February’s Gloss Magazine is out today and in it Mary Dowey writes about wines worth staying in for this coming Valentine’s Day. Included in her pick of three is the ‘Blanc d’Ogier’ 2013 from Domaine M & S Ogier d’Ampuis.
Domaine de Fondreche, The Sunday Business Post 8 November 2015
New in, the white Ventoux from Domaine de Fondreche is Tomás Clancy’s “To Buy” in the Sunday Business Post of 8 November “This experimental, biodynamic estate has created a spectacular white wine. It is a wildly complex blend of grenache blanc, clairette, rousanne and rolle. It is a luscious, lime-tinged delight that has a flicker […]
Fondreche, Sebastien Vincenti, VentouxDomaine du Monteillet, The Sunday Business Post, 25 October 2015
Tomás Clancy writes up his 25 toasty treats in the Sunday Business Post of 25 October and includes the “Cuvee du Papy” St Joseph from Domaine du Monteillet “top-notch Rhone fruit, beautifully ripe and dark”
Cuvee du Papy, Monteillet, Montez, Rhone, St JosephNorthern Rhone in the Sunday Times, 19 July 2015
Ernie Whalley and Dee Laffan visit the Northern Rhone for their Glass Act in the Sunday Times (Ireland) of 19 July 2015 Great to see Northern Rhone favourites Stephane Ogier from Domaine M & S Ogier d’Ampuis and Stephane Montez from Domaine du Monteillet both being included.
Monteillet, Montez, Northern Rhone, Ogier, RhoneTrade tasting with Nomad Wine Importers and Grapecircus, 27 April 2015
Annual Trade Tasting held in conjunction with Nomad Wine Importers and Grapecircus at Sheridans was held in Dublin’s Merrion Hotel on 27 April 2015. We then took it to Galway the next week too.
Baumard, Huchet, Loire Tasting, Monteillet, Montez, Ogier, Pesquie, Rhone Tastings, TastingSimone Joseph ‘Les Vignes Paralleles’ in thetasete.ie, March 2015
Wines for March with Richie Magnier in thetaste.ie Full piece here http://thetaste.ie/wp/wines-march-motley-cru/
Côtes du Rhône, Simone Joseph, Vignes ParallelesYann Chave, Crozes-Hermitage 2012, Irish Times 25 October 2014
We’re gearing up for Rhône Wine Week in November and John Wilson in the Irish Times is too. Lovely mention for Yann Chave’s 2012 Crozes-Hermitage in today’s paper. Full piece here http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/drink/a-lighter-wine-from-the-rh%C3%B4ne-valley-1.1964825
Crozes-Hermitage, Rhone Wine Week, Yann ChaveBouïssière, Gigondas and Rhône Wine Week, Irish Times, 18 October 2014
We’re gearing up for Rhône Wine Week again, and great to see that John Wilson is too. Writing in the Irish Times of Saturday 18th October he once again visits the Rhône for value and says that Gigondas is like “a warm hug on a winter’s day” and that “Good Gigondas is not cheap, but […]
Gigondas, Rhone, Rhone Wine Week, value, wineOgier and Simone Joseph in the Sunday Business Post, 10 August 2014
Tomás Clancy has a look at those, at times, very confusing labels on French wine bottles. In particular the “Côtes”. For his wines of the week he picks a list of “Côtes” and includes the Côtes du Rhône, “Les Vignes Parallèles” from Simone Joseph as well as the Côtes du Rhône Villages “Le Temps est […]
Cotes, French wine labels, Ogier, Rhone, Simone JosephMonteillet & Ogier, Sunday Business Post, 27 July 2014
In the Sunday Business Post of 27 July 2014 Tomás Clancy visits one of our favourite areas, the Northern Rhône, with a particular emphasis on Syrah. Two of the wines he singles out for a mention are “l’Ame Soeur” from Domaine Michel et Stéphane Ogier d’Ampuis as well as St Joseph from Stéphane Montez at Domaine […]
L'Ame Soeur, Monteillet, Montez, Ogier, Rhone, St Joseph, Syrah