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Songs From The Wood (Lime Wood)

Posted on 19/12/2017 by dccrossley

We were lucky to be part of a group of eight that had the chef’s table at Lime Wood the weekend before last. Lime Wood is a Regency-era country house hotel set in parkland in the New Forest, at Lyndhurst. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food | Tagged Château de Beaucastel 1999, Château Fayau Cadillac, Chef's Table Dining, Hartnett Holder & Co, Lime Wood Hotel, New Forest Dining, New Forest restaurants, Rosa dei Frati, San Lorenzo Ciliegiolo, Sassotondo, Seresin Leah Pinot Noir, Stéphane Tissot Chardonnay Gravières | 2 Comments

Our House (Taittinger)

Posted on 14/12/2017 by dccrossley

Many of you will know that I have something of a thing for Grower Champagne. It comes from an interest in wines which express “place”, terroir wines, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I ignore the so-called Grandes Marques. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged Champagne, Champagne Cellar Tours, Champagne Tastings, Chateau de la Marquetterie, Comtes de Champagne 2006, Folies de la Marquetterie, Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger, Solent Cellar Tastings, Taittinger, Taittinger Prelude | 3 Comments

Zoo Time – Wide World of Wine Awards 2017

Posted on 06/12/2017 by dccrossley

To be completely honest, I’ve never really been a great fan of Awards. Well, not since I used to fill in the NME’s Musicians of the Year Poll, which I can tell you was a very long time ago. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops | Tagged Alpine Wines, Austrian Wines Specialists, Cave Les Papilles Paris, Howard Ripley, Les Caves de Pyrene, Natural Wine Specialists, Newcomer Wines, Noble Fine Liquor, Otros Vinos, Red Squirrel Wine, Solent Cellar Lymington, Swiss Wines Specialists, Tutto Wines, Uncharted Wines, Wide World of Wine Awards 2017, Winemakers Club | Leave a comment

Ultravino Piemonte at 67 Pall Mall

Posted on 21/11/2017 by dccrossley

There were two good reasons to head up to London on the train yesterday lunchtime, despite a long morning drive beforehand, to taste Ultravino‘s Piemontese offerings at 67 Pall Mall. Just as well there were two reasons, as the Tasting, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Wine, Italian Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Angelo Ferrio, Arneis, Barbaresco, Barolo, Barolo Bussia, Barolo Cannubi 2013, Barolo Mosconi 2013, Barolo Villero, Carlo Revello, Cascina Val di Prete, Cà Rossa Roero, Chiara Boschis, E Pira & Figli, Giorgio Pelissero, Giovanni Almondo, Grasso Family of Serralunga, Italian Wine Tastings, La Briccolina, Livia Fontana, Nebbiolo, Paitin, Palladino Barolo, Piedmont, Piemonte Wine, Rocche dell' Annunziata, Roero, Serraboella, Sori Paitin, Tiziano Grasso, Ultravino at 67 Pall Mall 2017, Ultravino Piedmont Wines, Wine Tastings, Wine Tastings at 67 Pall Mall | Leave a comment

‘Tis Fine, ‘Tis Noble and ‘Tis Sweet to See

Posted on 16/10/2017 by dccrossley

There are two London wine stores right now in the Noble Fine Liquor stable (not quite yet a chain, perhaps), and another that doubles as a bar and kitchen, and they have quickly created an enviable reputation for themselves, based on their … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Jura, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops | Tagged Clerkenwell Wine Shopping, London's Best Bottle Shops, Natural Wine in London, Noble Fine Liquor Clerkenwell, Noble Fine Liquor Farringdon Road, Where to Buy Austrian Wine in London, Where to Buy Jura Wine in London | Leave a comment

Ribera Del Duero

Posted on 13/10/2017 by dccrossley

This is the Tasting I alluded to in my last article. Ribera Del Duero may be one of Spain’s top winemaking regions, but the wines do have a reputation for tannin, and a lack of approachability when young. Not too … Continue reading →

Posted in Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro, Bodegas Fuentenarro, Bodegas Hermanos Perez Pascuas, Bodegas Pignon, Bodegas Tionio, Cillar de Silos, Dominio Basconcillos, Dominio de Es, Dominio Del Aguila, El Lagar de Isilla, Felix Callejo, Goyo Garcia Viadero, Pago de los Capellanes, Pagos de Morgar, Quinta Milu, Ribera Del Duero, Vega Sicilia, Westbury Communications | 2 Comments

Otros Vinos – The Full Monty

Posted on 11/10/2017 by dccrossley

I went to a Tasting yesterday, which I hope to write up next week. What stood out about it was that so many wines were almost identical. Of course, that helped the best wines, the really good ones, to stand … Continue reading →

Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Artisan Spanish Wines, Bodega Cauzon, Brisat Wines, Clot de les Soleres, Costador Terroirs, Fabio Bartolomei, Furanxo Deli Dalston, Granada Wines, Los Comuns Priorat, Marenas "Harys", Marenas Asoleo Moscatel, Marenas Montilla, Mediacapa Blanco PX, Metamorphika, New Spain, Otros Vinos 2017 Portfolio Tasting, Purulio Granada, Purulio Jaral, Ramon Saavedra, Sierra de Gredos Wines, skin contact wines, Spanish Amphora Wines, Spanish Natural Wines, Spanish Wines, Torcuato Huertas, Verdevique Alpujarras, Vigiriego Grape Variety, Vina Enebro Bullas, Vinos Ambiz | 2 Comments

Out of the Box 2017 (Part 2)

Posted on 05/10/2017 by dccrossley

In this second part of my write-up of the Out the Box Tasting at The Crypt on the Green, Clerkenwell (Tuesday 3 October), I’m covering wines from Basket Press Wines, Nekter Wines and Swig. For a bit more of an introduction to the Tasting, and to read … Continue reading →

Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged AA Badenhorst Family Wines, Basket Press Wines, Benevolent Neglect California, BK Wines Savagnin, Blank Bottle Winery, Brak-Kuil Barbarossa 2015, Captains of Trade NSW, Czech Wine, Domaine Gournier Cevennes, Fratelli Collavo Prosecco, Illimis Wines, Jaroslav Osicka, Keep Wines California, Lucinda Heyns, Moravian Wine, Nekter Wines, Orbitofrontal Cortex, Ota Sevcik, Out of the Box Tasting 2017, Out the Box Tasting 2017, Paserine, Richard Stavek, Ruiz Jimenez Rioja, South African Wines, Stapleton & Springer, Stefan Winter Sylvaner, Swig Wines, Tomas Cacik, Weingut Stefan Winter Rheinhessen | 3 Comments

Out of the Box 2017 (Part 1)

Posted on 05/10/2017 by dccrossley

Out the Box groups together seven small, independent, wine importers to give them a group platform in the ever competitive and crowded British market. This market may be both of these things, but it has also grown enormously over the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Ahrens Family Wines, Altavia Rossese di Dolceacqua, Architects of Wine, Armas de Guerra Bierzo, Azores Wine Company, Barbara Öhlzelt Kamptal, Bruna Liguria, Château de Bel Bordeaux, Combel-la-Serre Cahors, Dave Caporaletti, David Franz Barossa, Devin Grape Variety, El Mozo Rioja Alavesa, Haywire Free Form Sauvignon Blanc, Hlohovec in Trnava wines, Isabella Grape Variety, Joiseph Burgenland, Koerner Clare Valley, Martin Diwald orange Riesling, Modal Wines, Okanagan Crush Pad, Out of the Box Tasting 2017, Red Squirrel Wines, Slobodne Slovakia, The Knotted Vine, Vinos Mar 7, Vinterloper Park Wines, Wines from Pico | 2 Comments

Dirty Dozen at the Vinyl Factory

Posted on 26/09/2017 by dccrossley

There are a dozen wine merchants in this group, who were showing wines at The Vinyl Factory in Soho on Tuesday last week. How dirty they are, I’ll leave you to assess, but the dirt in question is terroir (presumably). … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alpha Estate, Altar Uco, Antonio Madeira, Argyros Assyrtiko, Astrum Wine Cellars, Austrian Wine, BK One Ball Chardonnay, Broc Cellars Coucou, Camin Larredya Jurançon Sec, Cantine Cinque Terre, Castello di Ama, Charles Audoin Aligoté, Clark Foyster, Clemens Busch, Daniel Landi Uvas de la Ira, Diamantakos Estate Naoussa, Dirty Dozen Tasting, Domaine Arlaud, Domaine Bargylus Syria, Domaine Kariniki, Domaine Sigalas, Ebner-Ebenauer, Elian da Ros Marmandais, Escala Humana Livvera, Flint Wines, Forty Five 10º, Frederick Stevenson Barossa, Greek Wine, Gusbourne Sparkling Rosé, H2Vin, Helmut Lang Samling, HM Borges Boal 1995, Indigo Wine, Jacques Picard, Johanneshof Reinisch Rotgipfler, Julien Sunier Morgon 2015, Ktima Kokotou Three Hills, Kuenhof Kaiton, Kuenhoff Kaiton, Livvera Malbec, Maltby & Greek, Markus Huber, Martin's Lane Okanagan, Matthiasson, Nopera Winery Samos Muscat, Orgo Saperavi Georgia, Peter Pliger Riesling Kaiton, Prieler Pinot Blanc, Reinisch Pinot Noir, Remy Gresser Crémant d'Alsace, Richard Böcking, Roberson, Robola Cooperative, Rogue Vine Itata Valley, Rouvalis Winery, Sigalas Vinsanto, SWIG, Tinta Tinto Casablanca Syrah, Top Selection, Triangle Wines Salvo, Vinyl Factory Wine Tasting Venue, Vita Vinea Kisi, Xavier Frissant Fié Gris, Yabby Lake Mornington Pinot | 2 Comments

Category Archives: Wine Agencies

Songs From The Wood (Lime Wood)

Our House (Taittinger)

Zoo Time – Wide World of Wine Awards 2017

Ultravino Piemonte at 67 Pall Mall

‘Tis Fine, ‘Tis Noble and ‘Tis Sweet to See

Ribera Del Duero

Otros Vinos – The Full Monty

Out of the Box 2017 (Part 2)

Dirty Dozen at the Vinyl Factory

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