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Adelaide Hills puts Australian terroir firmly on the map. I went along to a tutored tasting of some of the region’s wines.

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All the details on “An Evening in the Adelaide Hills”, a wine tasting from this South Australian wine region, taking place on Thursday 3rd September in Dublin.

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There’s a vertical tasting (tasting the same bottle from different years) of Château Cambon La Pelouse in Enowine next Thursday, 9th October at 7pm. I’m heading along

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The third open wine evening took place in Enowine, IFSC. We had a great night trying wines on the enomatic system, listening to a talk on Baron de Ley wines from Rioja and tasting a 25 year old wine from Austria.

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An attractive 25 year old Groovy Austrian.

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This month’s wine tasting evening will take place in Enowine, IFSC this Wednesday, 11th June from 7-9pm.

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The second open wine tasting took place last night (28th May) in Fallon & Byrne. The theme was Riesling, trying 5 different Rieslings.

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Just a quickie and not to distract from next week’s open wine tasting in Fallon & Byrne, but next month’s open wine tasting will take place in Enowine, IFSC, Dublin on Wednesday, 11th June from 7-9pm.

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