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Ribera Del Duero

Posted on 13/10/2017 by dccrossley

This is the Tasting I alluded to in my last article. Ribera Del Duero may be one of Spain’s top winemaking regions, but the wines do have a reputation for tannin, and a lack of approachability when young. Not too … Continue reading →

Posted in Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Tastings | Tagged Bodegas Arzuaga Navarro, Bodegas Fuentenarro, Bodegas Hermanos Perez Pascuas, Bodegas Pignon, Bodegas Tionio, Cillar de Silos, Dominio Basconcillos, Dominio de Es, Dominio Del Aguila, El Lagar de Isilla, Felix Callejo, Goyo Garcia Viadero, Pago de los Capellanes, Pagos de Morgar, Quinta Milu, Ribera Del Duero, Vega Sicilia, Westbury Communications | 2 Comments

Otros Vinos – The Full Monty

Posted on 11/10/2017 by dccrossley

I went to a Tasting yesterday, which I hope to write up next week. What stood out about it was that so many wines were almost identical. Of course, that helped the best wines, the really good ones, to stand … Continue reading →

Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Artisan Spanish Wines, Bodega Cauzon, Brisat Wines, Clot de les Soleres, Costador Terroirs, Fabio Bartolomei, Furanxo Deli Dalston, Granada Wines, Los Comuns Priorat, Marenas "Harys", Marenas Asoleo Moscatel, Marenas Montilla, Mediacapa Blanco PX, Metamorphika, New Spain, Otros Vinos 2017 Portfolio Tasting, Purulio Granada, Purulio Jaral, Ramon Saavedra, Sierra de Gredos Wines, skin contact wines, Spanish Amphora Wines, Spanish Natural Wines, Spanish Wines, Torcuato Huertas, Verdevique Alpujarras, Vigiriego Grape Variety, Vina Enebro Bullas, Vinos Ambiz | 2 Comments

Out of the Box 2017 (Part 2)

Posted on 05/10/2017 by dccrossley

In this second part of my write-up of the Out the Box Tasting at The Crypt on the Green, Clerkenwell (Tuesday 3 October), I’m covering wines from Basket Press Wines, Nekter Wines and Swig. For a bit more of an introduction to the Tasting, and to read … Continue reading →

Posted in biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged AA Badenhorst Family Wines, Basket Press Wines, Benevolent Neglect California, BK Wines Savagnin, Blank Bottle Winery, Brak-Kuil Barbarossa 2015, Captains of Trade NSW, Czech Wine, Domaine Gournier Cevennes, Fratelli Collavo Prosecco, Illimis Wines, Jaroslav Osicka, Keep Wines California, Lucinda Heyns, Moravian Wine, Nekter Wines, Orbitofrontal Cortex, Ota Sevcik, Out of the Box Tasting 2017, Out the Box Tasting 2017, Paserine, Richard Stavek, Ruiz Jimenez Rioja, South African Wines, Stapleton & Springer, Stefan Winter Sylvaner, Swig Wines, Tomas Cacik, Weingut Stefan Winter Rheinhessen | 3 Comments

Out of the Box 2017 (Part 1)

Posted on 05/10/2017 by dccrossley

Out the Box groups together seven small, independent, wine importers to give them a group platform in the ever competitive and crowded British market. This market may be both of these things, but it has also grown enormously over the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Ahrens Family Wines, Altavia Rossese di Dolceacqua, Architects of Wine, Armas de Guerra Bierzo, Azores Wine Company, Barbara Öhlzelt Kamptal, Bruna Liguria, Château de Bel Bordeaux, Combel-la-Serre Cahors, Dave Caporaletti, David Franz Barossa, Devin Grape Variety, El Mozo Rioja Alavesa, Haywire Free Form Sauvignon Blanc, Hlohovec in Trnava wines, Isabella Grape Variety, Joiseph Burgenland, Koerner Clare Valley, Martin Diwald orange Riesling, Modal Wines, Okanagan Crush Pad, Out of the Box Tasting 2017, Red Squirrel Wines, Slobodne Slovakia, The Knotted Vine, Vinos Mar 7, Vinterloper Park Wines, Wines from Pico | 2 Comments

J’ai Soif et J’ai Faim

Posted on 27/09/2017 by dccrossley

Around ten minutes walk south of Clapham Junction runs Battersea Rise, a busy main road in what just about counts as Outer London down here. Much like hundreds of others of its kind it possesses a string of cafés and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Wine | Tagged Aosta Wine, Domaine Le Roc Fronton, Fronton, Haywire Gamay, Haywire Secrest Mountain Vineyard Pinot Noir, London Dining, Morgex Vini Estremi, Natural Wine in London, Okanagan Crush Pad, Okanagan Valley Wine, Prié Blanc, Roc' Ambule, Soif Battersea Rise, Vin Blanc de Morgex et de La Salle | 1 Comment

Dirty Dozen at the Vinyl Factory

Posted on 26/09/2017 by dccrossley

There are a dozen wine merchants in this group, who were showing wines at The Vinyl Factory in Soho on Tuesday last week. How dirty they are, I’ll leave you to assess, but the dirt in question is terroir (presumably). … Continue reading →

Posted in Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Alpha Estate, Altar Uco, Antonio Madeira, Argyros Assyrtiko, Astrum Wine Cellars, Austrian Wine, BK One Ball Chardonnay, Broc Cellars Coucou, Camin Larredya Jurançon Sec, Cantine Cinque Terre, Castello di Ama, Charles Audoin Aligoté, Clark Foyster, Clemens Busch, Daniel Landi Uvas de la Ira, Diamantakos Estate Naoussa, Dirty Dozen Tasting, Domaine Arlaud, Domaine Bargylus Syria, Domaine Kariniki, Domaine Sigalas, Ebner-Ebenauer, Elian da Ros Marmandais, Escala Humana Livvera, Flint Wines, Forty Five 10º, Frederick Stevenson Barossa, Greek Wine, Gusbourne Sparkling Rosé, H2Vin, Helmut Lang Samling, HM Borges Boal 1995, Indigo Wine, Jacques Picard, Johanneshof Reinisch Rotgipfler, Julien Sunier Morgon 2015, Ktima Kokotou Three Hills, Kuenhof Kaiton, Kuenhoff Kaiton, Livvera Malbec, Maltby & Greek, Markus Huber, Martin's Lane Okanagan, Matthiasson, Nopera Winery Samos Muscat, Orgo Saperavi Georgia, Peter Pliger Riesling Kaiton, Prieler Pinot Blanc, Reinisch Pinot Noir, Remy Gresser Crémant d'Alsace, Richard Böcking, Roberson, Robola Cooperative, Rogue Vine Itata Valley, Rouvalis Winery, Sigalas Vinsanto, SWIG, Tinta Tinto Casablanca Syrah, Top Selection, Triangle Wines Salvo, Vinyl Factory Wine Tasting Venue, Vita Vinea Kisi, Xavier Frissant Fié Gris, Yabby Lake Mornington Pinot | 2 Comments

Gut Oggau Family Reunion

Posted on 20/09/2017 by dccrossley

Many family reunions are fraught with tension, petty jealousies and conflict under the surface. This particular family reunion was the happiest I have ever attended. Gut Oggau is probably known to many who will read this article, but for those … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Tastings | Tagged 2016 Vintage in Burgenland, Austrian Wine, Biodynamics in Austria, Brutal Wine Series, Burgenland, Dynamic Vines, Eduard Tscheppe-Eselböck, Gut Oggau, Gut Oggau Family Reunion 2016, Neusiedlersee, Oggau, Rösler Grape Variety, Stephanie Tscheppe-Eselböck | 1 Comment

The Secret Garden and The Pig

Posted on 17/09/2017 by dccrossley

Tim Phillips isn’t a name many of you will have come across. Tim has several winemaking strings to his bow, with projects in South Africa and in Italy, but Tim’s current focus is very different. Clos du Paradis is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, English Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Charlie Herring Wines, Clos du Paradis, Domaine Sparale Corse Sartène, English Organic Wine, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Sparkling Riesling, New Forest Dining, New Forest restaurants, Sadie Skerpioen, The Pig Brockenhurst, Tim Phillips, Walled Vineyard | 2 Comments

Japan Part 2 – Mountain Air and Vineyards

Posted on 11/09/2017 by dccrossley

It is likely to be a very small minority of my readership that is not now aware that Japan makes wine, and some of it pretty tasty too. Even customers of our upmarket UK supermarket, Marks & Spencer, have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Wine, Wine Travel | Tagged Domaine Sogga, Japanese Wine, Koishiya Ryokan, Koshu, Nagano Wine, North Shinano Wine Valley Train, Obuse, Obuse Winery, Shibu Onsen, Shiga Highlands UNESCO Biosphere, Shiga Kogen, Snow Monkey Park, Snow Monkeys, Vinifera Varieties in Japan, Yudanaka | Leave a comment

Japan Part 1 – Tokyo, the Wedding and a ’88 d’Yquem

Posted on 09/09/2017 by dccrossley

Much as I love visiting any country where there are vineyards, two of my favourite places, Japan and Norway, are not well known for their wines. This is not strictly true, of course. Japan is slowly gaining at least a … Continue reading →

Posted in Japan, Wine, Wine Travel | Tagged 8ablish Tokyo, Chateau d'Yquem 1988, Commune 2nd Food Court, Japan, Japanese Wedding, Martin Diwald, Tokyo | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Wine

Ribera Del Duero

Otros Vinos – The Full Monty

Out of the Box 2017 (Part 2)

J’ai Soif et J’ai Faim

Dirty Dozen at the Vinyl Factory

Gut Oggau Family Reunion

The Secret Garden and The Pig

Japan Part 2 – Mountain Air and Vineyards

Japan Part 1 – Tokyo, the Wedding and a ’88 d’Yquem

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