Berry Brothers Bordeaux 2007 tasting, Dublin
Posted on September 4th, 2008 No Comments yet
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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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Rustenberg John X Merriman 2003
Posted on August 19th, 2008 2 Comments
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A rich and opulent Bordeaux style red from Simonsberg in Stellenbosch, South Africa
Ernest & Julio Gallo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
Posted on August 17th, 2008 No Comments yet
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I dropped into The Corkscrew in Chatham Street, Dublin to pick up some wine in their August sale (the Nolan Cabernet Sauvignon) and Paul Crowley generously donated this Ernest & Julio Gallo Estate Cabernet Sauvignon for review on the site.
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Icon wines at Enowine
Posted on August 12th, 2008 4 Comments
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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
Reminder: Icon wine tasting this evening at Enowine, IFSC
Posted on August 11th, 2008 No Comments yet
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Quick reminder on the Icon wine tasting in Enowine, IFSC tonight from 6.30.
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“Lo Piot” Priorat 2002 – Francesca Vicent Robert
Posted on July 21st, 2008 2 Comments
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I tasted the “Lo Piot” 2002 from Priorat over two days, leaving it out in a flat bottomed decanter for 24 hours between tasting. Why? to see how it developed (and I wasn’t that thirsty last night).
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Icon wine tasting at Enowine, 11th August
Posted on July 19th, 2008 2 Comments
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Another tasting of some “icon” wines in Enowine on the 11th August.
Open wine 3 write-up: Baron de Ley Rioja and “GruVee” wine from 1983
Posted on June 13th, 2008 5 Comments
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The third open wine evening took place in Enowine, IFSC. We had a great night trying wines on the enomatic system, listening to a talk on Baron de Ley wines from Rioja and tasting a 25 year old wine from Austria.
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Lone Range Gimblett’s Gravel Red, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand (M&S)
Posted on March 20th, 2008 No Comments yet
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Gimblett’s Gravel Red – a red from New Zealand and it’s not a Pinot Noir.
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