Category Archives: Wine Shops

Rioja by Fintan Kerr – The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide (Book Review)

Posted on 31/03/2025 by dccrossley

Wine books can be pretty expensive these days, at least the serious wine books you and I read. It’s not always the case. Jamie Goode has found a way to make some of his books affordable, but those published by … Continue reading →

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40 Maltby Street and Gergovie Wines

Posted on 22/01/2025 by dccrossley

There’s a restaurant in London where the food warms the soul, where the staff are remarkably informal, and where you can access a wine list pretty much unique in London, because that restaurant is tied to an importer of zero-sulphur … Continue reading →

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Review of the Year 2024 #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 30/12/2024 by dccrossley

In looking back at 2024, the format follows previous years. Here, I will give you a few boring statistics before mentioning the highlights of my year. I like to mix it up, some wine things (wine books, tastings, rising stars … Continue reading →

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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach

Posted on 23/10/2024 by dccrossley

A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading →

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Winemakers Club, London

Posted on 19/09/2024 by dccrossley

I’m not sure when I first began visiting Winemakers Club under the Holborn Viaduct arches on London’s Farringdon Street, but I know it was very early on in its existence. It was very familiar to me because even longer ago … Continue reading →

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The Solent Cellar – Like a London Wine Shop in a Sleepy South Coast Town

Posted on 25/04/2024 by dccrossley

I am working through my list of feature articles about some very special wine merchants. I’ve written about Feral Art et Vin in Bordeaux, and Butlers Wine Cellar in Brighton. Next up, The Solent Cellar in Lymington, Hampshire. Lymington is, … Continue reading →

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Butlers Wine Cellar – The Evolving Nature of Wine Retail in Brighton

Posted on 20/03/2024 by dccrossley

A lot of you read my “interview” with Feral Art & Vin in Bordeaux last month. I think I mentioned that it was the first in a short series on wine shops which rock my wine world, and for the … Continue reading →

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Rewilding Bordeaux – Feral Art & Vin Three Years On (Natural Wine in that Bastion of Conservative Taste)

Posted on 21/02/2024 by dccrossley

Back in March 2021 Russell Faulkner and his wife, Sema, opened Feral Art & Vin in the heart of the old city of Bordeaux. To open a shop selling natural wines, alongside art exhibitions, and indeed to stock around 50% … Continue reading →

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Wine Prices – A Bit of a Moan

Posted on 15/01/2024 by dccrossley

Over the period since Brexit and the Covid pandemic the prices of individual bottles of wine I have bought for years have unquestionably gone up…and considerably. I can think of wines which perhaps cost in the low £30s back in … Continue reading →

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Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair 2023 (Part 2): Roland Wines, Element Wines and Modal Wines

Posted on 12/11/2023 by dccrossley

Part 1 from the Cork & Cask Winter Wine Fair covered wines from Indigo Wines, Keeling Andrew and Dynamic Vines. Part 2 here follows the same path, with a selection from the wines poured by Roland Wines, Element Wines and … Continue reading →

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