Just another wine website?

Good question. Keep reading.

I don’t speak wine-talk!

Most wine writing is written in another language. There’s a wine vocabulary you need to learn just to be able to understand whether a wine is worth buying or not. In my book, this can add to the pretension and intimidation of wine.

I aim to write about wine in plain, simple language.

Wine can be pricey

Wine can be ridiculously expensive for what it is: fermented grape juice. I aim to write mainly about wine that delivers excellent value although at times I’ll delve into the more expensive territory, purely for research purposes, of course.

Are you some sort of wine expert or connoisseur?

Nope. More of a plonkeur.

What qualifies me to write about wine?

I like to drink it and I’m interested in learning more about it.

Do I accept wines from wine shops or wine suppliers to review?

Yes. Rumour has it free wine tastes better.

What can you expect from Sour Grapes?

This is the mission statement bit:

• Reviews of affordable wine, available in Ireland, in plain English
• A wine-language translation service – from wine-talk into plain English
• Wine cheat sheets: for tasting, talking and ordering (work in progress)
• Wine trips (more like booze cruises to France)
• Wine talk: interviews, guest bloggers, perhaps even some podcasts & videos

Who am I?

Hi, I’m Lar Veale. Thanks for dropping by.

Get in touch

Drop me a line: sup@sourgrapes.ie or leave a comment on the blog.