Posted on March 22nd, 2010 2 Comments
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Bruce Cakebread from Cakebread Cellars in Napa Valley featured in 4 videos filmed in Dublin’s Ely CHQ.
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Three from the enomatic wine system in O’Brien’s in Sandyford’s Beacon Quarter.
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Posted on December 6th, 2009 3 Comments
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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.
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Great value Pink Sparkler from Australia. Imaginatively, they’ve called it “Pink”.
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Notes from the Curious Wines New Zealand tasting in Dublin.
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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.
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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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