A day in a wine writer’s life. I get up, dress, eat my porridge then phone the Guinness Storehouse to see if they have a wheelchair. Oh dear, apparently they don’t. I should maybe make it clear that my request stems not from the previous night’s over indulgence but from a knee operation. The Storehouse
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Gilbey's Portfolio Tasting Feb 2009 – 10 that impressed
Trekking to the Guinness Storehouse, with sleet whacking down like stair rods wouldn’t be my favourite occupation but Gilbey’s Terry Pennington and Lynne Coyle have assembled one hell of a portfolio, with smart niche producers alongside mainstream brands like Blossom Hill, Yellow Tail, Barton & Guestier etc and venerable favourites of the ilk of Louis
Dunne's Delights
Alas the Sunday Indo has banged my column for a couple of weeks (it happens to everyone from time to time – usually because an advertiser takes a late page. At the end of the day, revenue is revenue). This means that by the time I get round to telling you about Dunne’s new influx
Wine Notes June 2006 – Merlot
Kipper ties, two-tone shirts, baggy trousers, cowboy boots, where are they now? Amazing how fast fashion changes. Here’s UK wine writer Suzy Atkins in 2003 – “I can’t think of anything more fashionable in the world of wine than merlot.” She goes on to chirrup about the grape being “hip and happening”. A year later,
Bordeaux For Beginners
A STARTER GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS WINE REGION Appellations Appellations d’Origine Controlée, to give them their full title, operate at 4 levels: Generic regional AC – Bordeaux, covers red, white, rosé and sparklers from the region. Slightly posher is Bordeaux Superior – to achieve this a grower has to squeeze out an extra
1999 and all that
From time to time you hear a wine scribe making cheerful noises about some example of 1999 vintage Bordeaux. Not often, but you do hear it. If you are in any way perceptive you’ll recognise the sound as the whistling noise you used to make when, as a child, you had to go down a
Cellar Restaurant game fortnight
The Cellar Restaurant at The Merrion Hotel in Dublin are holding a game promotion in October. Chef Ed Cooney has devised some superb dishes. I was asked to select wines (chosen from the Merrion’s wine list) to accompany them. Here are my choices, and the reasons for making them: “It’s a mistake to imagine that
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