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Getting into a wine from Bordeaux in two sittings.
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Without having his travelling buddy, James May, in tow, Oz Clarke has been able to focus and create a seminal work on Bordeaux, making what is a tough area to get to grips with a far more accessible place.
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It’s 1976. Relatively unknown wines from California head over to Paris, give some of the best French wines one hell of a beating and in doing so, revolutionise the global wine industry. And there’s a genuinely interesting book about all this.
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According to the label it offers “Rondeur onctuosité maturité avec la finesse des grands Bordeaux” – roundness, consistency and maturity with with the finesse of the great Bordeaux. Bold statement. Will it hold up?
Read more on Château Cantelaudette AOC Graves de Vayres, Bordeaux 2005...
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Sourgrapes.ie hits the bigtime – advertisers please note ;) – as I appear on iFoods.tv, tasting some wines with Niall in Fallon & Byrne.
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Introduction to the Thomas Barton Réserve range, six wines from the legendary Irish winemaking dynasty.
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Monday night’s venue was the The Residence Private Members Club, 41 St. Stephen’s Green. The event? Berry Brothers hosting a tasting of wine from around Bordeaux. En Primeur: what is deeze? The fermented juice picked in 2007 is still in the barrels in the dark cool cellars of Bordeaux and won’t be ready for bottling [...]
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A rich and opulent Bordeaux style red from Simonsberg in Stellenbosch, South Africa
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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
