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Autentikfest 2022, Moravia

Posted on 11/08/2022 by dccrossley

I’ve just returned from a trip to Moravia in the south of the Czech Republic. The main reason for going was an invitation to Autentikfest 2022, the wine festival for the Czech natural wine movement, but whilst there I also … Continue reading →

Posted in Artisan Wines, biodynamic wine, Cider, Czech Wine, Natural Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food, Wine Festivals, Wine Tastings, Wine Tourism, Wine Travel | Tagged Autentikfest Moravia 2020, Basket Press Wines, Boleradice Moravia, Czech Natural Wine Festival, Euforia Birch Sap, Mutenice, Utopia Ciders, Utopia Vinegars, Vykoukal | Leave a comment

Italians at The Glasshouse, Kew

Posted on 20/06/2022 by dccrossley

When you alight from the train from Central London at Kew Gardens station you cross the tracks and immediately feel you are in a village. The tall trees surrounding the station set the scene for the famous gardens down the … Continue reading →

Posted in Italian Wine, Restaurants, Sicily, Wine, Wine Agencies, Wine and Food, Wine Tastings | Tagged Ca' Lojera Lugana 2021, Champagne Bérêche Rive Gauche 2015, Elena Fucci, Elena Fucci Titolo Aglianico del Vulture 2015, Etna Wine, Fontodi Vigna del Sorbo 1998 and 2004, Garnacha Not Guerra Sardinia 2015, Graci Quota 1000 Contrada de Barbabecchi 2013, Mick O'Connell Winemaker, Nerello Mascalese, Peter Vinding-Diers Sicilian Wine, Pieropan Soave Classico 1995, Pinot Meunier, Sicilian Wines, The Glasshouse Kew, Tuscan Raiders, Vinding Montecarrubo Syrah 2008, Wine Lunch | 3 Comments

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

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

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

Sportsman March 2019

Posted on 02/04/2019 by dccrossley

My annual trip to The Sportsman at Seasalter came early this year. I always look forward to lunch in this self-styled “grotty pub” in an out of the way location on the North Kent coast, which serves what for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Dining, Fine Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Barolo Bussia Romirasco 2004 Aldo Conterno, Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Soldera 1990, Casse Basse Soldera Riserva 1990, Champagne Jacques Lassaigne, Château Rieussec 1996 Sauternes, Dagueneau Silex 2014, Emmanuel Lassaigne, Equipo Navazos Palo Cortado Bota 51, Ganevat Les Cèdres 2015, Les Vignes de Montgueux Extra Brut, Raveneau Chablis 1er Cru Montée de Tonnerre 2012, The Sportsman Seasalter, Vin Jaune 2011 Philippe Bornard Arbois-Pupillin, Vouette & Sorbée Fidèle | 2 Comments

Vienna Week 2 – Dining

Posted on 07/02/2019 by dccrossley

If I were to make a personal recommendation for anyone looking to dine out in Vienna, assuming they share the same kind of wine obsessions as I do, then I suppose I’d have to go with Mast Weinbistro. However, Mast was … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria, Austrian Wine, Dining, Natural Wine, Vienna, Wiener Beisl, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Alexander Koppitsch Weissburgunder, Glacis Beisl Vienna, Michelin Starred Vegetarian, Natural Wine Lists Vienna, Rennersistas In A Hell Mood, Smart Vegan Option in Vienna, Vienna Natrural Wine | Leave a comment

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

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

Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)

Posted on 10/02/2018 by dccrossley

At least once a year the treat of a Sherry-focused lunch comes around, and I’m sure some of you have read tales from our “Fish & Fino” lunches in the past. This week we went to Pizarro, one of José … Continue reading →

Posted in Sherry, Spanish Wine, Wine, Wine and Food | Tagged Amontillado, Amontillado 30-y-o Bodegas Tradicion, Antique Oloroso Fernando de Castilla, Berry Brothers Sherry Bottlings, Equipo Navazos, Fino, Inocente Fino Valdespino, Jerez Wine, La Bota de Amontillado 37, La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 59, La Bota de Palo Cortado 72 "Pata de Gallina", La Gitana Aniversario Hidalgo, Lustau Palo Cortado Almacenista Vides, Manzanilla, Montilla-Moriles, Old & Plus Oloroso Romate, Oloroso, Palo Cortado, Pedro-Ximenez Grape, Pizarro Bermondsey, PX Grown in Jerez, Sanlucar, Sherry, Sherry Lunch, Solera Fundacion 1830 PX Navarro, Spanish Restaurants London, Tio Pepe Una Palma, Very Old Sherry, Ximenez-Spinola Medium Old Harvest | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Wine and Food

Autentikfest 2022, Moravia

Italians at The Glasshouse, Kew

Sydneyside Dining Selection

Mastering Food and Wine Pairing at Masters Superfish

More From Silo

Sportsman March 2019

Vienna Week 2 – Dining

Tuscan Gems at The Glasshouse

Sportsman (but Seasalter, No Football Here)

Sherry Baby (Pizarro Sherry Lunch)

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