The Black Pig of Donnybrook is on my list, should be on yours too.
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Fontanário de Pegões Reserva Palmela 2007
Posted on February 28th, 2012 No Comments yet
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If sourgrapes.ie can’t make it to Palmela, Palmela comes to sourgrapes.ie, courtesy of Wine Alliance in Cork.
Bubble brothers finds a new voice
Posted on January 16th, 2012 5 Comments
Saved in Red wine, Sour Grapes recommends, White wine, €10-€15
Bubble Brothers finds a new voice and starts bloggeur outreach program.
Chinese wine: Chang Yu Cabernet d’Est 2010
Posted on January 6th, 2012 2 Comments
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Lar heads east, metaphorically, and tries a wine from China.
The official Sourgrapes.ie Christmas Wine Guide
Posted on December 11th, 2011 No Comments yet
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So, it’s Christmas. What wine should you be drinking? Sherry, of course. And probably Port too. Talking to some wine merchants, and this is the only time they sell any of the stuff. If I were to pick one, I’d go for a Sherry. The great thing about Sherry is that you can go from [...]
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Wine of the Week: Honoro Vera, Calatayud, Spain
Posted on November 15th, 2011 4 Comments
Saved in Red wine, Sour Grapes recommends, €10-€15
Drogheda, a town in county Louth, stretching across the border into neighbouring Meath, is becoming a bit of media darling. Featured recently on national television, it’s no longer just a town you bypass on the way to Dundalk but somewhere worth stopping. And if stop you do, then stop you must at Quintessential Wines on the Dublin Road. [...]
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Vin Aire: yes, it works
Posted on November 10th, 2011 2 Comments
Saved in Other sites of interest, Sour Grapes recommends, €20-€30
I evaluate an wine aerator, the Vin Aire and publish my results.
Wine of the week: Mas de Daumas Gassac 2006
Posted on November 3rd, 2011 2 Comments
Saved in Red wine, Sour Grapes recommends, €30 plus
Having met the maker, it was now time to give one of his wines a try.
A sweet n’ stickie Christmas
Posted on November 3rd, 2011 No Comments yet
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Two Australian stickie shows come to Ireland for Christmas
People in wine: Samuel Guibert of Mas de Daumas Gassac
Posted on October 28th, 2011 4 Comments
Saved in Sour Grapes recommends, Wine, Wine talk
Samuel Guibert, chief winemaker of Mas de Daumas Gassac was in Ireland last week. I put a few questions his way over coffee.
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