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The Goodwineshow Cork 2009 Over the past couple of weeks/months you probably saw references to the Good wine show either here on my blog, other blogs in Ireland or the national press media. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the event on the Saturday. From what I could see the event was a rip [...]

 John Wilson’s Favourite Australians John Mc Donnell has come up with yet another fantastic tasting !! “During the summer I gave John (Wilson) the task of pulling together his selection of Favourite Australian wines. The task wasn’t to draw up a list of Australia’s best wines, but as John says, “My first criteria for choosing these wines was very [...]

Wine Fair by Thomas Woodberrys in the G Hotel Details from Woodberrys are “We are returning to the G Hotel, Wellpark Sunday 22nd November , 2pm – 7pm There will be over 100 wines for tasting, along with various hamper & gift ideas. We have decided to reduce the Entrance fee this year to €10 in light of the [...]

For those of you who missed it check out the fantastic article by Tomas Clancy on Wine online in Ireland and the boys from Curiouswines. With a nice mention for @karwigwines, @bubblebrothers, @smallsip [sourgrapes], myself and a few others. Great to see a writer of Tomas calliber giving coverage to this !! Hurrah ! Click here for [...]

Irish Times – John Wilson  WINES OF THE WEEK Beaujolais 2007 Georges Duboeuf, 12%, €11.99  Nice light, juicy nose; very attractive light wine with a lovely strawberry edge and good, but not overdone acidity. Stockists: Super Valu/Centra; Kelly’s, Vernon Ave, Clontarf; ADM Londis, Yellow Walls; Martin’s, Fairview; Spar, Milltown and Leeson Street; Jus de Vine, Portmarnock (all in [...]

In the second of my wine series with Karwig Wines I taste the Carl Ehrhard Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2008. This wine retails for €18-€19 approx. Please check instore for discounts. Lets see how it gets on. Also check out the revently revamed karwig wines website - looking good lads !

Here at robertfranciswine.ie we are massive fans of John Mc Donnell and Lar from Sourgrapes.ie so it is a real treat to have them both in the one film. (Well technically lar does the production) Click here for lars tasting notes of the event. In recent times Lar has made huge strides with his video shooting [...]

Chewing the fat with Peter Hughes of O’Briens Following on the recent wine series on a selection of wines from O’Briens. I put some questions to Peter Hughes the store manager at their recently opened shop at the Galway Shopping Centre. Here is what he had to say …. [Que dramatic music ...] How did you get [...]

Sunday Business Post – Tomas Clancy TO TRY :Croix Milhas, Ambré, AOC Rivesaltes NV, €6 (down from €12) for a half-bottle, until December 28 at Tesco (88) This example of one of the great dessert wines of France is from the Languedoc-Roussillon region, next to Spain. Rivesaltes is a fortified wine, meaning the fermentation of the [...]

Irish Times – John Wilson WINES OF THE WEEK Southern Right Sauvignon Blanc 2009, Walker Bay, 13%, €20.99  A very stylish take on Sauvignon; fresh breezy lime peel with vibrant light gooseberry fruits. Classy, quite subtle, clean, crisp wine, with edgy, cool fruit. This would go very nicely with fresh goats’ cheese or tuna. Stockists: Kingdom Food and [...]

   Quick reminder that there are a couple of wine fairs happening in the next week or so. Galwegians – The Cases Wine Warehouse Wine Fair is on tonight the 5th November – Further Details Click here The Good Wine Show in Cork with Bubble Brothers, Curiouswines and Karwig Wines is on next weekend in the peoples republic [...]

Irish Times – John Wilson Cullen Kevin John Chardonnay 2006, Margaret River, Western Australia, 13.5%, €49.99  Expensive, but this is the best Chardonnay I have tasted this year. Fans of white Burgundy, used to shelling out this sort of money for their Pulignys and Meursaults, should have no problem paying a similar sum for this wine. It [...]

Hurrah – I made it to 50 ! In the first of my wine series with Karwig Wines I tasted a Prosecco from Lamarca. Let see how it gets on and see you next time on robertfranciswine.ie

The Lizard Merlot VDP 20007 Critter wines have been around for a number of years now – this is where the vineyards put a cute animal on the bottle to help you remember it the next time. Yellow tail, Mad Fish and pretty much another animal have in some way been used on a bottle label. [...]

In the final part of my Wine series with O’Briens Wines I taste the GSM from Torbreck. This wine retails for €19.99 – Hailing from a hugely successful vineyard in the Barossa Valley I was really interested to taste this wine. Lets see how this wine gets on ! Check it out and see you next time on [...]