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Thursday June 27th. 7.30 pm. Wine Dinner. Cost: €50
Venue : Chapelsteps Restaurant, Bandon
Barry O’Farrell of the Bandon Wine Club joins forces with Anthony Tindal of Tindal Wines to give a brief history of the Irish connection with Bordeaux and a tasting of some well-known Wine Geese Wines, (including Ch Talbot, Ch Lynch-Moussas, Ch Phelan Segur, Ch Leoville- Barton), as part of a 5-course tasting menu presented by chef Kevin O’Regan.
Booking is essential. To book, please contact Chapelsteps Restaurant on +353 23 8852581
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July 11th 6pm. Cost: €12
Venue : Crawford Art Gallery
“A Bordeaux Evening in Cork” with Pierre Lawton, Bordeaux and Ted Murphy, author of “A Kingdom of Wine – a Celebration of Ireland’s WineGeese”
Booking is strongly advised. To book, please contact Colm McCan on 021 4652 531 or by email on colm@ballymaloe.ie
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Thursday September 5th
Venue : TBC
Presentation & Tasting with winemaker Pat Neville of Domaine Aonghusa, Corbieres, Languedoc, France in association with Karwig Wines.
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Wednesday 18th September
Venue : Hayfield Manor
“It’s a long way from Clare to here” – wines of the Clare Valley, with John McDonnell, Wine Australia at Hayfield Manor Hotel
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Thursday October 10th
Venue : The Grainstore, Ballymaloe
Hennessy Cognac, with Hennessy Ambassadeur de la Maison, Marc Boissonnet. Presentation & Tasting in association with Edward Dillon & Co
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Thursday 14th November
Venue : Latitude 51, Cork
Chateau Bellevue La Foret, Fronton, with Philip Grant. Presentation & Tasting in association with Mackenway Distributors Ltd.
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Other Exciting Events In the Pipeline
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“Wine Geese – The New Generation”, with John Wilson, Wine Writer, The Irish Times, at the Crawford Gallery Café
Date TBC
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“The Wine Geese Panel“ chaired by Leslie Williams, Wine Writer, The Irish Examiner – Leslie will chair a panel of Winemakers / Wine Importers as part of a presentation & tasting of a selection of different Wine Geese wines
Date TBC
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Tasting & Presentation with Gay McGuinness of “Domaine Des Anges” in association with Red Nose Wine and Curious Wines
Date & Venue to be announced shortly
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An event is being planned in association with Mackenway’s
Date & Venue to be announced shortly
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Other Venues that will Host Wine Geese Events
Longueville House, Mallow
The Triskel Arts Centre, Cork City
Isaacs Restaurant , Cork City
A number of other winemakers and venues are in the planning stages we hope to announce them shortly
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Contact Details :
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Beverley Mathews
Latitude 51
Phone : 021 2390219
Email : info@latitude51.ie
Twitter : @Latitude_51
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Colm McCan
Ballymaloe House
Phone : 021 4652531
Email : colmmccan@gmail.com
Twitter : @colmmccan
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Maurice O Mahony
Wine Alliance Ltd
Phone : 086 7759713
Email : maurice@winealliance.ie
Twitter : @winealliancemoz
National Wine Geese Events
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The Dublin Bay Wine Experience, Venue: Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Saturday 18th May Trade: 11.00 – 13:00 Consumer 15:00 – 21:00
Sunday 19th May Consumer 13:00 -18:00
The Dublin Bay Wine Experience is a new and innovative event. A wine themed show offering interactive wine related events. It will support local business by offering importers, retailers and restaurants the opportunity to sample their portfolio of wines. There will be a strong focus on global links between Ireland and the world of wine, as well as an opportunity to highlight wine brands, wine regions and wine personalities with the consumer through an interactive focus that will encourage greater knowledge of wine
Website :
http://www.dublinbaywineexperience.ie
Tickets on sale price €15.00 or €25 for 2
Press Release : DBWE-Press-Release-08042013 Postcard_RZ Final
For additional information contact:
Jean Smullen | jean@dublinbaywineexperience.ie | http://www.dublinbaywineexperience.ie
Twitter: @DublinBayWine #dbwe
Facebook: dublinbaywineexperience
[...] ‘WE’RE BRINGING THE WINE GEESE HOME’ (regional event) [...]
[...] The full list (so far) of planned tastings are available here [...]
[...] Also of great Wine Geese interest, is The International Wine Museum, in Desmond Castle, Kinsale dedicated to the Irish people the world over, both long ago, and current generations, involved in winemaking around the word, is well worth a visit, and of course Ted Murphy’s book, A Kingdom of Wine, The Story of Ireland’s Wine Geese, is brilliant, and this years series of wine geese events that I am involved along with, along with Beverley Mathews, of L’Attitude51, Wine Cafe, Cork and Maurice O’Mahony, of Wine Alliance, and the broader vibrant wine commuity of Cork city and county, is very much inspired by Ted’s lifetime of work with all things Wine Geese in Ireland and around the world. For the line-up of planned events, and may more in the pipeline, please see the website http://www.bringingthewinegeesehome.com [...]