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Wine versus Oil

Posted on January 21st, 2011 2 Comments

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Chinese demand for top notch claret matches their thirst for oil.

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Ranelagh Uncorked! Wine Festival, 15th-19th November (WINNER ANNOUNCED)

Posted on November 15th, 2010 26 Comments

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Plenty of wine fairs coming up over the next couple of weeks. This was is different in that it lasts five days.

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Blake Creedon’s Favourite Australians: 1st December, Cork

Posted on November 12th, 2010 2 Comments

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Wine Australia’s latest tasting takes place in the true capital, Cork. This time out it’s Blake Creedon of the Irish Examiner who has been set the task of picking his favourite Australian wines, then sharing them with all who attend.

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This week in wine: On The Grapevine Wine Fair – 4th November

Posted on November 1st, 2010 1 Comment

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On the grapevine wine fair

Heard it on the grapevine that there’s quite a saucy wine fair happening this week.

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Introjuicing A+ Australian Wine (video)

Posted on October 9th, 2010 2 Comments

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Inside, John McDonnell gives a brief introduction to A+, a website housing great stories of the people behind Australian wine.

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Secret-wine.com – I hope I’ve done my country some service

Posted on October 1st, 2010 3 Comments

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Clever and engaging campaign from French PR company.

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Here’s to the graduates

Posted on September 24th, 2010 1 Comment

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Ten new graduates for the WSET Wine Diploma.

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Cases wine warehouse (video)

Posted on September 11th, 2010 5 Comments

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On a recent trip out west, I stopped off at Cases Wine Warehouse

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Wineireland.com analytics & some background

Posted on August 19th, 2010 9 Comments

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Key stats for wineireland.com
Stats for the first 54 days of wineireland.com existence.

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A glimpse into the future: the social media shelf-talker

Posted on August 16th, 2010 2 Comments

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A brief look into what the future of the “shelf-talker” could like, courtesy of community reviews, tasting notes and social media.

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