Tag Archives: France

BLARNEY CASTLE, THE FRANCISCAN WELL BREWERY: CORK, IRELAND PART 1: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #37

Posted on August 26, 2013 by waywardwine

Our EU Austerity Drinking Tour leaves the charms and beer of Kilkenny (posted last Monday). We head to Cork on Ireland’s south coast: our last stop in Ireland before diving headfirst into the wine-filled bosom of France. While munching on … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, Uncategorized, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Beer, Blarney Blonde, Blarney Castle, cork, France, Franciscan Well, Franciscan Well Brewery, Hard Cider, Ireland, Kerrygold, Kerrygold butter, Kilkenny, Lager, SHANDON, Shandon Cider, Victorian market | 9 Comments

VERTICAL(ISH) TASTING: Veuve Clicquot 1953 Vintage; 2008, 2007, 2004, 2001, 1990 Yellow Label

Posted on August 9, 2013 by waywardwine

Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label represents one of the most recognizable Champagnes in the world: not exactly a Wayward Wine. Polo-watching yuppies love it. It is part and parcel of the fashion-opoly: Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (a third of which Diageo … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Sparkling | Tagged Barbe Nicole Ponsardin, bottle, Champagne, desi arnaz, Diageo, Eisenhower, Fashion, France, Germany, hugh hefner, I like Ike, I love lucy, lucille ball, Luois Vuitton, LVMH, marilyn monroe, Moet Hennesy, Pierre Casenave, Playboy, Playboy bunny, Russia, Stalin, Veuve, Veuve Clicquot, Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, Yellow Lable | 2 Comments

Negrette, Peyres de Loubert, Fronton, France 2009: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #27

Posted on June 30, 2013 by waywardwine

I stare hard at the grocery wine aisle in Dublin’s Marks & Spencer. What looks weird, new, cheap but decent? I spot a French bottle. Good. Peyres de Loubert makes it. Good. The funny guy hefting a barrel on the … Continue reading →

Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Négrette, Red | Tagged bacon, Blackrock, brett, California, Cyprus, Dublin, France, Fronton, Grey rot, Loire Valley, Madame Piaf, Marks & Spencer, Marks and Spencer, Mavro, Négrette, oidium, Peyres de Loubert, South West France, wine | 2 Comments

WSET Advancing

Posted on June 7, 2012 by waywardwine

It is nice to see you all again (all 13 of you). Since January 30th, my life and this wine journal have been frozen. Imagine Han Solo in carbonite for four months. But instead of pining away for Leia, he … Continue reading →

Posted in TOOLS TOYS & TIPS | Tagged Advanced Certificate, aide memoire, Aroma of wine, Carbonite, Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, France, Han Solo, Intermediate Certificate, New Zealand, Oracle at Delphi, Princess Jellyfish, prometheus, suffering, Tokaji, wine, Wine & Spirit Education Trust, Wine tasting descriptors, WSET | 4 Comments

Syrah “Cuvée”, Edward Sellers, Paso Robles, CA USA 2005

Posted on February 6, 2012 by waywardwine

Edward Sellers. Oh, I get it. Sellers. Cellars. Har, har. What clever consultant group cooked that up? Probably the same who thought: well, people like cake and bread. Let’s call it Cakebread Cellars. Brilliant! Wait. What? They’re both real winemakers? … Continue reading →