Archive for the ‘€30 plus’ Category

Wine of the Week: Super Tuscan, I Sodi di San Niccolo’ 2003

Posted on March 24th, 2010 3 Comments

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Supertuscan made with native Tuscan grapes from Castellare. Truly super.

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Australian Icons on sale in The Corkscrew, Dublin

Posted on March 15th, 2010 1 Comment

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Australian “icons” on sale from The Corkscrew in Dublin.

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Three of the best from Barossa on Australia Day

Posted on February 3rd, 2010 No Comments yet

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Three of my picks from last week’s Barossa evening with Wine Australia.

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Gagliole Colli della Toscana Centrale 2006: a Super Tuscan from the heart of Chianti

Posted on December 28th, 2008 No Comments yet

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Gagliole Colli della Toscana Centrale 2006

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Icon wines at Enowine

Posted on August 12th, 2008 4 Comments

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Ornellaia and Leoville Las Cases
Overpriced, overhyped or are these icon wines so well made that they’re worth it? I’ve no idea, but it was great fun tasting them

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Brunello di Montalcino Capanna 2003

Posted on August 1st, 2008 8 Comments

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Brunello di Montalcino Capanna 2003

A blisteringly brilliant Brunello.

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Weingut Bründlmayer Grüner Veltliner Spätlese Berg-Vogelsang 1983 (Austria)

Posted on June 13th, 2008 1 Comment

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Weingut Brundlmayer

An attractive 25 year old Groovy Austrian.

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Burgundy wine tasting at Mitchell & Son (part 1 of 3)

Posted on April 11th, 2008 5 Comments

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Burgundy wine tasting, Mitchell & Son, April 10th. The first in a three part blog series on this one event covers the whites.

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