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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

Alpine Wines at SITT

Posted on 26/09/2018 by dccrossley

SITT is the Specialist Importers Trade Tasting which groups together a number of both large and small wine importers who seem mostly to fall outside of the regular London circuit. Just under forty importers were grouped together at the Honorable Artillery Company barracks … Continue reading →

Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alpine Wines, Cave de la Côte, Château de Parenchère, Cornalin du Valais, Domaine de la Croix Barraud, Domaine de Monmollin, Domaine des Muses, Doral Grape, Franck Bessone, Gunter & Regina Triebaumer, Kellerei Kurtatsch Lagrein, Mamete Prevostini Valtellina, Planète Bordeaux, Provins Petite Arvine, Robert Taramarcaz, SITT Tasting London 2018, Weingut Waldschütz | 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

Jura Night at Solent Cellar

Posted on 13/09/2018 by dccrossley

I’m a little sad this year. Followers of Wideworldofwine will be well aware that Eastern France’s Jura region is one of my passions. They may well know the story of how we used to stay on the Côte de Beaune each spring, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Jura, Wine, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops, Wine Tastings | Tagged Arbois Wine, Berthet-Bondet, Chardonnay Balanoz 2015, Chateau Bethanie Crémant du Jura, Chateau-Chalon, Chateau-Chalon Berthet-Bondet 2009, Coq au Vin Jaune, Daniel Dugois Savagnin Sous Voile, Domaine de la Pinte L'Ami Karl, Houillon-Overnoy Ploussard 2015, Jura Tasting, Jura Wine, Love Poulsard Fruitière d'Arbois, Lymington, Lymington Wine Shop, Melon a Queue Rouge, Michel Gahier Melon Fraquette, Ouillé Savagnin, Ploussard, Poulsard, Poulsard Sans Souffre, Savagnin, Savagnin Savignier, Solent Cellar Lymington, Sous Voile Savagnin, Tissot Singulier Trousseau 2015, Trousseau, Vin Jaune, Vin Jaune Dom St-Pierre 2008, Vin Jaune Jacques Puffeney 1995, Wine Dinners, Wine Merchants in Hampshire | 3 Comments

Ripples Become Waves – Howard Ripley German 2017 GG and Reds

Posted on 10/09/2018 by dccrossley

There’s a certain sedate quality to your average Howard Ripley Tasting. You turn up early to the grand venue, the Pension’s Room in Gray’s Inn, and for a few moments you can sip amid a sea of calm. Even when … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Wine, German Wine, Mosel, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged 2017 Vintage in Germany, Daniel Vollenweider, Efringen-Kirchen, Florian Lauer GG 2017, Fritz Haag, Georg Mosbacher, German GG 2017, German Red Wines, German Wine, German Wine Tasting, Grosses Gewachs 2017, Hanspeter Ziereisen, Howard Ripley, Jaspis Range Ziereisen, Niederberg Helden, Philipp Wittmann, Rheinhessen Morstein, Rudolf May Franken Silvaner, Schäfer-Fröhlich, Schloss Lieser, Schloss Lieser Pinot Noir, Schweigen Wines, Spatburgunder and Pinot Noir, Thomas Haag, Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus, Von Schubert Pinot Noir, Weingut Julg Schweigen, Weingut Peter Lauer, Weingut Wittmann, Wissembourg Abbey Former Vineyards, Ziereisen Baden | 6 Comments

Red Squirrel Portfolio 2018

Posted on 07/09/2018 by dccrossley

I’ve been to the Red Squirrel Portfolio Tasting a few times now, and I can say with conviction that the 2018 event, at the China Exchange in Gerrard Street, Soho, on Tuesday this week, was the best ever. It was … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alexander Bauer, Altaviva Liguria, Andrew Wightman Morelig Farm, António Maçanita, Arnold Holzer, Australian Col Fondo, Ayunta Etna, Azores Wine Company, Bioweingut Diwald, Black Chalk Wines, Bruna Liguria, Bruno Bouche, Champagne Levasseur, Clos Cibonne Tibouren, Crosby & Lockhart Cellars, Dal Zotto Wines, Emil Bauer & Sohne, Eschenhof Holzer, Filippo Mangione, Frederic Guilbaud Muscadet, Grossriedenthal Wine, Isabella Labrusca Grape, Jacob Leadley, Kéké Descombes, Kewin Descombes Morgon, King Valley Italian Varietals, Lowerland Wines, Martin Bauer, Martin Diwald, Morelig Swartland, New English Sparkling Producer, Nik Darlington, Pasaeli Wines Izmir, Pigato, Prieska Wine of Origin, Red Squirrel Portfolio 2018, Red Squirrel Wines, Rossese di Dolceacqua, Rue du Sorbier, Turkish Grape Varieties, Turkish Wine, Vinterloper Adelaide Hills, Wagram Wine | 3 Comments

Blank Bottle at Butler’s

Posted on 03/09/2018 by dccrossley

I don’t often write about a single wine producer unless I’ve visited them, or at least met the producer at a wine event. I’ve known and enjoyed the wines made in South Africa by Pieter Walser, imported into the UK … Continue reading →

Posted in Own Label Wines, South African Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops | Tagged Blank Bottle Winery, Brighton Wine Merchants, Butlers Wine Cellar, Give and Take 2017, It is What it Is 2016, Own Label Wines, Pieter Walser, South African Pinot Blanc, South African Tempranillo Blend, South African Wine, Swig Wines | 2 Comments

New at Newcomer

Posted on 19/07/2018 by dccrossley

I read recently, under the Decanter Magazine headline “Bordeaux becalmed”, that for the first time since Sotheby’s started selling wine in 1970 Bordeaux has dipped below 50% in sales. The decline in popularity of this once king of the wine … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Sparkling Wine, Wiener Gemischter Satz, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops | Tagged Christian Tschida Brutal Red, Christian Tschida Sonja Cabernet Franc, Claus Preisinger Gols, Enderle & Moll Baden, In A Hell Mood Pet Nat, Jutta Ambrositsch Rakete, Michael Grindl Weinviertal, Michael Wenzel Rust, Milan Nestarec, Mythopia Swiss Wine, Neusiedlersee Wine, Newcomer Wines, Prévost La Closerie London Retail Source, Puszta Libre, Rennersistas Gols, Strohmeier Schilcher Frizzante, Vienna Wine, Waiting For Tom White Blend, Wiener Gemischter Satz | 4 Comments

Utravino – The Full Piemonte

Posted on 03/07/2018 by dccrossley

A lot of my articles draw attention to small importers, often working in specialist areas. Without the innovation and deep knowledge these small merchants bring to the table we’d probably miss out on some spectacular wines, as I hope recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Fine Wine, Italian Wine, Piemonte, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Arneis, Barbaresco, Barbera, Barolo, Ca Rossa, Carlo Rivello & Figli, CitizenM Hotel Wine Tasting, Giorgio Pelissero, Giovanni Almondo, Guido Rivella, Langhe, Livia Fontana, Nebbiolo, Paitin, Palladino Barolo, Piemonte, Piemonte Wines Specialist, Roero, Silvia Rivella, Sori Paitin, Ultravino, Ultravino Portfolio Summer 2018, Val Del Prete | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Wine Merchants

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

Alpine Wines at SITT

Restyling Wine – Les Caves de Pyrene at Thirty

Jura Night at Solent Cellar

Ripples Become Waves – Howard Ripley German 2017 GG and Reds

Red Squirrel Portfolio 2018

Blank Bottle at Butler’s

New at Newcomer

Utravino – The Full Piemonte

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