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Azlan Roar wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 4:13 pm Whiling away a Friday afternoon by ordering a stash of 2019 en primeur Rhone reds.

#lockdownproblems

Fingers crossed for allocation now.

Northern or Southern?

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Purchased babich black label pinot noir. 33 euro from baggot street wines. Since its come the whole way from NZ, and thus is playing its part in destroying the planet, I'll be disgusted if it does not please me. JC If you don't like the Babich Black Label Pinot Noir then you might as well give up o...

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Some of my latest blog posts you might not have seen:

SuperValu Ireland Xmas part 1

SuperValu Ireland Xmas part 2

Offley Drinkable Port

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The Frankly Wines & Friends Wine & Music Series #18 – David Crossley

featuring Talking Heads – Road to Nowhere

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I've had rotten luck tracking down some of those wines recently Frankster. Couldn't find the Malbec from your Five Festive Flagons list in (an admittedlly small) Dunnes today. No sign of the Peter Lehman Shiraz in the local Molloys last week either. The staff member said he hadn't seen it in ages. ...

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Frankster did you see this https://winesdirect.ie/fuck-covid-19-mixed-wine-case-ireland.html They have some great mixed cases but that one was funny I thought Yes, I'm on their mailing list as well. As I might have mentioned already, I did my WSET L3 with Gareth Keogh, one of the two brothers that ...

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My take on six wines from the @lidl_ireland Xmas 2020 collection

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The Frankly Wines & Friends Wine & Music Series #17 – Mitchell Young featuring the Manic Street Preachers' "Motorcycle Emptiness" and Domaine Montirius "Garrigues" Vacqueyras

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I've had rotten luck tracking down some of those wines recently Frankster. Couldn't find the Malbec from your Five Festive Flagons list in (an admittedlly small) Dunnes today. No sign of the Peter Lehman Shiraz in the local Molloys last week either. The staff member said he hadn't seen it in ages. ...

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The Frankly Wines & Friends Wine & Music Series #16 – Brad Horne featuring Champagne Supernova and Petaluma Hanlin Hill Riesling

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Five Festive Flagons including a fabulous Southern Rhône red

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My friend just sent me a photo of a birthday present she got this week. She says that she would never consider drinking it. Because she thinks it's too old. She's not really a wine girl. A terrible, terrible waste.... https://i.postimg.cc/wTfr6GBP/IMG-20201112-WA0000.jpg Offer her £20 for it so she...

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Lidl Ireland launched part 1 of their Christmas Wines Range last Thursday (5th November); currently typing up a few notes and will publish soon.

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Two very different wines from "The Baron of the Barossa": Peter Lehmann Shiraz & Botryitis Semillon

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New post up this morning: Dynamic Douro Duo

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The Frankly Wines & Friends Wine & Music Series #15 – Liam Mycroft featuring Eric Clapton's Bad Love and Bodega Garzón Albariño

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The Frankly Wines & Friends Wine & Music Series #14 – Lee Isaacs including The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter and Domaine Jones Fitou

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The Frankly Wines & Friends Wine & Music Series #13 – Sharon L

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Two more bottles of the Hermitage mentioned above made their way into an order that arrived today. They'll be allowed to settle, but won't last for long. Right, come on then! Just ordered a couple of bottles via a friend who works at TWS (extra 20% discount :thumbup:) How long should I decant it fo...

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Anyone tried Italian Chardonnay?

Dorigo Friuli Colli Orientali Chardonnay 2017

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Quite a few to catch up on:

Love, Love me Dão: 2 fantastic Portuguese blends

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SFBB wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:07 am
frankster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:57 pm The best dry Riesling outside Alsace? Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2011
Meh. Extremely overrated rizza. I much prefer Great Southern WA and some Tassie stuff.

I'm all ears!

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The best dry Riesling outside Alsace? Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2011

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Anything nice this weekend? I will be opening something from 2009 to celebrate my 11th wedding anniversary

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Apologies I forgot to post this previously (you can always subscribe directly to my blog to get a notification each time I post)

More Lidl French Reds

Not on a par with Hermitage, obvs.

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frankster wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:28 pm
Leinsterman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:23 pm Brilliant. I'll be paying a visit
More to come tomorrow and Friday

Now for Part 3: Rounder Whites

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Leinsterman wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:23 pm Brilliant. I'll be paying a visit

More to come tomorrow and Friday

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Lidl Ireland have their French Wine Cellar event starting Thursday 24th September 2020. Here are 4 lighter whites that are worth popping in your trolley Excellent. I guess you'll have one for their reds as well? Here you go 8) Bargains galore from Burgundy, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Brouilly...

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Lidl Ireland have their French Wine Cellar event starting Thursday 24th September 2020.

Here are 4 lighter whites that are worth popping in your trolley

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Dom Pérignon have released the 2010 vintage, one of a few houses to do so. Reviews are very good, and supplies are rather low. Got mine :P Anne Kriebel MW wrote a piece on it The DP 2012 should be the best so far this millennium I'm sure you mean DP 2010 I came across the same article when doing so...

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danthefan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 3:10 pm I really got bored of Ozzie's story tbh.

I found it quite annoying. I reread the 5 Commonwealth Saga books about once a year, but I skip past most of the Ozzie parts, just like the songs in Tolkein

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Anyone for Sancerre? Here are two very different styles Love a drop of Sancerre and particularly the Sancerre rouge, which can stand out as offering good value on a wine list with pricey Burgundy alongside. I've not had many red Sancerres to be honest, though the ones I've tried have been nice - I ...

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How do you like your Chablis: Still or Sparkling(!)?

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Anyone for Sancerre? Here are two very different styles

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Leinsterman wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:19 pm Linky not worky

thanks, have fixed now (I hope!)

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Another fantastic wine from the SuperValu French Wine Sale (I bought 12 for myself): Gustave Lorentz Alsace Pinot Blanc

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I'm a rosé skeptic, but here are two I really like (with apologies to Seal): Kiss From a Rosé

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Are we in the dying throes of barbecue season up here?

SuperValu sent me a couple of French reds to try from their sale which started today; one perfect for BBQs, the other I reckon for cassoulet!

Click here to read

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And now for something completely different: Pignolo, the Lazarus grape

Smelling and tasting this wine was like seeing colour for the first time

It's one of the top five red wines I've ever tasted

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New post on 2 very different Rieslings, from Clare Valley and the Mosel

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