Sour Grapes the Irish wine blog

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 [...]

I got an email, nay two emails, about a supermarket’s latest wine offer. It came via their PR company who shall also rename nameless. Why two emails? Well, both were the same, but the first addressed me as Myles (and it’s not for the first time). I’m actually not really pissed off, I know how [...]

What’s Sour Grapes been sipping on, you’ve been asking. Well, I’m glad you’ve been asking and one of the better and more surprising is a Cabernet dominated blend from Israel (93% Cab, the rest being Cab Franc). The name of the winery Assaf, but as my Hebrew is just a little bit rusty, all I [...]

Directed by Gina Moxley, written and performed by Susan Boyle, and taking place in a wine bar, “A Wine Goose Chase” is an hour long theatrical experience, part wine-tasting, part one-woman show, that makes its debut as part of ABSOLUT Fringe this September.

A quick look at discountcodes.ie and their wine offering.

Very decent rosé in Dunnes for 8 quid.

Three very decent red wines from Molloys.

With the Facebooks IPOing today, I spotted a great quote that reminded me of en primeur.