Category Archives: Wine Tastings

Return to the Vaults Part 2 – Tutto and Vine Trail

Posted on 01/04/2017 by dccrossley

Part 1 of my March 2017 Vaults Tasting Article covered the exciting new importer of Spanish wines, OtrosVinos. Part 2, here, covers Tutto Wines and Vine Trail. Winemakers Club and Gergovie get a shout in Part 3, and finally, Part … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, Italian Wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Agrapart Terroirs, ArPePe Valtellina, Babacarlo Montebuono Oltrepo Pavese, Barraco Alto Grado Marsala, Bereche Brut Reserve, Chignin Savoie, Gilles Berlioz Chignin, J-P Robinot Bistrologie, Luca Faccenda, Marko Fon Slovenia, Matej Skerlj Carso, Pascal Agrapart, Testalonga Rossese Dolceacqua, The Vaults Tasting, Tutto Wines, Valfaccenda Roero Nebbiolo, Vine Trail | 2 Comments

Return to the Vaults Part 1 – Otros Vinos

Posted on 29/03/2017 by dccrossley

Back in the last century it was pretty simple if you liked wine. You had your own “wine merchant”, a decent fellow, one hoped. If you wanted “claret” then you took what he recommended, what he had. Likewise Hock, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alpujarras Wines, Ambiz, Bodegas Cauzon, Clot de les Soleres, Costador Terroirs Mediterranis, Furanxo Spanish Delicatessen, Granada Wines, Marenas Asoleo, Marenas Montilla, Metamorphika, Otros Vinos, Purulio, Ramon Saavedra, Torcuato Huertas, Vaults Tasting, Verdevique | 2 Comments

The Return of Fizz & Chips!

Posted on 26/03/2017 by dccrossley

Before there was Fish & Fino there was Fizz & Chips. Latterly this took place at Fish Club in Clapham Junction, before they got fed up with us…and then closed down. But Fizz & Chips began as an irregular but … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, Dining, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings | Tagged Bollinger Grande Annee 2002, Bollinger Grande Annee 2004, Champagne, Champagne with food, Dom Perignon 2002, Dom Perignon 2004, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Paul Bara 2004, Pierre Peters Chetillons 2002, Pol Roger 2002, Pol Roger BdeB 2002, Taitti, Taittinger Comtes de Champagne BdeB 2004, Veuve Clicquot 2004, Veuve Fourny Clos Notre Dame 2004, Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee 2002 | 2 Comments

The Fightback? Bordeaux Grand Cercle 2016

Posted on 20/03/2017 by dccrossley

On Wednesday evening I attended the Tasting of Primeurs 2016 from the Grand Cercle des Vins de Bordeaux, thanks to an invitation from Business France, at Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel in London. Now I’m quite sure that many readers will wonder … Continue reading →

Posted in Bordeaux Wine, Wine, Wine Tastings | Tagged Bordeaux EP 2016, Bordeaux Primeurs 2016, Bordeaux wine, Business France, Ch d'Arsac, Ch Dalem, Ch de la Rivière Fronsac, Ch de Myrat Barsac Sauternes, Ch de Villegeorge, Ch Haut Lagrange, Ch La Cardonne, Ch La Tour de Bessan, Ch Le Prieuré, Ch Ramafort, Ch Rol Valentin, Ch Roquetaillade La Grange, Ch Sainte-Barbe, Ch Siaurac Lalande de Pomerol, Ch Villars, Ch Vray Croix de Gay, Ch Yon-Figeac, Clos Vieux Taillefer, Grand Cercle des Vins de Bordeaux, Haut-Carles, Marie-Laure Lurton, Winemakers' Collection Saison 11 Hubert de Boüard | 9 Comments

Raw Wine 2017 – Part 2

Posted on 17/03/2017 by dccrossley

On 14th March I published Part 1 of my article on the London Raw Wine Fair 2017. You can read it here. Part 2 covers several European producers, from Italy, Spain, France, Slovenia and Greece. As I said in … Continue reading →

Posted in Aosta, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings | Tagged Aosta Wine, Azienda Selve, Batic Vipava Slovenia, Catherine Roque, Chandon de Briailles, Ciliegiolo, Domaine de Clovallon Faugères, Domaine Ligas, Dr Martin Keres, Eric Thill Jura, Fabio Bartolomei, Jason Ligas, Le Vignoble du Rêveur, Les Vignes d'Olivier, Mas d'Alezon, Masanobu Fukuoka, Mathieu Deiss, Meli Ligas, Mischler Vineyard Bennwihr, Olivier Cohen, Paiko Mountain, Pella Wine Region, Picotendro, Pur Kiffe, RAW Wine Fair, Sierra de Gredos Wine, Thomas Ligas, Tim Manning, Valdonica, Vinos Ambiz | 2 Comments

Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1

Posted on 14/03/2017 by dccrossley

In the run up to last weekend there was palpable excitement in the London wine fraternity, and doubtless beyond. Raw Wine was in town. Raw, founded and run by Isabelle Legeron MW, is one of the two big annual “natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Canadian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Swiss Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings | Tagged Albert Mathier, Alexander Koppitsch, Burgenland, Gut Oggau, Meinklang, Okanagan Crush Pad, RAW Wine Fair, Rennersistas, Scholium Project, Somlo | 6 Comments

Saint-Chinian – Not All Schist!

Posted on 11/03/2017 by dccrossley

I was at the Saint-Chinian Tasting at the Maison de la Région Occitanie in London’s Cavendish Square this week. It was quite a small tasting, just fourteen producers present, with a few of the names I know being absent. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Languedoc-Roussillon, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged Ch Bousquette, Ch du Prieuré des Morgues, Ch La Dournie, Dom Boissezon Guiraud, Dom des Aspes, Dom Les Eminades, Domaine de Pech Ménel, Domaine des Jougla, Languedoc Wines, Maison de la Region Occitanie, Mas Champart, Saint-Chinian, St-Chinian, Vignoble Belot, Vins Virtuoses de Saint-Chinian | 7 Comments

A Lavaux Affair

Posted on 28/02/2017 by dccrossley

Let’s face it, if you are the kind of wine lover who reads a wine blog you are probably an inveterate romantic who adores being in the vineyards as much as drinking the wine. Something in that bucolic scenery gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Swiss Wine, UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Wine, Wine Tastings, Wine Travel | Tagged Antoine Bovard, Chasselas, Domaine d'Aucret, Domaine de la Maison Blanche, J-F Neyroud-Fonjallaz, Lavaux, Lavaux Vinorama, Patrick Fonjallaz, Plant Robert, Rivaz, St-Saphorin, Swiss Vineyards, Swiss Wine, Tasting Swiss Wines, Vaud Wine | 5 Comments

Viñateros – A Spanish Wine Revolution

Posted on 27/02/2017 by dccrossley

It has been, unusually, two weeks since I’ve posted an article. This has largely been down to my trip to Switzerland, which I’ll be writing about soon. I apologise if you therefore end up being bombarded with articles this week. … Continue reading →

Posted in Spanish Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged 4 Kilos Mallorca, Abel Mendoza Rioja, Celler Pardas, Comando G, Daniel Landi, Envinate, Equipo Navazos, Fedellos do Couto, Loxarel Penedes, Nin-Ortiz Priorat, Pagos de Villavendimia, Rafael Palacios, Remelluri Blanco 2013, Spanish Wine, Spanish Wine Tasting, Suertes del Marqués, Tate Modern Wine Tastings, Telmo Rodrigues, Tenerife Wine, Terroir Al Limit, Vinateros, Wines of Spain, Zarate | 3 Comments

Great Exhibitionists

Posted on 17/01/2017 by dccrossley

The Winemakers Club and Carte Blanche Wines got together again at Farringdon Street Vaults for their Winter Portfolio Tasting. Readers of this Blog will know Winemakers very well. Their philosophy is finely stated in the words of founder/owner John Baum: … Continue reading →

Posted in biodynamic wine, Hungarian Wine, Languedoc-Roussillon, Loire, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Austrian Wine, Burgenland Wine, Carte Blanche Wines, Christophe Muret, Domaine de L'Horizon Calce, Domaine des Marnes Blanches Jura, Domaine du Mortier, Empriente de Temps, Fabien Jouves, Feudo dei Sanseverino Calabria, Franken Wine, Gino Pedrotti, Grange de L'Oncle Charles, Great Exhibition Tasting, Hegyikalo Eger Hungary, Il Guercio, Jerome Francois, Karim Vionnet Beaujolais, Kiral Yudvar Tokaj, Maestro Terenzio Passito, Mas del Périé Cahors, Meinklang, Meinklang Graupert, Meinklang Konkret, Mouthes le Bihan Duras, Nosiola, Ostheim Alsace Wine, Pamhagen Austria, Riecine, Sean O'Callaghan, Shobbrook Giallo, Shobbrook Seppeltsfield, Sittweg Alsace, Stefan Vetter Franken, Tom Shobbrook, Tommy Field, Tommy Ruff, Trentino Vino Santo, Winemakers Club | 3 Comments

Category Archives: Wine Tastings

Return to the Vaults Part 2 – Tutto and Vine Trail

Return to the Vaults Part 1 – Otros Vinos

The Return of Fizz & Chips!

The Fightback? Bordeaux Grand Cercle 2016

Raw Wine 2017 – Part 2

Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1

Saint-Chinian – Not All Schist!

A Lavaux Affair

Viñateros – A Spanish Wine Revolution

Great Exhibitionists

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