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Terrific Twebt Returns

After the fun and success of the first Twitter Event Blind Tasting (twebt), Brian and Kevin with the able assistance of local Curious Wines have organised the second twebt for next Sunday, 31st of January at 8pm. Anyone can join in and all are welcome. This is definitely just for fun and it really doesn’t [...]

Eat, drink and be merry

Hurrah, some good news for the usually miserably rainy month of November. The Good Wine Show is coming to the Clarion hotel in Cork. My top 3 independent wine sellers (no favouritism here, I’ll tell ya) in Cork have united to bring us, what looks to be,  a fabulous couple of days. Over 100 different [...]

Spit or Swallow?

Curious Wines New Zealand Wine tasting Last night we headed along to the Curious Wines New Zealand Wine Tasting night which was held in the Ambassador Hotel in Cork. I didn’t really know what to expect, but lets face it  an evening of wine and good company, how tough was that going to be to [...]

Curiouser and Curiouser

Long Neck Sauvignon Blanc 2008 Curious Wines launched recently in Bandon with the opening of their wine warehouse and online store. Hurrah and congrats to all involved. We were pleasantly surprised when we recieved some of their wines to sample and review. The first one that caught my eye was this Long Neck Sauvignon Blanc. [...]