Fratelli Barba Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC “Colle Morino” 2006
Nice purple black coloured wine - almost Ribena concentrate like. Really nice colour, hugely inviting.
Fresh and clean wine on the nose. Cherries with some sourness, blackberries and some pepper. On the palate it is the black fruits that really hit you first. The fruit is soft but not [...]
Chateau Jouclay Cabardes 2006
Wine makers no matter where they are located within the wine world need to respond to consumer demands. So many wine makers in the Old World, most European countries, are responding to consumers love for new world wine. They are doing this by working to create riper fruits and greater fruit concentration. [...]
Italian Reds - The Perfect Pasta Partner !
I just love all types of pasta dishes from traditional tomato based sauces to creamy carbonara. Pasta offers the perfect blank canvas from a sauce point of view. Similarly, from a wine point of view depending on type of dish you can enjoy anything from a nice Dolcetto [...]
Vina Aliaga Navarra Garnacha Vieja 2003
Navarra is huge wine region within Spain which along with La Mancha really produces a large amount of bulk wines with mixed success. However if you can find a quality wine in this region that delivers you are normally onto a winner as they are always at good price points.
A [...]
Posted by Julian
This time I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. Welcome to sunny South Africa, and in particular the Goedverwacht estate run by Jan and Marian du Toit. We buy from them delicious Sauvignons, a supple, ripe Merlot, a substantial rose made from Shiraz, and two robust reds: the Bordeaux [...]
Posted by Laurence
An article on The Subjectivity of Wine by Jonah Lehrer was posted back in 2007, but it’s still makes for a fascinating read.
Lehrer mentioned two studies on wine. The first concerns the mischievous Frederic Brochet from the University of Bordeaux who conducted two experiments.
When is a red wine not a red?
In the first [...]
Posted by Laurence
I had the pleasure of staying down in Carton House (Leixlip, Co. Kildare) a couple of weeks ago. With two golf courses on the grounds it gets plenty of golfers.
I had a meal in the clubhouse and noticed some familiar names on the wine list - Palmer (the golfer, not the Chateau) and [...]
Last week, I described the northern Rhône. This week it’s time for the southern Rhône. The Rhône valley runs north to south for about 230km which allows for a big variation in climate and soil type.
Where the north has a continental climate, the southern Rhône has a hotter Mediterranean one. Where the northern Rhône has [...]
Frank established Robert Francis Wine and has an amazing enthusiasm and passion for wine. He is always on the look out for the latest wine trends to keep you up to date and informed. Frank advocates all styles of wine from all across the globe and encourages you to expand your palate.
Laurence Veale is the author of wine blog, Sourgrapes.ie and lives in Dublin, Ireland. What started as a present of a wine appreciation course and a holiday in Chianti quickly became a passion.
Michael is owner, founder and chief taster of Curious Wines, Ireland's mixed case wine specialists. A foodie as well as wine lover, Michael will be exploring the relationships between wine and food around the world, whilst living up to his company's brand values by never taking himself too seriously.
