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Wine System Launched

Coravin, Inc. has announced that its award winning Coravin Wine Access System, a new technology that allows users to pour and enjoy wine from their favourite bottles without pulling the cork, will now be available in Ireland, via distributor Findlater Wine and Spirit Group.

For the first time, wine enthusiasts are able to enjoy wine by the glass without committing to the whole bottle. Coravin’s wine access technology leaves the cork in place, safeguarding the wine from oxidisation and allowing it to age naturally. Wine lovers can enjoy and share the same bottle during multiple occasions, over weeks, months or even longer without any wastage. Coravin also enables wine drinkers to access wine across multiple bottles during a single occasion.

New Face of Australian Chardonnay

‘The popular conception of Australian Chardonnay is that of a thoroughly industrial, acidified, full bodied, vaguely oaky, branded wine sold in high volume at heavy discou

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nts to the undiscerning’

Not my words, but those of wine guru Jancis Robinson, writing in 2008.

There is probably some truth in that damning judgement, but Australian Chardonnay was nevertheless one of the great successes of the wine world in the Nineties and even into this century. Beloved of Bridget Jones and millions of ‘Sex in the City’ fans, it sold by the million cases all over the Western world and introduced a whole generation to Australian wine.

Then, as with all things fashionable, it went out of fashion, with its decline helped along by the ABC (‘Anything But Chardonnay’) movement. It has not gone away of course- large quantities are still produced in South East Australia, but it is getting hard to find these wines at Tesco- not to mention on a wine list.

A new generation of Australian Chardonnay is growing up and some interesting examples were introduced by Brian Walsh, chairman of the Australian Grape and Wine Authority and John McDonnell, Ireland’s own Australian wine guru, at a Masterclass in the Royal Hibernian Academy, venue for this year’s Australian Wine Fair.

Sauvignon Blanc Fest for NZ

Sauvignon Blanc to be the star of international wine conference in 2016

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The inaugural International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration (ISBC) will be held in Marlborough, New Zealand, in February 2016 to shine the spotlight on this diverse, expressive and sought-after variety.

“Sauvignon Blanc is a pure expression of terroir, and New Zealand has set the international benchmark for the wine style” said Philip Gregan, CEO of New Zealand Winegrowers. “The International Sauvignon Blanc Celebration is an opportunity for the world of wine to come together in New Zealand - to learn about, discuss and taste some of the world’s leading examples”.

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