Domenico De Bertiol Prosecco Pale lemon coloured wine, with solid initial aromas. Touches of peach, some zesty citrus just nice clean flavours. This wine is classed a frizzante as opposed to an out and out sparkler which is a really good tip if you are looking for some value in the sparkling ...

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For those of you who missed it check out the fantastic article by Tomas Clancy on Wine online in Ireland and the boys from Curiouswines. With a nice mention for @karwigwines, @bubblebrothers, @smallsip [sourgrapes], myself and a few others. Great to see a writer of Tomas calliber giving coverage to this ...

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Click here to view the embedded video. In the second of my wine series with Karwig Wines I taste the Carl Ehrhard Riesling Spatlese Trocken 2008. This wine retails for €18-€19 approx. Please check instore for discounts. Lets see how it gets on. Also check out the revently revamed karwig wines website ...

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Click here to view the embedded video. Hurrah – I made it to 50 ! In the first of my wine series with Karwig Wines I tasted a Prosecco from Lamarca. Let see how it gets on and see you next time on robertfranciswine.ie ...

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Negatives: Bathroom was outdated. Showerhead was leaking. Sink drain was blocked. Fire alarm went off 5 times between 12.30am - 2.30am. Positives: Bed was comfortable. Room was spacious. Breakfast (restaurant) was of a very good standard. ...

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The Lizard Merlot VDP 20007 Critter wines have been around for a number of years now – this is where the vineyards put a cute animal on the bottle to help you remember it the next time. Yellow tail, Mad Fish and pretty much another animal have in some way been ...

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Click here to view the embedded video. In the final part of my Wine series with O’Briens Wines I taste the GSM from Torbreck. This wine retails for €19.99 – Hailing from a hugely successful vineyard in the Barossa Valley I was really interested to taste this wine. Lets see how this wine ...

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In the final part of my Wine series with O’Briens Wines I taste the GSM from Torbreck. This wine retails for €19.99 – Hailing from a hugely successful vineyard in the Barossa Valley I was really interested to taste this wine. Lets see how this wine gets on ! Check it out and ...

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Chateau Bauduc Clos des Quinze 2004 Hardcore fans of robertfranciswine.ie will recognised Chateau Bauduc from a posting that I did on their white earlier this year. I absolutely loved the wine, giving is a very respectable 91 points. I even went as far to cover the wine in the weekly wine column ...

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Click here to view the embedded video. In the third of my wine series with O’Briens I tasted a Cote Du Rhone that retails for €9.99. Being from the excellent 2007 vintage I was very interested to taste this wine. Lets see how it gets on – see you next time on robertfranciswine.ie ...

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