Category Archives: Restaurants

Sportsman 2020

Posted on 13/03/2020 by dccrossley

Every year a group of us hit The Sportsman in Seasalter (Kent) for a boozy lunch where we have a special dispensation to “BYO” (naturally for a fee). As we know the tasting menu reasonably well, we are able to … Continue reading →

Sydneyside Dining Selection

Posted on 13/01/2020 by dccrossley

We ate some wonderful meals during our time away in October and November, but during our last few days in Sydney we visited three very different restaurants which I’d like to write about before I leave the Southern Hemisphere for … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Wine, Dining, Restaurants, Wine, Wine and Food, Wine Bars, Wine Travel | Tagged Bodhi Vegan Restaurant, Dear Sainte Eloise Pott's Point, Henschke Noble Gewurztraminer 2016, Jonah's Whale Beach, Ruggabellus Sallio 2017, Sydney Dining, Sydney Restaurants, Vegan Sydney, Vinteloper Pinot Gris 2019 | 2 Comments

New Year’s Eve at Wild Flor

Posted on 06/01/2020 by dccrossley

This might be the shortest article I’ve posted here but it serves the dual purpose of easing me back into typing after the festive excess, and at the same time helping me out with the internet being down for two-thirds … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas and Wine, Dining, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Barolo Perno 2011 Giuseppe Mascarelo, Brighton & Hove Dining, Eating Out in Hove, Michel Gonet BdeB 2010 Champagne, New Years Eve Dining, Wild Flor Hove | 3 Comments

Wild Flor Hove Again

Posted on 16/09/2019 by dccrossley

Friends and acquaintances in London are increasingly asking me where to dine in Brighton, and I always come up with two recommendations now. I say to them that if they want a buzzy atmosphere and cutting edge natural wines, within … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Restaurants, Wine | Tagged Brighton & Hove Dining, Brighton & Hove Restaurants, Dining, Eating in Brighton & Hove, Wild Flor Hove | Leave a comment

Staying Cool at The Glasshouse

Posted on 26/07/2019 by dccrossley

It was pretty hot in London on Tuesday. I think The Glasshouse in Kew is hot too, but in a different way. This is often regarded as “the other” Nigel Platts-Martin restaurant by some people I know. If it were … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Italian Wine, Piemonte, Restaurants, Sicily, Wine | Tagged Aldo Conterno, Barolo La Serra 1997 Marcarini, Benanti Sicily, Bianco dell' Umbria, Bricco Bussia Vigna Colonnello 1989, Brunello di Montalcino Mastrojanni, Ca' Del Bosco, Carricante, Cuvée Annamaria Clementi 2005, Etna Bianco Superiore, Franciacorta, Galardi SpA, Il Guercio 2015, Italian Sparkling Wine, Italian Wine Lunch, Nerello Cappuccio, Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Wines, Palari Faro 2005, Peter Vinding-Diers, Pietramarina 2002, Roccamonfina IGT, Salvatore Gracci, Sean O'Callaghan, Tabarrini Adarmando, Terre di Lavoro 2002, The Glasshouse Kew, Torcolato 1988 Maculan, Trebbiano di Spoletino, Umbrian White Wine, Umbrian Wine, Vigna Schiena d'Asino 2004, Vin Jaune J-L Tissot 2008, Vinding Montecarrubo, Vinding-Diers in Sicily | 8 Comments

More from Paris

Posted on 19/07/2019 by dccrossley

I left you yesterday on Monday evening, so to speak, leaving Septime La Cave following a few glasses and some rather good Comté (see previous article, below), heading for a bar/restaurant which was completely new to us. We had walked past Le Mary … Continue reading →

Posted in Natural Wine, Paris, Restaurants, Wine, Wine Bars, Wine Shops, Wine Travel | Tagged Ayze Wine, Domaine Attilon, Domaine Belluard Ayse, Gringet, La Cave des Papilles, Le Mary Celeste, Le Potager du Marais, Le Tagine Paris, Les Perles du Mont Blanc, More Natural Wine in Paris, Paris, Paris Bar and Restaurant selection, Paris Natural Wine Shop, Syrah du Maroc, Tandem Alain Graillot, Vegan Paris | Leave a comment

Mastering Food and Wine Pairing at Masters Superfish

Posted on 19/06/2019 by dccrossley

This is a wine blog, and I suppose that when I write about a restaurant I concentrate on the wine…and the food too, of course. But this piece isn’t primarily about either, but rather a musing on “lunch” in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Champagne, Dining, Loire, Portuguese wine, Restaurants, South African Wines, Sparkling Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged 'T Voetpad 2016, Casablanca Chardonnoir, Chardonnoir Bodegas Re Chile, Dom Perignon 2002, Eben Sadie 'T Voetpad, Fish & Chips and Wine, Fish & Chips in London, Food and Wine Matching, Hortas do Caseirinho Frisante, Masters Superfish Waterloo, Red Vinho Verde, Sadie Family Old Vines Series, Vouvray Pétillant Huet | 2 Comments

Wild Flor Hove

Posted on 04/06/2019 by dccrossley

I was recently lamenting Brighton’s loss (soon to be London’s gain) of one of the city’s leading restaurants, but true to form as one door closes another door opens. Wild Flor in Hove has been open about four weeks, and we managed … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Restaurants | Tagged Brezza Barolo Sarmassa 2011, Brighton & Hove Dining, François Cotat Sancerre Rosé, Hove Restaurants, Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin La Justice, Pierre Péters Blanc de Blancs, Wild Flor Hove | 1 Comment

More From Silo

Posted on 07/05/2019 by dccrossley

In the world of wine there are lulls and there are storms. In the following few weeks, in the way that people somehow always organise everything together, there are some big events in London. After the Real Wine Fair over … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Dining, Natural Wine, Restaurants, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Alwin Jurtschitsch, Ania Smelskaya, Best Sourdough Bread, Domaine Les Arabesques, Fuchs und Hase Kamptal, Georgian Chinuri, Iago Bitarishvili, Iago's Wine Chinuri, Il Farneto Emilia Romagna, Kartli Chinuri, Martin Arndorfer, Ocarina 2016, Rio Rocca Frisant, Saskia van der Horst, Silo, Silo at Crate Brewery Hackney Wick, Silo Brighton, Zero Waste Restaurant | 3 Comments

Poet and the Roots

Posted on 23/04/2019 by dccrossley

Excuse my lack of restraint in using another musical reference, but the words seem apt here. The roots bring to mind the wonderful fallen oak at Tim Phillips’ winery on a brief visit there, a couple of weekends ago. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, Cider, English Cider, English Wine, Restaurants, Sparkling Wine, Wine | Tagged Charlie Herring English Sauvignon Blanc, Charlie Herring Wines, Clos du Paradis Ramley House Walled Vineyard, Domaine de la Loue Cuvée Clémence 2017, Florent Giboulot Bourgogne Aligoté 2005, Hampshire Vineyards, Perfect Strangers English Cider, Philippe Bornard Tant-Mieux petnat, Promised Land English Sparkling Riesling, Richard Austin Chainsaw Artist, Roots Restaurant Southbourne Bournemouth, The Bookkeeper Chardonnay, Tim Phillips, Top Poulsard-Ploussard Petnats, Vineyards near Lymington | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Restaurants

Sportsman 2020

Sydneyside Dining Selection

New Year’s Eve at Wild Flor

Wild Flor Hove Again

Staying Cool at The Glasshouse

More from Paris

Mastering Food and Wine Pairing at Masters Superfish

Wild Flor Hove

More From Silo

Poet and the Roots

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