Category Archives: Dining

Jura Dinner at The Pig

Posted on 04/12/2018 by dccrossley

It was quite fortuitous that, with a trip to Arbois imminent, we (that’s three couples with a passion for all things Jura) had the chance to take over the private room at The Pig, near Brockenhurst in the New Forest … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Jura, Wine | Tagged Berthet-Bondet Côtes du Jura 2002, country house hotels, Domaine de la Pinte Vin Jaune 1973, Jacques Puffeney Arbois Savagnin 2011, Jura Dinner 2018, Jura Wine, Labet Vin de Paille 2003, Macvin Fruitière D'Arbois, New Forest Dining, Overnoy-Houillon Savagnin 2012, Puffeney Vin Jaune 1988, Stéphane & Bénédicte Tissot, The Pig Brockenhurst, Tissot Indigène Crémant du Jura, Tissot Tour de Curon Chardonnay 2005 | 3 Comments

Tuscan Gems at The Glasshouse

Posted on 07/11/2018 by dccrossley

It’s almost two years since I visited The Glasshouse in Kew (right by the Underground Station). On that occasion it was with the same bunch of people who come down to London from all over the UK a few times … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Italian Wine, Tuscan Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Badia a Coltibuono Sangioveto 1997, Baricci Colombaio Montosoli 2008, Biondi Santi Rosso di Montalcino 2008, Bolgheri Vermentino, Chianti Classico Riserva Riecine, Fontodi Flaccianello 1999, La Porta di Vertine 2010, Mastrojani Brunello di Montalcino 1993, Panizzi Evoé Vernaccia, Poggio al Tesoro Vermentino, Riecine, Riecine Riserva 1988, Riecine Riserva 1997, Riecine Sebastiano 2001, Solosole Pagus Camilla, The Glasshouse Kew, Tuscan Raiders Wine Lunch, Tuscan wines | 6 Comments

40 Maltby Street

Posted on 31/10/2018 by dccrossley

London is full of restaurants which are without any doubt “worth a detour” in Michelin parlance, and despite the pressures on our economy they continue to open, for now. What with trying to keep up, which I am failing miserably … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Vegan Wine, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine Bars | Tagged 40 Maltby Street, Antonin Azzoni, Ardèche Wine, Auvergne Gamay, Auvergne Wine, Brân L-16, Côtes d'Auvergne, Châteaugay, Explosive Materials Brut Nature, Gergovie Wines, Gilles Azzoni, Julien Peyras L'Hérault, L'Égrappille Auvergne, L'Éphémère Blanc 2016, Raisin et L'Ange Ardèche | 2 Comments

Vienna for Adventurous Eating and Drinking

Posted on 06/09/2018 by dccrossley

Plenty has been written about the Vienna wine scene, and a whole lot more plastered over social media. You don’t really need a guide to eating and drinking natural wines in Vienna (although, as always, the Raisin app is your … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Dining, Vienna, Viennese Cafés, Wiener Beisl, Wine, Wine Shops, Wine Travel | Tagged Cafe Sperl Vienna, Feinkost Gerhard Urbanek, Friedrich Silchersekt, Glacis Beisl, Jutta Ambrositsch und Mast 2017, Kopitsch, MAST Vienna, Mast Weinbistro, Meinl am Graben Wine Shop, Nittnaus, Off the Radar Vienna Cafe, Preisinger, Uhudler, Uhudler Frizzante Weinhof Zieger, Vienna Beisl, Vienna Dining and Drinking, Vienna for Wine Lovers, Vienna Naschmarkt, Vinifero Wine Shop, Wein & Co Vienna, Wine From Isabella Grape | 3 Comments

Sportsman (but Seasalter, No Football Here)

Posted on 19/06/2018 by dccrossley

I do actually enjoy the football, but pretty much nothing would have got in the way of another trip to The Sportsman at Seasalter in Kent last Friday. Certainly not the seven hours on various trains it took to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Armand Rousseau Clos de la Roche 2004, Bérêche Coteaux Champenois Les Montées 2014, Brunello di Montalcino 2010 Il Paradiso di Manfredi, Clos de la Grand Cour 2014, Domaine de la Grand Cour Fleurie 2014, Domaine Marcel Deiss Engelgarten 2014, Fine Dining, J-F Ganevat Cuvée Prestige Savagnin 2008, Jean-Louis Dutraive, Kent Dining, Labet Bardette Chardonnay 2014, Leroy Montagny 1er Cru 2014 (Maison Leroy), Palladius Sadie Family 2014, Prieuré Roch Gamay Coteaux Bourguignons 2015, Prieuré Roch Ladoix "Le Cloud" 2015, Puffeney Arbois Savagnin 2014, Puffeney Savagnin 2014, Slipsole, South African Vin de Paille Swartland, Taganan Blanco 2016 Tenerife Envinate, The Sportsman Seasalter, Vilmart Coeur de Cuvee 2003, Wieser-Kunstler Enkircher Ellergrub Riesling Trocken 2015 | 3 Comments

It’s a Wonderful Life (That You Bring)

Posted on 31/01/2018 by dccrossley

I’ve been up to a few things this month that didn’t really fit into any of the other articles, and I thought I’d mention them here. They do amount to a free plug for the places mentioned, but I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Savoie Wine, Wine, Wine Merchants, Wine Shops | Tagged 67 Pall Mall, Dominique Lucas, Ganevat Vin Jaune 2006, Huet Vouvray Le Mont Sec 1995, Les Vignes de Paradis, Noble Fine Liquor, Noble Rot, Solent Cellar, Splash Pétnat Château Barouillet, The Shipyard Lymington, Winemakers Club | Leave a comment

Songs From The Wood (Lime Wood)

Posted on 19/12/2017 by dccrossley

We were lucky to be part of a group of eight that had the chef’s table at Lime Wood the weekend before last. Lime Wood is a Regency-era country house hotel set in parkland in the New Forest, at Lyndhurst. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food | Tagged Château de Beaucastel 1999, Château Fayau Cadillac, Chef's Table Dining, Hartnett Holder & Co, Lime Wood Hotel, New Forest Dining, New Forest restaurants, Rosa dei Frati, San Lorenzo Ciliegiolo, Sassotondo, Seresin Leah Pinot Noir, Stéphane Tissot Chardonnay Gravières | 2 Comments

Red, White and Orange Friday at the Draper’s Arms

Posted on 27/11/2017 by dccrossley

Bereft of the pleasures of intensive shopping on Black Friday I was forced to settle for a long lunch at the Draper’s Arms in Islington with seventeen wines (one was corked) among seven of us. We were all slightly wobbly … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Natural Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Australian Sous Voile Wine, Beaujolais Villages Nouveau Guy Breton, Brash Higgins Bloom 2008, Bruno Schueller, Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco 2005, Céline and Steve Gormally, Côtes du Jura Les Dolomies, Chardonnay Les Combes, Chardonnay Mizuiro Les Saugettes, Clare Valley Riesling, Clos Lapeyre Jurançon, Dario Princic Ribolla Gialla 2013, Domaine des Miroirs Grusse, Draper's Arms Islington, Dundee Hills Pinot Noir, Ganevat L'Enfant Terrible Poulsard, Gérard Schueller Pinot Noir LNO12, Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2013, Guy Breton Cuvée Fanchon 2017, Horiot en Valingrain 2006, Jean Foillard Fleurie 2010, Jeffrey Grosset, Kelley Fox Maresh Pinot Noir, Kenjiro Kagami, Krughof Bornheimer Schönberg, Les Riceys, London Dining, Magendia de Lapeyre, McLaren Vale Flor-aged Chardonnay, Nick Gibson, Olivier Horiot, Optima, Passenans, Raveneau Butteaux, Raveneau Chablis, Rheinhessen Beerenauslese, Ridge Monte Bello 2004, Rosé des Riceys, Seigerrebe | 2 Comments

Brunswick House – Some Classical Wines in a Classical Setting

Posted on 17/11/2017 by dccrossley

It had been a while since I was at Brunswick House in Vauxhall, so I was very pleased to be back, even on a miserably wet night, earlier this month. When I’ve been before the food has been exceptional, largely … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Wine | Tagged Artadi Grandes Añades 1999, Brunswick House London, Château Giscours 1966, Château Giscours 1975, Clos du Marquis 1983, Dönnhoff Oberhäuser Brücke, Equipo Navazos Palo Cortado 75, Hubert de Montille Pommard Pezerolles 1996, Joseph Perrier Joséphine 2002, LAS Vino CBDB, London Restaurants, London's Best Restaurants, Lopez de Heredia, Produttori Barbaresco Paje 2004, Tondonia Blanco 1973, Wine Dinners | Leave a comment

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

Category Archives: Dining

Jura Dinner at The Pig

Tuscan Gems at The Glasshouse

40 Maltby Street

Vienna for Adventurous Eating and Drinking

Sportsman (but Seasalter, No Football Here)

It’s a Wonderful Life (That You Bring)

Songs From The Wood (Lime Wood)

Red, White and Orange Friday at the Draper’s Arms

Brunswick House – Some Classical Wines in a Classical Setting

J’ai Soif et J’ai Faim

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