Institute of Master of Wine tasting of Chianti and IGT wines from 2001.
Posted on February 22nd, 2011 1 Comment
There’s what looks like a brilliant tasting coming up on April 4th, Dermot Nolan Wine Services is pleased to announce that, in conjunction with the Institute of Masters of Wine, a tasting of wines from Chianti and “Super Tuscan” IGTs from the 2001 vintage will be held in the Stillorgan Park Hotel on Monday 4th [...]
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Three of the best wines from Pieve di Pitti, Tuscany
Posted on April 20th, 2010 2 Comments
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With the sunshine finally coming out, my thoughts are of Tuscany. With one foot in Spring and one in Summer, I’ve gone for one red and two whites from gentleman and winemaker Sergio Gargari and his western Tuscan estate of Pieve di Pitti.
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Three wines for Easter
Posted on March 26th, 2010 No Comments yet
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Wine of the Week: Super Tuscan, I Sodi di San Niccolo’ 2003
Posted on March 24th, 2010 3 Comments
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Supertuscan made with native Tuscan grapes from Castellare. Truly super.
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Liberty Wines portfolio tasting, Dublin
Posted on February 24th, 2010 8 Comments
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The Liberty Wines portfolio tasting took place today at Fallon & Byrne. While the Italians were on song, there were quite a few others worth a mention.
Cerretello Chianti Superiore 2006: Video tasting
Posted on August 10th, 2009 3 Comments
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Delicious introduction to a gorgeous Chianti now available in Ireland.
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Gagliole Colli della Toscana Centrale 2006: a Super Tuscan from the heart of Chianti
Posted on December 28th, 2008 No Comments yet
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Unsigned rockstars: the wines of Pieve de’ Pitti
Posted on October 24th, 2008 4 Comments
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An unsigned rockstar in the form of the wines from Pieve de’ Pitti and a brand new blog on the block, whose simple mission is to find an Irish importer for it.
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Thinking of Tuscany: Castellare Chianti Classico 2005
Posted on July 24th, 2008 2 Comments
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I spent a couple of weeks in Chianti last year, having booked through to-tuscany.com. Their latest newsletter caught my eye as I was drinking a Castellare from Castellina in Chianti at the time – it almost brought me back for a moment.
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