Category Archives: Philosophy and Wine

The Goode Wine Guide (Review)

Posted on 27/11/2020 by dccrossley

I’m hoping I’m not too late here to recommend a great little stocking filler for the wine obsessive in your life. This came out in September but my Lockdown reading pile has grown somewhat tall, and I’ve only just read … Continue reading →

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Beyond Natural Wine

Posted on 24/04/2020 by dccrossley

As many of you know, the French Wine Authorities (shall we call them?) have recently acceded to a legal framework and definition for “natural wine”. For many years wine drinkers, mainly through social media and mainly those who bear some … Continue reading →

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On Quality…(again…)

Posted on 27/10/2015 by dccrossley

Although I have been banging this drum a bit, it’s hard not to. It’s like a mid-life crisis as all the certainties in wine I believed in seem to be getting replaced by a wholly different philosophy, or at least … Continue reading →

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The Doors of Perception or a Stairway to Heaven?

Posted on 17/04/2015 by dccrossley

Charles Taylor (World of Fine Wine 47) writes a fine article on contemplation and fine wine. The article, though wide in compass, addresses the contemplation of ideas. I don’t have the background in philosophy to comment on Professor Taylor’s article, … Continue reading →

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