Category Archives: Dining

Rotters’ Club

Posted on 24/11/2015 by dccrossley

Probably one of the most eagerly awaited openings of 2015 on the wine scene, the guys at Noble Rot (the very alternative wine magazine) finally opened their eponymous wine bar on Lamb’s Conduit Street a little over a week ago. … Continue reading →

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Between the Wood Smoke and the Water – Arbois Week

Posted on 22/09/2015 by dccrossley

I began visiting the Jura region in Eastern France more than twenty-five years ago. It began as a day trip from our then fairly regular wine visits to Burgundy, and then as a stop-off en route to Geneva by the … Continue reading →

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Finesse and Verve at Verveine

Posted on 03/09/2015 by dccrossley

It’s easy right now to completely lose the plot with visiting new London restaurants, so many exciting places seem to have opened in the last twelve months or so. But I’m also getting behind everywhere else. The New Forest used … Continue reading →

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Not With a Bang but a “Wimps” Lunch

Posted on 29/08/2015 by dccrossley

This is the way the world ends, or at least I hope so. Wimps lunches are so called because they are for people who only like one bottle each for lunch (although they actually allow for ten bottles between each … Continue reading →

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Trompetting Riverby

Posted on 20/08/2015 by dccrossley

Those with long memories may remember that I attended a tasting of Riverby Estate’s Marlborough wines at Butler’s in Brighton late last year, here: https://wideworldofwine.co/2014/12/01/riverby-estate-tasting-butlers-brighton/ Yesterday I attended an even larger Riverby Estate tasting at London’s La Trompette restaurant, with … Continue reading →

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Spice Oddity

Posted on 20/06/2015 by dccrossley

Major Thom called Ground Control suggesting the India Club might be the venue at which to see whether the Oddities theme could work for Indian food. As it turned out, the wines were not really very odd (on the whole), … Continue reading →

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Viennese Whirl

Posted on 26/05/2015 by dccrossley

Before Rust (see last post) we spent a week in Vienna consuming way too much food (and just about the right amount of wine). It was only my second visit to Vienna. I thought that after two visits my desire … Continue reading →

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Pierre Sang Sweetly

Posted on 08/05/2015 by dccrossley

For some time I’d been hearing about one of the “11th’s” latest gourmet hot spots and we didn’t waste any time in sampling the delights of Pierre Sang‘s Rue Oberkampf restaurant in the company of Burgundy writer Claude Kolm, for … Continue reading →

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Harwood Sangio – A Noble Cause

Posted on 13/04/2015 by dccrossley

As a self-confessed lover of Sangiovese there’s one blind spot I can’t deny, and this is Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. I’ve been there and yes, it’s a lovely place, perhaps one of the nicest Tuscan hill towns in which to … Continue reading →

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Portland

Posted on 12/02/2015 by dccrossley

My first job after university was up between Oxford Circus and Regent’s Park, an area not known at that time, at least to me, as a haven for fine dining. Late last year I returned to Great Portland Street for … Continue reading →

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