We opened this as a a birthday on a week night treat. We wanted bubbles, but also liked the idea of lower alcohol, and it hit the spot very nicely! Antech, Doux Blanquette Méthode Ancestrale NV (£8.95 form the Wine Society, UK) This wine is a bit of a throw back and is made in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wine of the Week’
Jono & Jules’ Wine of the Week: an interesting bubbly
Posted in France, Sparkling, Wine, Wine of the Week, tagged Antech, Blanquette, Low Alcohol, review, Sparkling, Wine, Wine of the Week on 22 February 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jono & Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in Hungary, Wine, Wine of the Week, tagged 5 Puttonyos, Chateau Dereszla, Snipe, Sweet Wine, Tokaji, Wine of the Week on 7 February 2011 | 1 Comment »
The wine of the week is a little gem: the Chateau Dereszla, Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos 2000 – in a snipe (187ml) and sells for €13.95 from Mitchells in Dublin. You may be saying to yourself, how can they be seriously reviewing a snipe as the wine of the week? Quite simply, this is no [...]
Jono & Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in France, Rhône, Wine, Wine of the Week, tagged Cotes du Rhone Villages, Harvey Nichols Wine Shop, Plan de Dieu, red, review, Wine of the Week on 23 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Harvey Nichols, Plan de Dieu, Cotes du Rhone Villages, 2008 €14.95 We had actually tried another Cotes du Rhone Villages from a different wine shop (which will remain nameless as we’re in the business of recommending not slating wines) and it wasn’t good enough to have as our wine of week. To be fair though [...]
Jono and Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in Italy, Wine, Wine of the Week, tagged Chianti Rufina, Colognole, Fallon & Byrne, Wine of the Week on 16 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Oops, we’ve broken our price point slightly on this one – the rule for wine of the week is to stay under €15.00, but this was the cheapest Italian red in Fallon & Byrne on Exchequer Street, Dublin and came in at €15.99. As we had a hankering for an Italian at the time to [...]
Jono and Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in Chardonnay, France, Wine, tagged Burgundy, Chardonnay, white wine, Wine of the Week on 9 January 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From The Corkscrew on Chatham Street (off Grafton St in Dublin): three guys who are passionate about their wines! This is one they import themselves and I can see why: it has a fullness and roundness to the body and fruit while balancing a real easiness of drinking. The flavours and aromas of grapefruit and [...]
Jono and Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in Australia, Chardonnay, Wine, tagged Adelaide Hills, Chardonnay, Wine of the Week, Wolf Blass on 12 December 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week a wine found in Tesco – normally €23.49 but on offer for €15 (and so it qualifies for our wine of the week slot!) We had some trepidation over this wine as we are a little biassed against big brands of which Wolf Blass is one – the cheaper level wines tend to [...]
Jono & Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in Australia, Nebbiolo, Rosé, Wine, Wine of the Week, tagged Adelaide Hills, Australia, Boat Shed, Longview, Nebbiolo, Rosé, Wine of the Week on 1 December 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Boat Shed Nebbiolo Rosé, Adelaide Hills 2010 As recommended by Tony, we tried this Aussie Rosé and thoroughly enjoyed it! Made from nebbiolo, which is more famous in Barolo from Italy and very rare anywhere else. There is, however, an outpost in the Adelaide Hills in Australia with a handful of producers really working hard to [...]
Jono & Jules’ Wine of the Week
Posted in Gascogny, Wine, Wine of the Week, tagged Decanter Magazine, house wine, Mitchell & Son, party wine, Pellehaut, Stephen Spurrier, Wine of the Week on 25 November 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is our new “Wine of the Week” feature where we recommend a good value (under €15) wine we’ve liked. It’s always good to have your drinking choices confirmed by a respected member of the wine trade; and it has happened with our house white wine this year! We’ve been drinking the Domaine de Pellehaut, [...]
