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A Chilean Visión
I’m often asked, with a head raised in wry interrogation, what my favourite wine is. This often comes right after my revealing that I’m in the wine trade and is often less for the want of some insight...
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Wine Wisdom: Oz Clarke
It’s been a while since my last ‘Wine Wisdom’, but I came across this tract again recently which I had originally typed out and posted on my Facebook page. In this piece, wine writer Oz Clarke so...
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Ely Elation
An email pinged into my inbox yesterday from Ely announcing another pair of fantastic fine wine offerings at their Ely Place heartland, and again it was so good I had to rush out to take advantage. On...
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The Motley Cru in the RTÉ Guide!
Ashamedly, it’s been over a month since my last posting. Work, weekends away, stags and other commitments have all vacuumed time away from this blog, and the guilt has been building gradually since....
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The Vagaries of Irish Wine Pricing
Apologies to all who have followed this blog since its inception around a half year ago (which is all two dozen of you), but I’ve been very lax with my postings of late. I’m afraid to say that this...
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A Rhône Revelation
As I have shouted about before, I don’t like to be prejudiced when it comes to wine. That said there are some styles, regions and grapes that I either just don’t “get” or that don’t suit my palate, or...
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Meeting Your Heroes: Château Mouton Rothschild 1985
Warning: this blog post comes laden with subjective ramblings on relative value of wine which may upset some of the Old Guard. A few weeks ago I attended a recently-established annual family gathering...
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The Penfolds Ultra-Premium Experience: Part 1 of 3
A couple of months ago I had the privilege of meeting Justin Knock MW, brand ambassador of Penfolds (God, I’ve been meaning to write this for a couple of months – The Motley Cru is getting worse at...
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The Motley Cru Has Moved!
If anyone has been wondering why the Motley Cru has gone quiet, well it’s because I’ve moved. Blog.com has proven to be an unreliable and unstable hosting service unfortunately, and my original...
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Hi, If you’re receiving this then you may still be subscribed to the old Blog.com home of The Motley Cru. As of August 2013 we’ve moved to a shiny new URL: www.themotleycru.com, hosted by WordPress....
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