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I’m all a-Twitter about Australian wine!

August 9, 2010 in Australia, Tasting Wine, Try New Wines, Wine & Tweet, Wine Events by Wine Passionista | 2 comments

Twitter

How many fingers and thumbs does it take to hold and swirl a wine glass while sending a tweet? As I found out recently, it’s a lot harder than it sounds! Many of us in the wine world like to share our wine experiences via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc (as this shameless self-promoting link to my first wine video proves!) and usually we do so surreptitiously while trying not to appear rude. However, the other week I attended a tasting where not only was tweeting not considered rude, it was required!

Wine Communicators of Australia recently hosted a ‘Tweet Up’ Read the rest of this entry »

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Chablis for Classic Chardonnay

July 9, 2010 in Chablis, Chardonnay, France, Tasting Wine, Try New Wines, Wine, learn about wine by Wine Passionista | No comments

ChablisChardonnay – from the opulent wine of Montrachet to the over-oaked monsters that sparked the ABC (Anything But Chardonnay) trend, this grape can do it all. No wonder so many winemakers work with it as it is so versatile and can be manipulated into a huge variety of styles.

However if you’re looking for classic Chardonnay, there is really only one place to go – Burgundy of course! Your first thoughts may be of sublime riches from the Côtes de Beaune or perhaps the poise of Pouilly Fuissé, but for me, Chablis embodies the timeless sophistication of the very best of Chardonnay. Read the rest of this entry »

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Wines of the World Cup – Round 5

June 17, 2010 in Chile, Garnacha, Merlot, Spain, Tasting Wine, Try New Wines, Wines of the World Cup by Wine Passionista | 6 comments

Chile vs Spain: Rosé

Ahhh Summer! It’s a particularly sunny, warm day here in London Town (which alone warrants celebration!) and so is ideal for today’s fifth round of Wines of the World Cup as we have a match-up of Rosé: Chile vs Spain!

Now in that other popular World Cup series (you know, the one in South Africa :-) ) the actual match between Spain and Chile doesn’t take place until June 25, but when it comes to wine, any day will do, and especially one like today as sun and rosé are the perfect team! Read the rest of this entry »

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Lunch with Bonny Doon Winemaker, Randall Grahm

June 14, 2010 in California, Tasting Wine, Try New Wines, Winemaker, biodynamics, learn about wine by Wine Passionista | No comments

I love meeting winemakers.  What passionate people they are!  No matter if they are shy farmers who prefer the company of the vines to people, or gregarious showmen, they know their wines like no-one else and their stories are always fascinating! But Randall Grahm, winemaker of Bonny Doon in California, is unlike any other I’ve met before – the perfect blend of passion, humour, smarts and eccentricity.

Known as the “Rhone Ranger”, Grahm, with his greying, frenzied pony tail, revolutionized California winemaking in the 80s when he planted Read the rest of this entry »

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A Secret Wine Event with Sparkle

May 27, 2010 in Croatia, France, Italy, Mexico, Prosecco, South Africa, Spain, Tasting Wine, Try New Wines, Wine Events, learn about wine by Wine Passionista | 5 comments

The group of ARSEs!

On a recent Sunday in Central London a gathering of an unusual kind took place. Well, the gathering itself wasn’t strange, it was a group of wine bloggers, but the impetus that brought us together was a secret – literally! Andrew Barrow, author of the blog Spittoon, contacted us through Twitter to invite us to ‘Andrew’s Really Secret Event’ for which he used the acronymic and comically jeuvenile hashtag: #ARSE.

Andrew revealed the location of our meeting place, but intriguingly mentioned that we would then be moving on to another even more top secret destination for a tasting (for which we all brought our own secret bottle).  None of us had any idea which other #ARSEs would be joining in, but as we met for a bite to eat and of course, the requisite bottle (or few!) of wine, the secrets began to unravel… Read the rest of this entry »

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