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Are We Doing Enough?

Posted on 27/04/2021 by dccrossley

Last week we had Earth Day, and all media was full of climate doom and save the planet pleas from environmentalists and scientists. Most of us probably gave the matter some thought, whilst others would have let the warnings pass … Continue reading →

Beyond Natural Wine

Posted on 24/04/2020 by dccrossley

As many of you know, the French Wine Authorities (shall we call them?) have recently acceded to a legal framework and definition for “natural wine”. For many years wine drinkers, mainly through social media and mainly those who bear some … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Philosophy and Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, Wine and Health | Tagged "Natural Wine is no Longer Enough", Alice Feiring, Beyond Natural Wine, Biodiversity within a vineyard monoculture, Hannah Fuellenkemper, Littlewine.co, Mindful Wine, Natural Wine, Natural Wine Charter, Natural Wine Regulation, Simon Woolf, Sustainability and Wine, The Morning Claret, Vin Méthode Nature, Vineyard Biodiversity, Vineyard Ecology | Leave a comment

Littlewine with Big Ambitions

Posted on 14/04/2020 by dccrossley

As the Lockdown in Europe continues towards its second month my guess is that many, perhaps most, readers will have begun to find it quite normal behaviour engaging with wine on an online platform. Like me, you will perhaps be … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine Writing | Tagged Christina Rasmussen, Daniela Pillhofer, Littlewine, Low Intervention Wine Production, Mindful Wine, Natural Wine, Wine on the Web, Wine online, Wine Website, Wine writing, Winemakers | Leave a comment

Les Caves de Pyrene Drinking Outside the Box Tasting 2019 (Part 3)

Posted on 30/09/2019 by dccrossley

This final part of my coverage of the large and rather magnificent 2019 vintage Les Caves portfolio tasting (or at least the London leg) contains well over thirty wines, so I won’t waste time on introductions. If you haven’t read my preliminary … Continue reading →

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Les Caves de Pyrene Drinking Outside the Box Tasting 2019 (Part 2)

Posted on 25/09/2019 by dccrossley

This second part of my coverage of Les Caves de Pyrene‘s 2019 London Portfolio Tasting takes in four of the categories of wines which relate to “terroir and climate”. These are Minerals, Sea Sand and Saline, Volcanoes and Mountains and Garrigue Maquis Fynbos. If you would … Continue reading →

Posted in Minerals and Wine, Natural Wine, Volcanic Wines, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Merchants, Wine Tastings | Tagged Andreas Tscheppe Styria, C de Marrin Chasselas, Chardonnay Terre du Lias, Clos du Gravillas Lo Vielh, Cota 45 Miraflores, Domaine Belluard Gringet Le Feu, Domaine de la Borde Pupillin Jura, Dominique Belluard, Dominique Lucas, Etnella Kaos, Goisot Aligoté, I Vigneri Aurore, Jean Maupertuis Gamay Pierres Noires, John Bojanowski, Julien Mareschal, La Sénéchalière Folle Blanche, Les Caves de Pyrene Portfolio 2019, Les Vignes de Paradis Léman, London Wine Tastings, Luneau-Papin Goulaine Excelsior, Martha Stoumen Post Flirtation White, Minella Grape, Natural Wine, Nicolas Carmarans Aveyron, Panevino UVA Sardegna., Salvo Foti, Taste of Terroir, Verdier-Logel Le Poycelan, Vina di Anna Jeudi 15 Rosato | 1 Comment

Raw Wine 2019, Part 2

Posted on 15/03/2019 by dccrossley

If Raw Wine has changed over the years, it is no more so than in this respect: whereas once the writer or blogger could identify the best producers with relative ease, now it is much harder. Of course, there are … Continue reading →

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Vienna Week 1 – Koppitsch Party!

Posted on 30/01/2019 by dccrossley

If anyone wondered why I have been quiet, I’ve been enjoying a week in a very cold Vienna. I shall bring back a few tales over the next two or three weeks, but my first article is about a producer … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Austrian Wine, Natural Wine, Neusiedlersee, Wine, Wine Bars | Tagged Alexander Koppitsch, Austrian Petnat, Austrian Wine, biodynamic wine, Burgenland, Maria Koppitsch, Natural Wine, Neusiedl-am-See, Neusielersee, O'Boufés Vienna, Vienna Natural Wine Bar | 1 Comment

Otros Vinos, Spring 2018: Spain’s Wild Frontier

Posted on 09/05/2018 by dccrossley

Over the past few years there has been a genuine widening of what wine lovers are prepared to consider exciting and ground breaking in the world of wine. The natural wine movement has drawn attention to hundreds of small time … Continue reading →

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Raw London 2018 Part 2

Posted on 19/03/2018 by dccrossley

This is the second part of my selection from Raw Wine London 2018, the first part of which precedes this article. Here we have eleven more producers from the weekend before last’s event at The Store on London’s Strand. All but one are … Continue reading →

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Raw London 2018 Part 1

Posted on 14/03/2018 by dccrossley

So Raw has been and gone for another year. Raw Wine seems now to be a real community – a group of artisans who know each other, so the vibe is always friendly and buzzing. If anyone doesn’t know Raw Wine, … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Natural Wine

Are We Doing Enough?

Beyond Natural Wine

Littlewine with Big Ambitions

Les Caves de Pyrene Drinking Outside the Box Tasting 2019 (Part 3)

Les Caves de Pyrene Drinking Outside the Box Tasting 2019 (Part 2)

Raw Wine 2019, Part 2

Vienna Week 1 – Koppitsch Party!

Otros Vinos, Spring 2018: Spain’s Wild Frontier

Raw London 2018 Part 2

Raw London 2018 Part 1

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