Category Archives: Natural Wine

Les Caves at Pew Corner

Posted on 15/11/2018 by dccrossley

Everyone knows Les Caves de Pyrene, right? Celebrating their 30th Anniversary this year, it is easy to forget, in a country awash with fine young importers of natural and biodynamic wines, that Les Caves were the pioneers. Their portfolio is now … Continue reading →

40 Maltby Street

Posted on 31/10/2018 by dccrossley

London is full of restaurants which are without any doubt “worth a detour” in Michelin parlance, and despite the pressures on our economy they continue to open, for now. What with trying to keep up, which I am failing miserably … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Bars | Tagged 40 Maltby Street, Antonin Azzoni, Ardèche Wine, Auvergne Gamay, Auvergne Wine, Brân L-16, Côtes d'Auvergne, Châteaugay, Explosive Materials Brut Nature, Gergovie Wines, Gilles Azzoni, Julien Peyras L'Hérault, L'Égrappille Auvergne, L'Éphémère Blanc 2016, Raisin et L'Ange Ardèche | 2 Comments

Recent Wines (September 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 22/10/2018 by dccrossley

September saw Southern England’s summer continue (as it has done up until this weekend, but though I type in glorious sunshine the wind has turned and the Nebbiolo season may be about to start). The wines here are therefore still … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Wine | Tagged Andrew Nielsen, Artego, Auvergne Gamay, Auvergne Wine, Berthet-Bondet, Bourgogne Aligoté Skin Du Grappin, Cascina Zerbetta, Chardonnay Balanoz 2015, Clément Klur Alsace, Deviner Slobodne 2015, English Artisan Wine, English Ortega, Gentil de Katz, J-P Rietsch, Jean Maupertuis Pink Bulles XVII, Jura Chardonnay, Kinheim Mosel Wine, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Philippe Bornard Chardonnay, Pupillin Chardonnay, Rudolf & Rita Trossen, Schieferstern Purus 2016, Shan Pan Colfondo Sauvignon Blanc, Slovakian Wine, Tillingham Artego | 9 Comments

Take a Quick SWiG

Posted on 08/10/2018 by dccrossley

Back on 25th September I was at the Out The Box young importers tasting and I promised to put up some notes on what I tried from Swig at the end of last week, following their joint Portfolio tasting with Uncharted Wines. That turned … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Natural Wine, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged AA Badenhorst Family Wines, Adi Badenhorst, BK Wines Adelaide Hills, Blank Bottle Wines, Boina Douro, Champagne Collard-Picard, Claus Schneider Baden, Coteaux Champenois Meunier, Emmanuelle Milan, Les Louves 2014, Mathieu Deiss, Out The Box 2018, Pieter Walser, Skin n Bones, SWIG, Swig at the China Exchange 2018, Vignoble du Reveur | Leave a comment

Uncharted Territory

Posted on 03/10/2018 by dccrossley

I had intended to write an article combining the wines from Uncharted Wines and Swig that I tasted last week at Out the Box with those I tasted at their joint portfolio tasting at The China Exchange in Soho yesterday. Looking at the number of wines I want … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, English Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged AA Badenhorst, Blank Bottle, Celler Frisach, Chateau Yvonne Saumur, Conca de Barbera new producers, David Chapel, Domaine du Petit Août Hautes Alpes, Huis Van Chevallerie Filia Brut 2014, Jean-Baptiste Souillard, Keg Wine, Le Grappin Aligoté Skin 2017, Maison Nicolas Morin, Mosel Lieser, Olivier Morin, Out The Box 2018, Pieter Walser, Rupert Taylor, St Cyr Kanon Keg, Succés Vinicola, Sybille Kuntz, The Hermit Ram, Theo Coles, Uncharted China Exchange Tasting, Uncharted Wines, Vigna San Lorenzo, Westwell Amphora 2017, Westwell Pelegrim, Westwell Wines, Yann de Agostini | Leave a comment

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 2 – Wines Under the Bonnet in the Basement at Terroirs

Posted on 28/09/2018 by dccrossley

This is the second part of our Yazoo-themed coverage of the joint Tasting held by Otros Vinos (Part 1, here) and Wines Under the Bonnet. Whereas all Fernando’s wines are Spanish, the wines I picked out here are largely from France, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beaujolais, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alsace Wine, Aymeric Hillaire, Bergerac Wine, Château Barouillet Bergerac, Chilean Wine, Cyrille Vuillod, Domaine des Cognettes Eguor, Domaine Mélaric, Downstairs at Eric's, Jean-Pierre Rietsch, La Dernière Gout, Landron Chartier, Mélanie Hunin, Mittelbergheim, Naturlich Petnat, Pais Grape, Roberto Henriquez Bio-Bio, Santa Cruz de Coya 2017, Vincent Alexis, Wines Under the Bonnet | 3 Comments

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 1 – Otros Vinos in the Basement at Terroirs

Posted on 27/09/2018 by dccrossley

September is Tastings Month. There are several events almost every day, so it’s impossible to get to them all. It’s also impossible to keep up my usual timely posts, splitting writing with sipping wine all day. For those who have … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Bodegas Cauzón Iradei 2017, Clot de les Soleres Cabernet Amfora, Costador Terroirs Mediterrani, Forcallat, Fuente Guijarro, Marenas José Miguel Márquez, Metamorphika, Montepilas Grape, Otros Vinos, Ramón Saavedra Saavedra, Sumoll, Sumoll Blanc Brisat, Tinto Velasco, Viña Enebro, Vinos el Patio | 1 Comment

Restyling Wine – Les Caves de Pyrene at Thirty

Posted on 20/09/2018 by dccrossley

Back in the 1990s I discovered a wine merchant who appeared to sell all the weird and wonderful wines I’d come to love over the previous decade. I’d just had a few trips to Aosta, and I couldn’t believe I … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alberto Loi Sardinia, Alex Craighead Nelson, Alexandre Bain, Andert-Wein, Andrea Occhipinti, Andrew Beckham, Beckham Estate, Bow and Arrow Wines, Burja, Cascina degli Ulivi, Cave Verdier-Logel Forez, Champagne Pierre Gerbais, Christian Binner, Clos Fantine, Comando G, COS Pithos, Domaine Botheland, Domaine Hauvette, Domaine Valette Macon, Dominique Belluard, Dominique Lucas, Doug Wregg, Evan Lewandowski, Foradori, Gentle Folk Wines, Hervé Souhaut, Hughues-Beguet, Il Paradiso di Manfredi, Intellego, Jauma Wines, Jean Maupertuis, Julian Castagna Beechworth, Kelley Fox, Kmetija Mlecnik Ana, La Cave de Mont Blanc, La Garagista Grace & Favour, Lapalu Brouilly, Les Caves de Pyrene, Les Caves de Pyrene 30th Anniversary Tasting, Les Vignes de Paradis, Loxarel, Marco de Bartoli, Momento Mori Wines, Nicolas Carmarans, Ovum Wines, Partida Creus, Patrick Sullivan, Pierre Frick, Piquentum Croatia, Plageoles Gaillac, Pol Opuesto, Ruth Lewandowski, Sam Viniciullo, Sclavos Efranor, Scott Frank, Sepp and Maria Muster, Stefano Bellotti, Tajinaste, Testalonga El Bandito, Val Frison, Vale da Capucha, Vignes du Maynes Mangonite, Vin Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle, Vino di Anna, Vittoria Bera, Wine Tastings, Zidarich | 3 Comments

Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 17/09/2018 by dccrossley

It seems a long time ago, August, days of thirty-degree plus temperatures, three meals a day taken out in the garden, and hardly a serious red wine drunk. Nothing here will be anything more than light red, although the Blank … Continue reading →

Posted in Alsace, Austria, Austrian Wine, Champagne, Jura, Natural Wine, Rosé, Rosé Wine, Savoie Wine, Sparkling Wine, Vienna, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine | Tagged #theglouthatbindsus, Blauer Wildbacher, Bruno Schueller, Champagne Bruno Paillard Premiere Cuvee, Clos Cibonne Cotes de Provence, Domaine de la Tournelle Arbois, Domaine Gerard Schueller Sylvaner, Dominique Lucas, Famille de Conti Petillant Naturel, L'Uva Arbosiana, Les Vignes de Paradis Savoie, Puszta Libre! 2017 Claus Preisinger, Rakete Jutta Ambrositsch, Recent Wines August 2018, Rotes Haus Wiener Gemischter Satz Nussberg, Schilcher, Schilcher Frizzante Strohmeier, Tibouren Clos Cibonne 2014, Top Alsace Sylvaners, Tour des Gendres, Vin des Allobroges Savagnin | 2 Comments

Sisters Are Doin’ It at Weingut Renner

Posted on 21/08/2018 by dccrossley

Our trip to visit Rennersistas at Gols began very early with a forty-five minute train ride from Vienna Hauptbahnhof to Neusiedl-am-See, and an eleven kilometre cycle into the wind. It made us slightly late and very hot for our 10.30 appointment, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Austria, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Vienna, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel | Tagged Austrian Natural Wine, Austrian Wine, Austrian Wine Tourism, Burgenland, Claus Preisinger Gols, Gols, Mole West, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusiedlersee on a bike, Renner Pannobile, Rennersistas, Stefanie Renner, Tasting at Rennersistas, Waiting for Tom 2017, Weingut Renner | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Natural Wine

Les Caves at Pew Corner

40 Maltby Street

Recent Wines (September 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Take a Quick SWiG

Uncharted Territory

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 2 – Wines Under the Bonnet in the Basement at Terroirs

Downstairs at Eric’s (and Doug’s) Part 1 – Otros Vinos in the Basement at Terroirs

Restyling Wine – Les Caves de Pyrene at Thirty

Recent Wines (August 2018) #theglouthatbindsus

Sisters Are Doin’ It at Weingut Renner

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