Chardonnay, The Shapeshifter – TheTaste Wine Guide
Chardonnay is a white wine grape known for its versatility, serving as the base for still wines in a wide range of styles, as well as some of the world’s best sparkling, including Champagne. ...
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Fizz-tastical Bottles to Sample this Summer
What is it about those rising columns of tiny bubbles, the chilled condensation of the glass and the feel of a coupe in your hand to give you the flutters of excitement that only...
WineLab Welcomes Canned Wine Company to its Expanding Offer – Premium Wine in a Can
It’s a Saturday night. He wants red, you want white. You don’t fancy opening a full bottle each and you’re certainly not going to entertain the shoddy quality that you’ve come to expect from...
Wines to Pair with BBQ Fare by Gavin Watchorn – Whelehans Wines
As we move towards, hopefully, a warm Irish summer with the obligatory “long stretch in the evening” we might start to think of that outdoor social gathering that will be allowed very soon, the...
Summer White Wines to Let the Sun Shine In
Have you ever felt a desire to sip a crisp and zesty glass of chilled Picpoul de Pinet on a stormy January night while cosying up by the fire? Yeah, me neither. And while...
Award-Winning New Zealand Wine Brand Brancott Estate Unveils a Playful New Look to Inspire Wine Lovers to Take a Fresh Perspective this Summer.
Taste Life on the Flipside Summer is here, and to celebrate a season of gatherings, leading New Zealand wine brand Brancott Estate is unveiling a distinctively fun and fresh new look across its award-winning...
The Allotment Wine Company – Wine at Your Fingertips, Delivered to Your Door
Chris Gifford is one of the true gentlemen of the Irish retail wine trade, and has had an illustrious career in the wine trade so far. Though he doesn’t like to be reminded of it, Chris...
Using Wine to Channel Some of Our Favourite Holiday Destinations at Home
There are elements from our travels that become part of who we are. A recipe we learn, a habit we pick, a type of music we discover. When visiting a place that brought us...
The Do’s and Don’ts of Drinking Rosé (and Bottles to Try Now)
Now that having a powerful camera in our pockets is the norm, it is very tempting to over-document moments and sights for posterity, or at least, until we get the next smartphone. The downside...
Discover Cloudy Bay This International Chardonnay Day
A cool-climate Chardonnay showing density, tension and complexity Discover deliciously savoury Chardonnay from Cloudy Bay, one of the first wineries established in the venerated region of Marlborough and where for more than 35 years,...
The Nude Wine Co. Launch their May Virtual Wine Tasting Events
Award-winning online wine supplier, The Nude Wine Co. has just launched their new virtual wine tastings for May including their annual Summer Party which is always a big hit! Relax and unwind with one...
A Whisper of Summer has Ireland Calling for Rosé in the Sun
The echoes of long, joyous summer days remain a not-so-distant, vibrant memory. As we look forward to Summer 21 with hope for a sun filled season, we imagine it full of family and friends...
The Nude Wine Co. to Host their Annual Summer Party
Back by popular demand, The Nude Wine Co. will once again host their super fun virtual Summer Party on Saturday15th May to welcome in the longer evenings and the end of lockdown. We are...
The Cycle of Wine Coolness – Wine According to Different Generations
There are a few commonplaces we tend to hear about wines often associated with the preferences and fades of some generations. When talking about Sherry, for example, you’ll hear the likes of ‘it’s not...
Prosecco’s Premium Heart – A Region to Discover for Top Italian Fizz
Within the northern Italian regions of Veneto and Friuli, bubbly seekers will find Prosecco country. However, among the 23,000ha where production of the popular fizz are allowed, there are a number of ways to distinguish the...
Champagne vs the World – Does the Queen of Sparkling Wines Remain on Top?
Few things are more glamourised than Champagne… We can hardly concieve James Bond seducing with a bottle of English sparkling wine, picture socialite Holly Golightly having a glass of Prosecco before breakfast at Tiffany’s or...
Wine World Records – Discover Some of the Most Amazing and Extreme Bottles of All Time
Often when you hear of world records accomplished, it is thought of as personal success, or victory – not one you would foremost associate with the worldly spectrum of wine. When we consider the...
Whelehans Wines Continue to Make the Wonderful World of Wine Accessible to All
Whelehans Wines was launched in 2014 by David Whelehan at the flagship location of the Silver Tassie in South County Dublin. The concept was to develop a centre of Wine Excellence. What followed was...
New Zealand Wines – The Bottles to Look Forward to in 2021 and Beyond
One of the drawbacks of achieving early fame is the risk of resting on one’s laurels, but while basking forever in past glory leads to no innovation, going to the other extreme and feeling...
Digital Wine Crusaders
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