Wilson on Wines

The Wine on Wednesday

  • Kurtatsch Schiava Sonntaler DOC, 2022, Alto-Adige – 12.5% €25 from Whelehan’s, Loughlinstown, whelehanswines.ie Delightful light lively refreshing summer fruits; strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants, with barely perceptibly fine tannins on the finish. Smooth and elegant, this is a perfect summer red, possibly served cool. Schiava is the grape variety, or more accurately group of grape varieties; known as Trollinger in Germany, it is […]
  • Vinifinesse Tasting – Today a look at some great wines from Central Europe I came across at a recent Vinifinesse portfolio tasting. It was a fantastic tasting with no real duds and lots a very high quality, interesting wines. Almost all were made exclusively from indigenous varieties, and provided proof that grapes such as Furmint and Kékfrankos / […]
  • 10 Great Wines from Wines on The Green. – Celtic Whiskey is best known as one of the leading sprits specialists in the country. Led by Scotsman Ally Alpine they have been to the fore of the Irish whiskey revolution. Celtic also import a very good range of wines, including what is probably the best selection of fortified wines in the country. The entire […]

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  • NUGAN ESTATE TASTING – N Matthew Nugan, owner and CEO of Australian producer Nugan Estate was in town today with European sales manager Gary Janes and winemaker Glen Snaideri to host a tasting of their wines. Matthew’s Spanish grandparents fled the Spanish fled the civil war in 1938 and began a fruit packaging business in Griffith, New South Wales. […]