by gloria | Jan 24, 2024 | Restaurants in Dublin
Delahunt restaurant (39 Camden Street, Low, Dublin 2) has a fabulous looking venue with private tables, elegant and with super friendly and helpful staff. The offer a menu with snacks, fish, meat, cheese, and dessert (€80). They don’t currently offer wine pairing...
by gloria | Feb 25, 2023 | Restaurants in Dublin
One of my favourite hobbies it is to go out for dinner. Last week-end we ended going to an Asian restaurant called Indo Chine in Dublin. It is definitely my favourite restaurant at the moment, incredible food, full of flavour dishes, lovely staff and cool...
by gloria | Nov 14, 2020 | Wine
Rioja red wines are made with Tempranillo grape (around 80%) and blended with Garnacha Garnacha is a red grape variety originally from Spain, known as Grenache in France. Garnacha is blended with Tempranillo to provide the Tempranillo wines with more alcohol, spicy...
by gloria | Oct 29, 2020 | Wine
There are four different styles of Tempranillo wines depending on their ageing process. The styles, starting with the youngest to the oldest are : Joven Crianza Reserva Gran Reserva Depending on the region, you can also find different types of Tempranillo. Some...
by gloria | Sep 23, 2020 | Wine
Rioja is actually a wine region from the north of Spain. The capital city of la Rioja region is Logroño, a fabulous place to visit if you like quality tapas and wine. If you are ever in Logroño you must visit La Calle Laurel. Rioja produces both red and white wine,...
by gloria | Sep 4, 2020 | Wine
Wine colour can be generalised as red, rose or white. The way in which the wine is made, the type of grape used, the climate in the regions where the grapes were produced, , the techniques used in making the wine, as well as the age of the wine all influence the...
by gloria | Aug 22, 2020 | Wine
Wine tasting is the perfect way to learn about different wines and to learn what you like and why. The first step, looking at the wine, is the easiest. It’s quite interesting how much information you can get from a wine just by looking at it. Let’s use white...
by gloria | Aug 7, 2020 | Wine
When it comes to drinking wine there are three ways you can drink wine: Fast: Drink in the way you drink a glass of water when you are very thirsty: i.e. big sips and minimal attention to the wine. Chill out: Just relax with a glass of wine without thinking too much...
by gloria | Jul 22, 2020 | Wine
Sometimes wine can smell quite strange, like wet stones, petrol or even a pair of smelly socks. Wine aromas and flavours are subjective and they depend on our sensory memory. The fact that we can smell citrus in a wine doesn’t mean there were lemons around when the...
