Sour Grapes the Irish wine blog. Wine in Ireland.

Win a pair of tickets to one of two tasting events run by Wine Australia in the lead up to the Rugby World Cup.

Three from TxB, an Austrian, a German and a Bulgarian.

Brand spanking new tasting room opens its doors.

The wine sample was accompanied by the ubiquitous press release which mentioned value for money among other things. Value is a bit of a challenge to me. Does it just mean cheap (sorry, inexpensive)? Value is “the worth of something compared to the price paid”, and the worth is judged by the buyer not the [...]

The Gatecrasher Sauvignon Blanc is unlike any Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, let alone any Sauvignon Blanc I’ve ever tasted. If blind-tasted, I would have placed it somewhere between Chassagne & Puligny Montrachet, i.e. richier creamier styles than your benchmark Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. While the grapes are grown further north (around 400km), up on the [...]

Hail a Cab from Langhorne Creek in South Australia

I’ve read a lot of stuff about the decline of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. I’ve even thought the same things myself. How can such a consistent, almost unwavering wine style persist? Won’t people get sick of it, just like they did with Chardonnay? But then the taste-buds kick in. When @winealliancemoz mentioned he had a New Zealand Sauvignon [...]

Three little beauties from La Granja.

Wine of the week is from Trentino, northern Italy, by way of Mitchell & Sons. A great wine for good times.