Tapas, tapas, tapas
Posted on May 28th, 2010 No Comments yet
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With Bloom and Taste of Dublin, June is going to be a bumper month. Outside the big tickets events, there’s plenty more to get your teeth into.
Wine of the Week: Campo Viejo Crianza 2005
Posted on May 27th, 2010 2 Comments
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Campo Viejo Crianza, my wine of the week
Gilbey’s Portfolio Tasting – my favourites
Posted on February 17th, 2010 7 Comments
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. My favourite wines from Gilbey’s Portfolio Tasting last week.
Wine of the week: Castillo San Lorenzo, Rioja – €7.49 Tesco
Posted on January 15th, 2010 No Comments yet
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San Lorenzo, a classically-styled Rioja (with a great name) half price – €7.49 – at Tesco. Olé.
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Wine for Christmas: Two vintages of Faustino I Gran Reserva
Posted on December 20th, 2009 8 Comments
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The ubiquitous Faustino brand has a couple of Gran Reserva choices which would perfectly match the Christmas din-dins.
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Video: Lar de Paula Rioja Crianza (2004)
Posted on October 3rd, 2008 No Comments yet
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A video tasting of another Rioja, a Crianza with a very interesting label.
Video: La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva 904 (1995)
Posted on September 28th, 2008 2 Comments
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Inside, my first attempt at a video wine tasting. Cringe.
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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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