Category Archives: Women in Wine

One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier (book review)

Posted on 17/12/2024 by dccrossley

I read quite a few wine books each year, or at least when the publishers drip feed them to us. Some are general books, some specialist, some are an easy read and some require focus and concentration for every paragraph. … Continue reading →

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Cork & Cask, Edinburgh’s Community Wine Store with a Far Wider Reach

Posted on 23/10/2024 by dccrossley

A lot has changed since I moved to Scotland in 2022. I think one of the main changes I had to get to grips with was that nobody knew me up here. In London I’d get invited to all the … Continue reading →

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Natural Wine, No Drama by Honey Spencer (Book Review)

Posted on 28/06/2024 by dccrossley

I’m usually quite swift off the mark when it comes to reviewing new wine books relevant to my readership, but as you may know, with house moving etc I’ve slipped behind with the writing. It’s a shame in this case … Continue reading →

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Like a Child in a Sweet Shop – Made From Grapes and Sevslo Wine, Glasgow

Posted on 14/03/2023 by dccrossley

If you have been reading this blog recently you will probably have seen my piece on Vanessa Letort and her “Du Vin aux Liens” project, and the wine journey that flowed from my discovery of this wine collective and all … Continue reading →

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One New Wine Leads To Another – Du Vin aux Liens and other stories

Posted on 27/02/2023 by dccrossley

Anyone who has known me a long time will know I have been a wine obsessive since my mid-twenties, but that back in the day, like many of my generation, I was hooked on Bordeaux, Burgundy and other classics. If … Continue reading →

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New Wine Leaders 1 – Christina Rasmussen

Posted on 03/08/2022 by dccrossley

I was flicking through one of those trade magazines, one which always helps to form a disorderly pile beside my bed after a big event like the London Wine Fair. Anyway, this copy had one of those rankings of young … Continue reading →

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We Don’t Want Any Crap in Our Wine by Camilla Gjerde (Book Review)

Posted on 27/10/2021 by dccrossley

Over the past several years I have noticed something interesting. Not only am I buying more wines from women winemakers than I was, but some of those women would count firmly among my very favourite producers. I’ve tried to work … Continue reading →

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International Women’s Day

Posted on 08/03/2021 by dccrossley

Today is International Women’s Day. The wine world seems full of women doing great things, but that doesn’t make it the slightest bit egalitarian, nor often very pleasant for them. It does not mean we work in an industry free … Continue reading →

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