Category Archives: Dining

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

The Secret Garden and The Pig

Posted on 17/09/2017 by dccrossley

Tim Phillips isn’t a name many of you will have come across. Tim has several winemaking strings to his bow, with projects in South Africa and in Italy, but Tim’s current focus is very different. Clos du Paradis is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, English Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Charlie Herring Wines, Clos du Paradis, Domaine Sparale Corse Sartène, English Organic Wine, English Sauvignon Blanc, English Sparkling Riesling, New Forest Dining, New Forest restaurants, Sadie Skerpioen, The Pig Brockenhurst, Tim Phillips, Walled Vineyard | 1 Comment

New Forest, New Culinary Destination

Posted on 19/07/2017 by dccrossley

I’ve written about New Forest restaurants before, but it is clear that this rather beautiful part of Southern England is currently developing a gastronomic reputation to rival any in the country. It is certainly now possible to spend a week … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Travel | Tagged Bourgogne Chitry De Moor, Dining in the New Forest, Double Agnolotti, Elderflower Restaurant Lymington, Escape Yachting, Hartnett Holder & Co, Julien Bailly at Elderflower, Lime Wood Hotel Lyndhurst, Lymington Dining, Lymington Restaurants, New Forest, New Forest dining destination, New Forest Gastronomy, New Forest Gin Bars, New Forest restaurants, Ostertag Fronholz Gewurztraminer VT 2007, Schiefer Blaufränkisch 2015, Stephane Tissot Cremant du Jura BBF, Thatched Cottage Gin Bar, Thatched Cottage Hotel Brockenhurst, Williams Selyem Sonoma Pinot Noir 2000 | Leave a comment

Another “Masters” Class (Spanish Whites)

Posted on 28/04/2017 by dccrossley

Just six of us were at Masters Superfish yesterday for a lunch themed on Spanish Whites. I must say that there are those among us who feel that our Fino lunches here in Waterloo provide a wine style most suited to fish … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Spanish Wine, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Adegas Coroa Godello 2006, Alan de Val, Bodega Can Ramon, Bodegas Sonsierra Rioja, Castell d'Encus, Clos Lentiscus Sumoll Ferèstec, Colet, Colet-Navazos Reserva 2010, Costers del Segre, Ekam, Equipo Navazos, Godello, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Palacio de Canedo, Pardoxin Dulce, Pedrazais Godello Sobre Lias, Prado a Tope, Spanish Riesling, Spanish sparkling wine, Spanish white wines, Sweet Godello, Tempranillo Blanco, Valdeorras | 1 Comment

Deptford Fun City

Posted on 26/04/2017 by dccrossley

Deptford Fun City was a record label started by the Copeland brothers, Miles and Stewart, which flourished briefly in the late 1970s. It was an offshoot of Illegal Records, and was set up to release the music of several Deptford … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Wine | Tagged Canary Islands' wines, Cantina Ribelà Lazio Rosso, Deptford dining, Envinate Benjé, Gino Pedrotti Nosiola, Les Tètes Panzoult, Listan Prieto, Meinklang Sziklafeher, Somlo wines, Tète Red, Tenerife Wine, Winemakers Club, Winemakers Deptford | 5 Comments

Il Popolo del Sangiovese

Posted on 20/04/2017 by dccrossley

A group of us get together for occasional Tuscan lunches, usually based on Sangiovese reds with a few token Tuscan whites. I’m sure you’ve read about them on my Blog. There’s always a theme, but when you’ve run from Chianti … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Italian Wine, Wine | Tagged Ambyth Mark's Vineyard, Antoine Arena Niellucciu, Argentinian Sangiovese, Australian Italian Grape Varieties, Chalmers Heathcote Sagrantino Appassimento, Chalmers Montevecchio Vermentino, Christobal 1492 Sangiovese Mendoza, Christobal 1492 Sangiovesi Mendoza, Colli Tortonesi, Dal Zotto King Valley Sangiovese, Dominio del Urogallo Moscatel, Drei Dona Sangiovese Pruno, Grotte di Sole Patrimonio, Hans Family Arneis, Heathcote Vermentino, Herzog Marlborough Arneis, Marina Coppi Fausto, Nicolas Marcos, Nielluccio Patrimonio Arena, Paso Robles Sangiovese, Popolo Shoreditch, San Patrignano Sangiovese Avi, Sangiovese di Romagna, Timorasso, Tuscan Raiders Lunches | 5 Comments

Category Archives: Dining

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

The Secret Garden and The Pig

New Forest, New Culinary Destination

Another “Masters” Class (Spanish Whites)

Deptford Fun City

Il Popolo del Sangiovese

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