Very enjoyable session at the Good Wine Show in the Clarion yesterday.
First up were the Curious Wines (Bandon) section where we got off to a lively start with a mouthful or two of Aureus Cremant de Loire. They had a terrific selection and definitely the best leaflet on display.
Then called to the Carrigaline based Karwig Wine stand where again we availed of excellent information delivered in a friendly manner. While they have wines from all over, their strongpoint is the quality and quantity of their German and Austrian wines and we particularly enjoyed our sample of the Wohlmuth Riesling.
Then it was on to Bubble Brothers, the city based merchant. Again, the staff were informative and friendly and we got a big welcome from the rep of the Australian Xanadu estate on the Margaret River, four hours out of Perth.
This estate was once owned by an Irish family (Lagan) but recently taken over by the Rathbones who have just relaunched the wines. And they are good and it was here, after talking a “consultation” break at the food tables (Irish and French cheeses from On the Pig’s Back, bread from Arbutus and smoked duck from Ummera), that we decided on their 2007 Next of Kin Cabernet as our Best in Show! The 2009 Next of Kin Sauvignon Blanc Semillon is not bad either!
Then, the day still young, we headed down to Kudos Restaurant with a 20% discount voucher from the show (which is on again this Saturday from 11.00 to 16.00).
2 comments:
Great to meet you, Billy - although briefly - and of course I'm pleased you picked out the Next of Kin Cabernet from all the very delicious wines on show. Our Australian range changed a few people's minds about what to expect from Down Under.
Thanks for the review, too, on behalf of all three companies. We're delighted the first Good Wine Show went so well!
Thanks for your kind comments Billy, and generous review.
The event seems to have been very well received by all attending so a massive validation on the efforts of the three merchants involved.
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