Category Archives: Wine Tastings

A Few Germans at The Solent Cellar (July 2025)

Posted on 28/07/2025 by dccrossley

I was otherwise engaged a week last Friday when Solent Cellar in Lymington had a German tasting in the shop. We had been invited to go out sailing on The Solent, over to the Isle of Wight. We came back on … Continue reading →

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Cork & Cask Summer Wine Fair 2025 (Part 2) – Uncharted, Alliance, Naughton Cider and some beer

Posted on 03/07/2025 by dccrossley

The second part of my coverage of the Cork & Cask Summer Fair begins with a selection from Uncharted Wines. This has a focus mostly on Westwell Wines from Kent (not exclusively) because, well, they are so good! Second up, … Continue reading →

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Cork & Cask Summer Wine Fair 2025 (Part 1) – Moreno, Poggiarello, Roland and the Electric Spirit Company

Posted on 01/07/2025 by dccrossley

I’ve said this before, but the Cork & Cask Wine Fairs (Summer in June, Winter in November) have become highlights of my Edinburgh wine year. The winter event tends to be strongly wine-focussed, I guess with Christmas around the corner, … Continue reading →

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Rhône in White at the Sky Bar Edinburgh

Posted on 10/06/2025 by dccrossley

Sometimes it is difficult to know how good a tasting will be, and occasionally you think it could go either way. I didn’t know what to expect last Wednesday from Rhône in White, a tasting of white wines from the … Continue reading →

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Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 3 – Element Wines, David Morris/Mountain People Wines and more

Posted on 11/03/2025 by dccrossley

This is the final part of three in which I go through some of the wines on show at Timberyard’s Spring Tasting in Edinburgh on 3rd March. Here we are looking at wines brought in by Edinburgh-based merchant Element Wines. … Continue reading →

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Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 2 – Passione Vino

Posted on 06/03/2025 by dccrossley

Part Two (of three) of my review of Timberyard’s Edinburgh Spring Tasting covers the wines of Passione Vino. Part One, already published, covers Carte Blanche Wines. Passione Vino is an importer/merchant I don’t know too well, although you may have … Continue reading →

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Timberyard Spring Tasting 2025 Part 1 – Carte Blanche Wines

Posted on 05/03/2025 by dccrossley

The spring tasting season got off to a chaotic start in Edinburgh on Monday. Rather like the cliché about buses coming along in twos and threes, there were four wine tastings and a whisky tasting on the same day, all … Continue reading →

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More Newcomer at Montrose

Posted on 24/02/2025 by dccrossley

Montrose bar and restaurant on Montrose Terrace in Edinburgh not only gives its famed sibling Timberyard a run for its money in cool ambience and top-quality wine, it is also becoming a place where I seem to taste any wines … Continue reading →

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Clay Wine Fair 2025 (Part 2)

Posted on 20/02/2025 by dccrossley

In this second part of my article on the inaugural Clay Wine Fair (16 February 2025, organised by Isobel Salamon of Slonk Wines and hosted at Sotto Trattoria in Stockbridge, Edinburgh) I will cover a similar number of wines as … Continue reading →

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Clay Wine Fair 2025 (Part 1)

Posted on 18/02/2025 by dccrossley

On Sunday I was lucky enough to grab a space at the inaugural Clay Wine Fair at Edinburgh’s Sotto Trattoria in Stockbridge. The event, a celebration of wine made in amphora and other terracotta/clay vessels, was organised by Isobel Salamon. … Continue reading →

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