Comments on: Liberty Wines portfolio tasting, Dublin

By: Coming up: Tutored Italian Wine Tastings (Trade only) from Sour Grapes the Irish wine blog. Wine in Ireland.

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:59:24 +0000

[...] the open format wine tastings are great, I believe you can get a far better experience when there is more of a sit down, tutored [...]

By: Nicolas Deseaux

Nicolas Deseaux — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:08:42 +0000

RE: Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

I have to agree with Colly in that Liberty Wines has a great Italian range of wines. I really liked the Allegrini, it’s super fresh, complex and like velvet. I tried it with a roast the other night and it was a perfect compliment! Nice one Liberty!

By: Colly

Colly — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:56:51 +0000

Probably the finest lineup of quality Italian coming into this here country. Isole E Olena, Fontodi, Allegrini, Poggio al Tesoro, Massolino…. Have to say that the stars of the day for me were the “Cantina di Montalcino Poggio del Sasso Sangiovese di Toscana” for it’s excellent price-quality ratio and the “Conti Costanti Brunello” which is simply a work of art. Well worth the beans…

The NZ pinots were great, as were the Shaw & Smith Pinot & Shiraz from Oz. I managed to glug a Loimer “Lois” Gruner on the way out the door which was bang on the money. Ultra light and lively on the tongue… Good work Liberty!

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 13:54:26 +0000

Ah go ‘way.

I was doing time in the Apple State Penitentiary when iMovie was newish, and remember the general giddiness at how easy it was to get what you’d filmed on to the screen more or less immediately, with music! with titles! &c. We were all pretty much impressed.

I still think you’re more than partly to blame for the quality of the finished article, though.

By: Lar Veale

Lar Veale — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:03:26 +0000

Crikey, thanks Julian. If I was nearer to Cork I’d come over and kiss ye!

Camera, tripod (which I shift to different angles) and relative familiarity with a beautiful piece of software for the Mac called iMovie.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:51:20 +0000

It goes without saying I’m disappointed to have missed the tasting, both personally and professionally.

But what struck me about the post was the quality of the video, Lar. I know I don’t exactly keep up to date with what’s happening in Irish wine blogging, and I’m no cinematography buff – but what’s above looks to me like as polished and tightly edited a clip as you could wish to see in any field of journalism, on- or off-line. Just saying.

By: Gary Gubbins

Gary Gubbins — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:18:42 +0000

Great Tasting and glad to see you have some of my wines on your list Lar. That Cantina di Montalcino Poggio del Sasso Sangiovese di Toscana is a great seller for me. I agree about the value. I heard from a few people raving about the Canadian Pinot but i thought it was great on the nose and early palate, but i did think it died away too quickly ( for that price ).
I put my list of stars on my blog http://www.rednosewine.com/blog

PS: The teeth look black enough in the video, and i had not started on the big reds yet…

By: Ian Dornan

Ian Dornan — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:08 +0000

I agree that the Italian portfolio was excellent, but the one wine that really impressed me was the Tinpot Hut 2007 Hawkes Bay Syrah – subtle nose and and lovely fruit with a long, warm, finish.