Category Archives: Wine Travel

The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough (Book Review)

Posted on 17/11/2022 by dccrossley

Occasionally a wine book can be eagerly-awaited for quite some time, and The World of Natural Wine by Aaron Ayscough is one of them. Aaron has been on my radar for many years, via his blog “Not Drinking Poison” (originally … Continue reading →

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The Vineyards of Britain by Ed Dallimore (Review)

Posted on 24/10/2022 by dccrossley

I think I’ve mentioned Ed Dallimore a few times in recent articles, and a while ago I promised a review of his book, The Vineyards of Britain. Now I’ve finally found time to put fingers to keyboard to tell you … Continue reading →

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Gut Oggau Visit, August 2022

Posted on 19/09/2022 by dccrossley

I might have mentioned previously that when we visited Moravia we flew into Vienna. The route worked best to minimise overall travel, and to avoid Stansted. It also afforded an opportunity to spend a couple of nights in Rust. This … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Richard Stávek, Maverick and Magician

Posted on 15/09/2022 by dccrossley

First, an apology, both to my readers and to Richard Stávek, for taking so long to write about these wines. First, we returned from Moravia a week-and-a-half before moving house, and indeed country. Then, the same number of days into … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Jaroslav Osicka

Posted on 31/08/2022 by dccrossley

Jaroslav Osička is a legend in Moravian natural wine, a kind of Pierre Overnoy. Except that Jaroslav not only makes wine, but taught at the local wine school for thirty years. Many of the younger generation of winemakers learnt from … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Krásna Horá Winery

Posted on 21/08/2022 by dccrossley

Krásna Horá means beautiful hill, or mountain, in Czech, and the winery which sits at the bottom of it in the village of Nový Poddvorov, and is named after it, nestles among extremely attractive, gently rolling, Moravian hills. However, in … Continue reading →

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Moravia 2022 – Petr Koráb, Boleradice

Posted on 14/08/2022 by dccrossley

“We were pretty tired on arrival in the village of Boleradice, about two hours north of Vienna, a relaxed drive through a pastoral idyll of rolling hills and vineyards, and very little traffic, a world away from what we had … Continue reading →

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Autentikfest 2022, Moravia

Posted on 11/08/2022 by dccrossley

I’ve just returned from a trip to Moravia in the south of the Czech Republic. The main reason for going was an invitation to Autentikfest 2022, the wine festival for the Czech natural wine movement, but whilst there I also … Continue reading →

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Food for a Change…the Wonderful Cuisine of Nepal

Posted on 30/11/2021 by dccrossley

As some readers probably know, I’ve been in Nepal, hence the quiet month of November. It was a last-minute rush, to see family, as soon as the country came off the “Red List”, and perhaps timely looking at how the … Continue reading →

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The Visitor

Posted on 26/08/2021 by dccrossley

It’s what we do, isn’t it? As wine lovers, obsessives even, we visit vineyards and taste the wine, and if we are not the victim of airline baggage restrictions, we probably buy some to bring home. If we are lucky … Continue reading →

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