Leslie Williams writing in the Irish Examiner of 9th January selects the “Doucinello” from Le Sang des Cailloux as one of his Best Value over €20 wines this week. Le Sang des Cailloux is organic and biodynamic, and the name of the domaine translates as “blood from stones” “ripe, complex, and textured with languorous tannins” […]
Examiner, Leslie Williams, Rhone, Sang des Cailloux, Vacqueyras, wineJohn Wilson is writing about wines for the festive season in the Irish Times Magazine of 12 December and in his Bottles of the Week he includes Château Pesquié “Les Terrasses” 2012 “Delicious, warming, supple wine” he says. You can read the full piece here http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/food-and-drink/drink/the-wines-to-pair-with-your-christmas-dinner-1.2460112
Les Terrasses, Pesquie, Rhone, Southern Rhone, VentouxMary Dowey recommends the Ventoux 2013 “Terrasses” from Château Pesquié in the Gloss. On special offer as part of Rhône Wine Week. “perfumed, beautifully supple red” says Mary and continues “it’s just one of a selection of terrific wines” which include Le Paradou, Viognier and “Les Hauts du Monteillet” Syrah from Domaine du Monteillet. you […]
Monteillet, Montez, Paradou, Pesquie, Rhone, Rhone Wine WeekNew 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, VentouxRhone Wine Week, the first week in November, when the Rhone comes to town. Events taking place all over the country, delighted to be part of it all again. For more regular updates you can follow on Twitter @RhoneWineWeek and like on Facebook (look for Rhone Wine Week Ireland) Back again in 2016! Details on […]
Celebrate, Ireland, Rhone, Rhone Wine Week, wineAnnual 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, TastingTomás 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 JosephOut of the thousands of wines he tasted throughout 2013, John Wislon, Irish Times wine writer, has chosen the 12 that made the biggest impression on him. Delighted that the 2012 Côtes du Rhône “Les Grandes Vignes” from Les Vignerons d’Estézargues has been included in his top reds of the year. Full piece available here.
Awards, Côtes du Rhône, Irish Times, Rhone, Wines of the YearThere was an interesting piece in the Irish Times today on a recent sale of Lynch-Bages by the Department of Foreign Affairs, netting the tax payer the sum profit of €50. You can read the piece here. Not included in the online verison is this comment by John Wilson, see image on the right, in […]
Irish wine, Languedoc, Rhone, Sarabande