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Bargain bubbly: Phillipe Michel Crémant du Jura (Aldi €10)

Posted on February 6th, 2010 1 Comment

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Call me bubbles, darling. Everybody does.

Advance Australia Fair: John Wilson’s Favourite Australian Wines

Posted on December 6th, 2009 3 Comments

My intentions were honorable, simply to poke my head in to say hello John Wilson and John McDonnell. However, the road to home is paved with good intentions and when I saw the range of eclectic styles, flavors and prices John had picked, I had to stick around a little longer than intended. Inside, some of my highlights.

Tickled Pink

Posted on November 13th, 2009 No Comments yet

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Great value Pink Sparkler from Australia. Imaginatively, they’ve called it “Pink”.

Curious Wines New Zealand Tasting, Dublin

Posted on November 11th, 2009 5 Comments

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Notes from the Curious Wines New Zealand tasting in Dublin.

Thelema tasting in Vaughan Johnson’s Wine Shop Temple Bar

Posted on February 6th, 2009 No Comments yet

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vaughan johnsons wine shop temple bar

Salena Estate Organic Chardonnay

Posted on August 5th, 2008 1 Comment

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David Dennison Fine Wines very kindly sent me three sample of wine to try. The first is the Salena Estate Organic Chardonnay from Renmark, Riverland in South Australia.

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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Enowine enomatic system
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.