The Gatecrasher Sauvignon Blanc is unlike any Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, let alone any Sauvignon Blanc I’ve ever tasted. If blind-tasted, I would have placed it somewhere between Chassagne & Puligny Montrachet, i.e. richier creamier styles than your benchmark Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. While the grapes are grown further north (around 400km), up on the [...]
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I’ve read a lot of stuff about the decline of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. I’ve even thought the same things myself. How can such a consistent, almost unwavering wine style persist? Won’t people get sick of it, just like they did with Chardonnay? But then the taste-buds kick in. When @winealliancemoz mentioned he had a New Zealand Sauvignon [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2010 2 Comments
Saved in Sour Grapes recommends, Video
Bruce Cakebread from Cakebread Cellars in Napa Valley featured in 4 videos filmed in Dublin’s Ely CHQ.
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Three wines from Chile for this week’s Sunday Tribune column.
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Posted on December 4th, 2009 1 Comment
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Notes from the Curious Wines New Zealand tasting in Dublin.
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Posted on October 6th, 2009 2 Comments
Saved in Sour Grapes recommends
Having bumped into a guy from Green Saffron (an Indian food company based in Midleton in the People’s Republik of Cark) a couple of months ago in Fallon and Byrne, I’ve been completely smitten by their Rogan Josh spice blend.
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A delightful alternative for lovers of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
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In this vid, I pair up a delicious Sauvignon Blanc from Touraine (Loire) with a disgusting looking but delicious goats cheese from the same area.
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