Seghesio Sonoma County Zinfandel 2006
Being a fan of Zinfandel, I was quite looking forward to this wine. Zinfandel normally offers solid medium bodied fruit, with decent concentration levels, and spice. Making it a nice alternative to Australian Shiraz. Zin as a grape variety usually bring fantastic colour aswell - Good Times !
The wine had [...]
Hugh Johnsons Pocket Wine Book 2009
The original pocket wine book that is now in its 32nd edition and going strong. Figures of 10 Million copies sold worldwide shows that this book has become an institution in its own right.
The books is nicely set out with vintage details inside the hard cover. What differs in this [...]
Italian Wine Tasting Event - Press & Trade Only
Just a short post to let all you retailers and wine writers who enjoy my blog know that the fabulous Jean Smullen is organising a tasting of Italian wines in Dublin on the 6th October. Wine makers and winery owners are making the trip to Ireland especially [...]
Cuvee Jean-Paul Sec VDP 2008
Ugni Blanc and Colombard may not be grape varietals that you are to familiar with. They are work horse grapes that often are used to produce bland, high volume, boring whites. Italian White Wine lovers Ugni Blanc is the french name for Trebbanio. This grape is often used in cognac production.
I [...]
Jansz Premium Non Vintage Cuvee
Now this is a sparkling wine with some serious pedigree - famous Champagne House Louis Roederer purchased Jansz in 1986. Roederer recently sold the winery Yalumba itself being one of the most famous family owned wine companies in Australia.
With the Premium Non Vintage, winemaker Natalie Fryar has carefully blended fruit [...]
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 [...]
Pilsner Urquell Beer
Anyone who knows me or has met me at a wine event will know that I am a wine anorak. I love learning, reading and tasting new things from the Wine World. However I am not a wine snob and sometimes there is nothing better than a nice cold beer on a hot [...]
Oh Behave !
You will hear a lot of wine commentators and writes talking about the benefits of decanting wines when it comes to aroma and flavour identification. However decanters can be delicate, expensive pieces to buy. A standard crystal one can cost €40 and they are never the easiest things to clean.
So try the following [...]
Henschke Johann’s Garden 2004
This wine hails from one of the most famous wine producers in Australia - with Henschke’s Hill of Grace right up there with Penfolds Grange as one of the best bottle produced from Down Under !
In an unusual twist on a Rhône Valley blend, this wine is 69% Grenache, 19% Mourvedre [...]
Domaine du Fondreche Nature 2007
With all of the current talk of recession, credit crunch and crisis there has never been a better time to learn more about how to find a value wine. Value can have different meanings depending on the context - it can be referring to a solid wine that retails for [...]
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.
