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A Taste of West Cork 2017

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:29:15 +0000

Liss Ard estate hosted a tasting dinner as part of A Taste of West Cork 2017, and Billy Forrester was invited to supply and introduce a complementary wine for each course.The post A Taste of West Cork 2017 appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

Albariño at Bodega Granbazán: a visit to the winery

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:02:54 +0000

It's a challenge to grow Albariño successfully, especially in a relatively damp and misty part of the world such as Galicia, but Bodega Granbazán was a pioneer in commercial production of fine wines from this tricky grape.The post Albariño at Bodega Granbazán: a visit to the winery appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

Château Jouclary: the latest from the Cabardès

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Tue, 23 May 2017 15:47:13 +0000

We don't like to run out of the delicious Cabardès reds of Château Jouclary—any of them—but it does sometimes happen…The post Château Jouclary: the latest from the Cabardès appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

Red wine from Brittany makes a reappearance

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Sat, 04 Mar 2017 17:07:56 +0000

…the shelves of Breton supermarkets and cavistes alike are noticeably empty of wine from Brittany itself. Neighbouring regions are well represented, but there's nothing from the Côtes-d'Armor, from Finistère, Ille-et-Vilaine or from the Morbihan. Beer? Yes. Cider? Mais oui. But wine? Nothing. What's going on?The post Red wine from Brittany makes a reappearance appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

The Well Review: a new poetry magazine

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:24:13 +0000

…we were very happy indeed to be asked to supply wines for today's launch of The Well Review, a new journal named after the Sunday's Well area of Cork city. Poets and wine, I hear you cry—what a novel association!The post The Well Review: a new poetry magazine appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

Wine Enthusiast European Winery of the Year 2016: Weingut Pfaffl

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:00:34 +0000

…our suppliers in Austria, the Pfaffl family, were nominated by American all-things-wine company Wine Enthusiast among their finalists for the award of European Winery of the Year 2016.The post Wine Enthusiast European Winery of the Year 2016: Weingut Pfaffl appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

From pig's back to horse's back as new Chevalier Isabelle accepts French honour

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:53:51 +0000

Isabelle Sheridan of On the Pig's Back has once again been rewarded for her long service in the cause of promoting French food and culture in Ireland. And it's a pretty good reward, as such things go, coming from the top this time in Isabelle's native France.The post From pig's back to horse's back as new Chevalier Isabelle accepts French honour appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

New Austrian wines from European Winery of the Year 2016

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Sat, 26 Nov 2016 19:01:57 +0000

Grüner Veltliner? We found two, packed with all the luscious, vibrant fruit and pepper character you could wish for, and they're both on their way, along with two racy but mouth-filling Rieslings, a dry, food-mad Pinot Blanc and a lovely cherryish light red made from Zweigelt, Austria's most widely grown red grape.The post New Austrian wines from European Winery of the Year 2016 appeared first on Bubble Brothers.

Italian wine tasting at Salt: the line-up

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 17:16:15 +0000

Time flies when you're having fun,

and although there doesn't seem such a lot of point in announcing the line-up at our Italian wine tasting in Salt after the fact, you never know when it might come in handy for someone. No harm in marking such a pleasant occasion, in any case.

We tasted the following wines, with the appetizing punctuation of varied and perfectly matched canapés from the Salt kitchen:

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Quinta de Gomariz Vinho Verde comes to Ireland

julian@bubblebrothers.com (Julian) — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:43:37 +0000

…some characters are more essential to the plot than others, and though we leave the hurling of rotten tomatoes to the greengrocers—in fact, we don't even boo or hiss much—we have our favourites like anyone else.The post Quinta de Gomariz Vinho Verde comes to Ireland appeared first on Bubble Brothers.