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Goisot Bourgogne Aligoté (video tasting)

Posted on September 1st, 2010 1 Comment

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Give a dog a beaune!
Aligoté, maligned and unloved, like a rainsoaked puppy. But this dog is worthy of your affection.

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Tim Adams on three stop tour to Ireland

Posted on August 27th, 2010 No Comments yet

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Tim Adams

One of Australia’s greatest winemakers is coming to Ireland for a three stop tour. Worth checking out.

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Spotted: French Paradox Guaranteed in Ireland

Posted on August 6th, 2010 2 Comments

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Inside, irrefutable proof of the French paradox. Put your money where your mouth is.

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Red Dot sale for August in the Cellarmaster, Sandyford

Posted on August 5th, 2010 1 Comment

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Ireland’s first Master of Wine runs The Cellarmaster in Sandyford. His “red dot sale” runs for the month of August and inside are my top three picks.

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Spotted: “French wines by Hachette” sur Le iPhone

Posted on August 5th, 2010 No Comments yet

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“French wines by Hachette” is a new iPhone application focusing on french wines.

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Video: Tasting Terroir from the Languedoc

Posted on August 4th, 2010 3 Comments

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What does Languedoc terroir taste like? See inside for Le Video.

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Riedel tasting coming to Dublin’s Convention Centre

Posted on July 30th, 2010 No Comments yet

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Does the shape of the wine glass impact on your enjoyment of wine? Riedel think so and are presenting a unique tasting on that very topic in Dublin on 17th September. Clink.

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Looking for a wine course in Dublin?

Posted on July 30th, 2010 No Comments yet

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Matt Nugent’s 5-in-5 wine course starting at the end of August.

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Pink Elephant Rosé 2009

Posted on July 27th, 2010 1 Comment

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Pink Elephant Rosé 2009
A wine from near Lisbon, called Pink Elephant. Good with Spicey Food? Let’s have ye.

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Helles Schlenkerla Lager

Posted on July 27th, 2010 No Comments yet

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A bit of a change with “Posh beer” coming to sourgrapes.ie. First up, it’s “Schlenkerla Helles” lager. This lager is brewed from Bavarian hops from the area around the city of Nürnberg.

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