Stories from Bubble Brothers
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Bill and Paul's Excellent Beaucastel Adventure.
Bubble Brothers &bull Oct 7, 2011
We'd a fun day out in balmy London earlier this week at the Perrin / Beaucastel 2010 tasting. This wine family is the big gun of the southern Rhone, farming over 300 hectares throughout the region. The Rhone's other large companies - e.g. Jaboulet, Chapoutier - are all based in the north.… Full Story »
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Bubble Brothers + Jazz band at The Idle Hour Cork on Sunday
Bubble Brothers &bull Sep 23, 2011
Just a quick reminder that we'll be at The Idle Hour (Cork) again this Sunday from 6-9pm with jazz band. Just a quick reminder that we'll be pouring some of our wines in The Idle Hour bar again this Sunday… Full Story »
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Happy Grenache Day!
Bubble Brothers &bull Sep 23, 2011
Has it really been a year since 'World Grenache Day 2010? Well, last year's celebration was actually September 24th so technically it hasn't, but still. I don't know when these wine grape 'days' first started but I think they're a… Full Story »
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One-Minute Wine School: #1 Tartrates
Bubble Brothers &bull Sep 18, 2011
No - these harmless crystalline deposits are just naturally occurring potassium acid tartrate. In red wine they are stained by pigments and so are disguised as regular sediment - and no one notices. But in white wine they can look… Full Story »
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'By The Glass' Machine: You've seen it in the shop - now play the online game.
Bubble Brothers &bull Sep 11, 2011
RT @DiplomaIreland: There's been a good response so far to my fundraising but I need MORE LOL! If you can donate 10 that would be great ... Customers who shop at Bubble Brothers' Cork Marina premises will be familiar with… Full Story »
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The other Jesus, upcoming Spanish tastings, and a red from Utiel Requena.
Bubble Brothers &bull Sep 4, 2011
Jesus is coming to Bubble Brothers next month. But not the one that healed lepers, raised Lazarus from the dead, and turned water into wine - Jesus Alvarez Otero, export manager and winemaker with Agro de Bazan in Spain. He'll… Full Story »
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Croatian Wines - Coming Soon?
Bubble Brothers &bull Aug 30, 2011
Visit just now from one of our Rioja producers, who's here on hols. He'd put the average irish person to shame with # of sights he's seen! Tom Cannavan of online magazine Wine-Pages just beat me to a report on Croatian wines but here is mine anyway, a day… Full Story »
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WineUncorked on September 3rd!
Bubble Brothers &bull Aug 24, 2011
Emmanuelle Legrand from WineUncorked will be hosting and tutoring four successive classes, designed to learn about wine in a fun and lively way. These classes will take place in the beautiful Metropole Hotel in Cork city centre on Saturday afternoons… Full Story »
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August 21st: Jazz and Wine Soiree at The Idle Hour!
Bubble Brothers &bull Aug 8, 2011
RT @RickCMJ: Uncorked! RT @grapes_of_sloth: I can't see any automatic RTs here in strange, New Twitter? So sorry for not thanking anyone. Same for @BubbleBroth ... KEEP THE evening of Sunday August 21st free as Bubble Brothers is partnering up… Full Story »
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Wine Profile #1: Mount Langi Ghiran Riesling 2006
Bubble Brothers &bull Aug 7, 2011
In a panel tasting in the current (i.e. September) Decanter, Australian riesling trounces the Kiwi stuff (the panelists reckon Kiwis don't take the grape seriously). Actually, I don't recall one of these tastings before where the judges gushed so uncontrollably… Full Story »
