La Cuvée Wine Producer Dinner with the wines Of Chateau Fontareche
La Cuvee [Restaurant on top of Eno Wine] are hosting a wine producer dinner on Thursday, November 26th. Max has created a wonderful menu to compliment the extraordinary wines chosen by Richard McMahon. The wines chosen are from [...]
The Goodwineshow Cork 2009
Over the past couple of weeks/months you probably saw references to the Good wine show either here on my blog, other blogs in Ireland or the national press media.
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the event on the Saturday. From what I could see [...]
 John Wilson’s Favourite Australians
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John Mc Donnell has come up with yet another fantastic tasting !!
“During the summer I gave John (Wilson)Â the task of pulling together his selection of Favourite Australian wines.
The task wasn’t to draw up a list of Australia’s best wines, but [...]
Wine Fair by Thomas Woodberrys in the G Hotel
Details from Woodberrys are
“We are returning to the G Hotel, Wellpark
Sunday 22nd November , 2pm – 7pm
There will be over 100 wines for tasting, along with various hamper & gift ideas.
We have decided to reduce the Entrance fee [...]
For those of you who missed it check out the fantastic article by Tomas Clancy on Wine online in Ireland and the boys from Curiouswines.
With a nice mention for @karwigwines, @bubblebrothers, @smallsip [sourgrapes], myself and a few others. Great to see a writer [...]
Irish Times – John WilsonÂ
WINES OF THE WEEK
Beaujolais 2007 Georges Duboeuf, 12%, €11.99Â
Nice light, juicy nose; very attractive light wine with a lovely strawberry edge and good, but not overdone acidity. Stockists: Super Valu/Centra; Kelly’s, Vernon Ave, Clontarf; ADM Londis, Yellow Walls; Martin’s, Fairview; Spar, Milltown and Leeson Street; Jus [...]
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In the second of my wine series with Karwig Wines I taste the Carl Ehrhard Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2008.
This wine retails for €18-€19 approx. Please check instore for discounts. Lets see how it gets on.
Also check out the revently revamed [...]
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Here at robertfranciswine.ie we are massive fans of John Mc Donnell and Lar from Sourgrapes.ie so it is a real treat to have them both in the one film. (Well technically lar does the production) Click here for lars tasting [...]
Chewing the fat with Peter Hughes of O’Briens
Following on the recent wine series on a selection of wines from O’Briens. I put some questions to Peter Hughes the store manager at their recently opened shop at the Galway Shopping Centre. Here is what he had to say …. [Que dramatic [...]
Sunday Business Post – Tomas Clancy
TO TRY :Croix Milhas, Ambré, AOC Rivesaltes NV, €6 (down from €12)
for a half-bottle, until December 28 at Tesco (88) This example of one of the great dessert wines of France is from the Languedoc-Roussillon region, next to Spain. Rivesaltes is a fortified wine, [...]
Irish Times – John Wilson
WINES OF THE WEEK
Southern Right Sauvignon Blanc 2009, Walker Bay, 13%, €20.99Â
A very stylish take on Sauvignon; fresh breezy lime peel with vibrant light gooseberry fruits. Classy, quite subtle, clean, crisp wine, with edgy, cool fruit. This would go very nicely with [...]
Irish Times – John Wilson
Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2006, Margaret River, Western Australia, 13.5%, €49.99Â
Expensive, but this is the best Chardonnay I have tasted this year. Fans of white Burgundy, used to shelling out this sort of money for their Pulignys and Meursaults, should have no problem paying [...]
