley

I’m now ready to turn my attention to a recent trip to London. I’ve got a great restaurant discovery and recommendation which will be of special interest to anyone who loves Austria (or subscribes to Trink Magazine), but before that, … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Eastern European Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Recent Wines October 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 17/11/2025 by dccrossley

Recent Wines for October, Part 2 begins with a pétnat from Hungary. Then we go to Lavaux, for one of the cheapest Swiss wines I’ve found in the UK. A Kentish pétnat cider breaks the flow, before we finish with … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Petnat, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wines of Southwest France, | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Recent Wines August 2025 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 15/09/2025 by dccrossley

We come to the end of the wines we drank during August with a final six bottles forming Part 3 of my Recent Wines. Not strictly six wines, because one is an ice cider, but it is one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Arbois, Artisan Cider, Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Bordeaux Wine, Cider, Hungarian Wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Welsh Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Recent Wines March 2025 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 09/04/2025 by dccrossley

We have just another five wines for this second part of my article on the wines we drank at home in March. That’s nearly a “Dry March” for me, but I’m anticipating a very “wet” April, as visiting season is … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Bugey, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Welsh Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Recent Wines December 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 13/01/2025 by dccrossley

Part Two of 2024’s last batch of the most interesting wines drunk at home begins with three wines which all, at the time of buying them, cost £26. Remember in Part One I suggested that £26 is the new £18? … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, English Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Portuguese wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Recent Wines November 2024 #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 11/12/2024 by dccrossley

November’s Recent Wines are once again cut short, in this case by our trip to Nepal, taking twenty days of “home drinking” out of the equation, but we did manage to consume six bottles in the ten days we had … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Czech Wine, German Wine, Hungarian Wine, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a 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 →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Fine Wine, Hungarian Wine, Italian Wine, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Bars, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 15/07/2024 by dccrossley

In contrast to May, which if you have just read my “Recent Wines” for that month contained a mere six bottles, we drank quite a lot during June. It was a month of celebration, of moving into our new home … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, Champagne, Fine Wine, Hungarian Wine, Natural Wine, Rhone, Rust, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Newcomer Wines at Montrose, Edinburgh (3 July ’24)

Posted on 08/07/2024 by dccrossley

I have yet to dine at Timberyard’s new outpost in Edinburgh, Montrose, doubtless the cause being all our house moving escapades, but I did get to visit on Wednesday for a tasting with Peter Honegger from Newcomer Wines. I’ve known … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Beaujolais, biodynamic wine, Burgundy, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wachau, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments