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  • Georgian Wines: To where it all began.

    by Brigid O'Hora
    Georgia, a country so bound and wrought by the Communist giants, has now blossomed into a beacon of inspiration in the wine making world. Their for...
    Posted in ancient history, georgian wine, palate, wine, wine lovers, wine tasting

  • Women in wine

    by Brigid O'Hora
    I attended a lunch on March 8th, International Women’s Day last year. And it truly inspired me to dig deeper and have a little ramble through the h...

  • Irish wines I hear you say......

    by Brigid O'Hora
    Irish wine is probably not in the same realms as an aged Claret, or a biodynamic mushroomy Burgundy 1er Cur, or indeed lying at the bottom of the T...

  • Sugar and spice, and all things nice!

    by Brigid O'Hora
    I recently read an article in a leading wine magazine, that stated factory wines have over 200 additives in the final product. These are the wines ...

  • Sicily, ‘the new Bourgogne’

    by Brigid O'Hora
    Winemaking on this iconic island has been common practise for many a millennium. As far back as the Phoenicians and the Greeks, vine growing, and c...
    Posted in sicily wine, wine, wine lovers, wine tasting, Wine tasting wine

  • Cremant finally goes to the ball..

    by Brigid O'Hora
    It is no huge shock to learn, that the sparkling wine category has exploded in the past ten years globally. Supermarket shelves are now tightly pac...

  • German Riesling, sugar & spice and all things nice?

    by Brigid O'Hora
    I was recently asked to conduct a tasting on a selection of German Rieslings, and for me this was music to my ears. For many however, I fear this w...
    Posted in german wine, wine, wine lovers, wine tasting, Wine tasting wine

  • The art of wine tasting ……

    by Brigid O'Hora
    In our modern society we are surrounded by nouveau millennial ideals of positive affirmations, manifestations, vision boards and mindfulness. And w...
    Posted in palate, wine, wine lovers, wine tasting, Wine tasting wine