Sour Grapes the Irish wine blog

One of my favourite wine shops on DNS (de north side) is in Clontarf. Unfortunately, I don’t get to visit as often as I’d like but when I do there’s always a great deal on. And with the run up to the long weekend and Easter in a couple of weeks, here’s my pick of [...]

ely Bar & Brasserie, IFSC, are putting on a nice Italian night on March 6th in aid of the Meningitis Research Foundation.

Spotted: Stylish wine glass holder by Irish designer, Grainne Lyons.

Rather than re-type it, just linking to wifey’s mulled wine recipe. Haven’t had it yet this season but looking forward to it (as long as she’s not stealing from what remains of my wine stash for it).

Budget excise hike on wine & the impact

Received this as a gift over the weekend. Classic.

This blog post first appeared over on iQ Content’s blog, but seeing as I wrote it and it’s about wine, it’s a good fit for here too. Using a jobs-to-be-done approach means focusing on the job, rather than on the person doing it. Needs or “jobs” arise in people’s lives and they “hire” a product [...]

A new Irish wine diploma has been announced with an all star cast of lecturers. A “Who’s who” of Irish wine writers are coming together as part of the Diploma in Wine and Wine Culture. A group of Ireland’s most knowledgeable, entertaining and experienced writers, journalists, broadcasters and wine professionals will unlock, explore and explain [...]

I’m a sucker for online wine retailers and I subscribe to most of their email newsletters to get a sense of what they’re about. Some are too salesy, others not salesy enough – others hit that sweetspot and one in particular is Naked Wines, a relative newcomer to the world of wine, but according to [...]