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Kelly’s Wine Vault St. Patrick’s Day Wine Sale

Posted on March 14th, 2013 1 Comment

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One of my favourite wine shops on DNS (de north side) is in Clontarf. Unfortunately, I don’t get to visit as often as I’d like but when I do there’s always a great deal on. And with the run up to the long weekend and Easter in a couple of weeks, here’s my pick of [...]

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Spotted: Stylish wine glass holder

Posted on January 10th, 2013 No Comments yet

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bouquet-2Spotted: Stylish wine glass holder by Irish designer, Grainne Lyons.

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Mulled wine recipe

Posted on December 9th, 2012 1 Comment

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Rather than re-type it, just linking to wifey’s mulled wine recipe. Haven’t had it yet this season but looking forward to it (as long as she’s not stealing from what remains of my wine stash for it).

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Wine label

Posted on November 5th, 2012 No Comments yet

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Received this as a gift over the weekend. Classic.

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The jobs that wine is hired for

Posted on October 15th, 2012 No Comments yet

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This blog post first appeared over on iQ Content’s blog, but seeing as I wrote it and it’s about wine, it’s a good fit for here too. Using a jobs-to-be-done approach means focusing on the job, rather than on the person doing it. Needs or “jobs” arise in people’s lives and they “hire” a product [...]

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The Christmas rush

Posted on October 5th, 2012 No Comments yet

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New Irish wine diploma

Posted on September 16th, 2012 2 Comments

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A new Irish wine diploma has been announced with an all star cast of lecturers. A “Who’s who” of Irish wine writers are coming together as part of the Diploma in Wine and Wine Culture. A group of Ireland’s most knowledgeable, entertaining and experienced writers, journalists, broadcasters and wine professionals will unlock, explore and explain [...]

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Naked Wines: the ultimate email offer approach

Posted on July 31st, 2012 1 Comment

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I’m a sucker for online wine retailers and I subscribe to most of their email newsletters to get a sense of what they’re about. Some are too salesy, others not salesy enough – others hit that sweetspot and one in particular is Naked Wines, a relative newcomer to the world of wine, but according to [...]

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Open letter to supermarket & their PR company

Posted on July 31st, 2012 3 Comments

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I got an email, nay two emails, about a supermarket’s latest wine offer. It came via their PR company who shall also rename nameless. Why two emails? Well, both were the same, but the first addressed me as Myles (and it’s not for the first time). I’m actually not really pissed off, I know how [...]

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Discountcodes.ie

Posted on July 16th, 2012 1 Comment

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A quick look at discountcodes.ie and their wine offering.

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