Category Archives: Wine Agencies

Recent Wines July 2024 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 06/08/2024 by dccrossley

July Part Two kicks off with two wines from Spain, one from the south and one from the north, totally different but both special wines. Then we head east to Austria’s Burgenland, from where it’s just a short drive to … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines July 2024 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 01/08/2024 by dccrossley

July marks the start of the second half of the year, and also, finally, the arrival of nice weather in our sunny corner of Scotland. It’s strange, though, how my drinking doesn’t substantially change between summer and winter. I drank … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines June 2024 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 23/07/2024 by dccrossley

The bumper June edition of my Recent Wines of 2024 runs to a third part this year. The final half-dozen wines here start with a Bugey (yawn, but you’ll thank me one day). Then we stay off-piste with Lagrein Rosé, … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Recent Wines May 2024 #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 10/07/2024 by dccrossley

After a couple of very recent tastings, I need to take you all the way back to May. We moved house in May and we were consumed by decorating, unpacking, and actually a week of enforced eating out because we … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 2024 (Part 3)

Posted on 18/06/2024 by dccrossley

There are six producers here in Part 3 so I’ll have to be a little more general, especially as one or two twisted my arm to taste quite a few wines. We are also all over the place here, in … 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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Real Wine Fair 2024 (Part 1)

Posted on 10/06/2024 by dccrossley

Some readers might have wondered why I’ve been silent since my last article on 24 April. After a decorating blitz on our new home we finally moved in (after exactly a year of building work). Then our son came to … Continue reading →

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