Archive for April, 2009

From Vineyards Direct Dinner with Charles Sichel

Posted on April 29th, 2009 2 Comments

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A wine blogger’s work is tough. Fine wines, delicious dinners and great company just some of the perks.

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Competition 2: Win a Wine Appreciation Course

Posted on April 28th, 2009 17 Comments

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UPDATE – WINNER ANNOUNCED – Elly Parker, Comment #2

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Two nights a tasting Chateau Troquart 2001 St. Georges-St.Emilion

Posted on April 25th, 2009 2 Comments

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chateau-troquart-2001-stgeorges-stemilion Getting into a wine from Bordeaux in two sittings.

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Wine 2.0 – own the whole page of search results

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 11 Comments

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A little bit of a departure from talking about wine to talking about wine 2.0 (web 2.0 with a glass in hand) and specifically the positive SEO benefits of using social media. How wine 2.0 engagement can lead to ownership of the whole (or most) search engine results page.

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Competition 1: And the winner is…

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 1 Comment

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Announcing the winner of the “Introduction to wine” course.

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Sásta 2006, Douro (by Niepoort). A Portugese wine with an Irish twist: Video Tasting

Posted on April 20th, 2009 1 Comment

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Video tasting of the wine from Douro, Portugal with a very Irish label

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Win a wine course for this Saturday!

Posted on April 19th, 2009 37 Comments

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How would you like to spend two hours next Saturday learning about the world of wine? For free? The Wine Board are giving away a pair of tickets here on sourgrapes.ie

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Upcoming fine wine tastings with the Irish Wine Board

Posted on April 19th, 2009 4 Comments

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I got talking to Jacquie from the Wine Board of Ireland about their new series of fine wine tastings. It looks to be a very diverse range of tastings with something for everyone and they’ve come down from €70 to €45 which is always nice.

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Guest wine blogger: Kevin Ecock

Posted on April 15th, 2009 3 Comments

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Second in the Guest Blogger series, the mercurial Kevin Ecock.

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Domaine des Corbillieres, Touraine Sauvignon Blanc: Video tasting

Posted on April 14th, 2009 4 Comments

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In this vid, I pair up a delicious Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine (Loire) with a disgusting looking but delicious goats cheese from the same area.

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