Category Archives: Wine

A Taste for Wine by Rose Murray Brown (Book Review)

Posted on 07/11/2025 by dccrossley

In all my years of going to tastings, in London and now in Edinburgh, I have never met Rose Murray Brown MW. I think I may have seen her perhaps once, but we have never spoken. I guess that is … Continue reading →

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Switzerland 2025 Part 4 – Wines En-Route

Posted on 03/11/2025 by dccrossley

Having written about three Swiss wine regions I have just visited over the past three articles, I thought I would conclude my Swiss trip by giving a very brief run-down of some of the wines we drank along the way, … Continue reading →

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Switzerland 2025 Part 2 – Lavaux and the Vinorama

Posted on 27/10/2025 by dccrossley

Part Two of my Swiss trip takes us to Lavaux. Lavaux is certainly the most famous wine growing part of the Canton of Vaud, and along with mountain vineyards of the Valais, further east, it is one of the two … Continue reading →

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Switzerland 2025 Part 1 – Auvernier/Neuchâtel

Posted on 24/10/2025 by dccrossley

I guess a few of you know I like Swiss Wine, and that I’ve just been to Switzerland, a trip that included some fine walking in the Swiss Alps as a prelude to visiting three Swiss wine regions and drinking … Continue reading →

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Nekter Deli – New in London

Posted on 21/10/2025 by dccrossley

I’d not usually pass comment at a new deli opening in London, even if it sold wine, although it does warrant a big cheer in the current economic climate, but my interest was piqued when I heard who is behind … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines September 2025 (Part 2)

Posted on 13/10/2025 by dccrossley

Part Two of the wines we drank at home during a September in which we spent half the month away nevertheless contains some very interesting wines. We begin in Alto Adige and move on to Mallorca. Mid-month we drank a … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines September 2025 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 09/10/2025 by dccrossley

I’ve got a lot to write about from my trip to Switzerland, which might interest the kind of open-minded reader I tend to get lurking around this blog (ie the best kind of wine lovers). But first I need to … Continue reading →

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Peter Hall – Breaky Bottom (1943 – 2025)

Posted on 06/10/2025 by dccrossley

I spent half of my life living in Brighton. It was a tolerable (at first) commute to London, and what could be nicer that bringing up children by the sea? But we are hill and mountain walkers at heart, and … Continue reading →

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The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide – Rhône Valley by Matt Walls (Review)

Posted on 22/09/2025 by dccrossley

As this is the fourth of these Smart Traveller’s Wine Guides I have read and reviewed, you will probably surmise that I am rather taken with them. They are portable, quite inexpensive, and offer the wine lover not only some … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines August 2025 (Part 3) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 15/09/2025 by dccrossley

We come to the end of the wines we drank during August with a final six bottles forming Part 3 of my Recent Wines. Not strictly six wines, because one is an ice cider, but it is one of the … Continue reading →

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