Tag Archives: Champagne

Recent Wines February 2026 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 24/03/2026 by dccrossley

Remember Recent Wines? I published Part 1 of February’s wines four weeks ago, and with seven articles from two Edinburgh events in between, here is Part 2. It’s almost certainly the biggest gap between Recent Wines posts yet, but I … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines August 2023 (Part 1) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 29/08/2023 by dccrossley

August has been a great month for wine, this time both in terms of quality and quantity. Even though we were on the road a bit, we’ve done much more entertaining than usual so the bottle count is up. Discarding … Continue reading →

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Recent Wines April 2022 (Part 2) #theglouthatbindsus

Posted on 17/05/2022 by dccrossley

Moving on to Part 2 of the wines we drank here at home during April, you might wonder that we are drinking all our favourite wines like there’s no tomorrow! Well, it’s true that you don’t want to leave all … Continue reading →

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Fizz! – Review of Anthony Rose’s New Book on Sparkling Wines

Posted on 14/12/2021 by dccrossley

Christmas is always a time when people like me and you turn to new wine book releases. My trip overseas meant I wasn’t able to review this book in time for most people’s Christmas lists, but for those reading in … Continue reading →

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Grower Champagne – Here’s Our Chance To Dance Our Way Out Of Our Constrictions (Feet Don’t Fail Me Now)

Posted on 26/01/2021 by dccrossley

Hobbes versus Rousseau. We find this conflict almost everywhere these days, especially in global politics. Hobbes favoured the rule of law in an almost Old Testament sense, the structures of the state (Leviathan) providing the only way to keep we … Continue reading →

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Bruno Paillard at Hedonism

Posted on 27/06/2019 by dccrossley

I have a bit of a thing for Bruno Paillard Champagne. I may spend a lot of my time drinking the Growers these days, but what I am looking for, always, is wine with a soul, wine which reflects its … Continue reading →

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Bruno Paillard and Dosage:Zéro – A Fascinating Release

Posted on 11/10/2018 by dccrossley

You may have read my last roundup of the best wines I drank at home during August, under my usual hashtag #theglouthatbindsus, and you might recall that one of them was a Champagne that I readily admit surprised me by … Continue reading →

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Bursting Bubbles – Robert Walters, and Some Thoughts on the Grower Champagne Philosophy

Posted on 04/04/2018 by dccrossley

You will recall that I made Champagne by Peter Liem my wine book of last year. That expertly written book which puts terroir at its heart was the outstanding work on wine, in my view, in the whole of 2017. Bursting Bubbles by Australian author Robert Walters follows a similar … Continue reading →

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Our House (Taittinger)

Posted on 14/12/2017 by dccrossley

Many of you will know that I have something of a thing for Grower Champagne. It comes from an interest in wines which express “place”, terroir wines, I suppose. But that doesn’t mean I ignore the so-called Grandes Marques. For … Continue reading →

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Liem and Larmat – A Perfect Combination

Posted on 30/11/2017 by dccrossley

Like most people, I imagine, I came to appreciate Champagne first as a celebratory drink. Most often it was the non-vintage wine of a well known Grande Marque, or occasionally a vintage wine, consumed several years too soon. But in … Continue reading →

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