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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

Bérêche Night

Posted on 06/03/2017 by dccrossley

Several times each year a group of friends, who all share an avid interest in the wines of Equipo Navazos, get together for dinner at 28-50 Restaurant in Marylebone (London). Most of the time we don’t drink Sherry at all, … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, Fine Wine, Wine | Tagged 28-50 Marylebone Lane, Barbaresco Asili Ceretto 1982, Bérèche, Beaux Regards Chardonnay, Bourgogne Rouge Mugneret-Gibourg, Campania Remensis Rosé, Champagne, Chateauneuf Les Caves St-Pierre 1966, Chave St-Joseph 2009, Domaine Guiberteau Clos de Guichaux, Marques de Riscal Rioja 1958, Noble Rot Restaurant, Old Rioja, Reflet d'Antan, Wine Dinners | 4 Comments

Rolling Back More Swiss Wines

Posted on 01/03/2017 by dccrossley

I am lucky to have friends in Geneva who appreciate wine, and whenever I’m there, they ply me all kinds of Swiss wines. Rather than internationally known superstar wines (the finest Swiss wines are only a little less expensive in … Continue reading →

Posted in Swiss Wine, Wine | Tagged Bianco di Merlot Ticino, Cave de Genève, Caves Orsat Fendant, Dalai Lama Vineyard, Domaine Châbles Montreux, Domaine des Lolliets, Domaine du Centaure Dardagny, Escalier de la Dame, Humagne Rouge Yves Granges, Martial Neyroud, Petite Arvine Cédric Flaction, Sherpa Rouge, Swiss Gamay, Swiss Wine, Vins des Chevaliers, White Merlot, Zürcher Clevner | 3 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

Austria’s Sparkling Again (Sekt not dregs and…)

Posted on 07/02/2017 by dccrossley

Monday 7 February, I should have been at the Wines of Austria Tasting at London’s Institute of Directors. I wasn’t. Never mind, I’m still going to write about Austrian wines, but some of the Austrian wines you don’t often hear … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies | Tagged Austrian Sekt, Austrian Sparkling Wine, Blauer Wildbacher, Christoph Hoch Kalkspitz, Claus Preisinger Ancestral, Fritz Wieninger, Loimer Extra Brut, Martin Diwald Gruner Veltliner Brut, Meinklang Foam, Meinklang Prosa Frizzante, Schilcher, Schilchersekt, Schloss Gobelsburg Blanc de Blancs, Schlumberger Cuvee Klimt, Schlumberger Sekt, Steininger, Wieninger Cuvee Katharina, Wines of Austria | 3 Comments

Back to the Future

Posted on 01/02/2017 by dccrossley

I do write the occasional Review of a wine book, or DVD, though I haven’t done so recently. I haven’t actually read any new wine books for a while, not since Stephen Brook’s Wines of Austria, and that was almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Wine, Wine, Wine Books, Wine Writing | Tagged Books on Australian Wine, Max Allen, The Future Makers, Wine Books, Wine writing | 2 Comments

Muy Generoso

Posted on 29/01/2017 by dccrossley

Generoso usually refers just to a dry fortified wine, but in this case it refers to our Sherry lunch on Friday where we drank largely wines of a darker hue, Amontillado, through Palo Cortado and Oloroso, to PX. Of course, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Amontillado, Bodegas Navarro Solera Fundacion 1830, Bodegas Tradicion, Bota de Amontillado 49, Chipiona, Cooperativa Catolico Agricola, Cuatro Palmas Gonzalez Byass, Dos Cortado Palo Cortado, Equipo Navazos, Fernando de Castilla, Florpower 57, Fortnum & Mason Sherry, Generoso Lunch, Generoso Wines, Gonzalez Palacios Old Oloroso, Gutierrez Colosia Moscatel, Lebrija, Niepoort-Navazos 2014, Oloroso, Palomino table wine, Pedro Ximenez, PX, Sandeman Dry Amontillado, Unfortified Palomino, Williams & Humbert | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Wine

The Fightback? Bordeaux Grand Cercle 2016

Raw Wine 2017 – Part 2

Raw Wine 2017 – Part 1

Saint-Chinian – Not All Schist!

Bérêche Night

Rolling Back More Swiss Wines

A Lavaux Affair

Austria’s Sparkling Again (Sekt not dregs and…)

Back to the Future

Muy Generoso

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