Attention Irish wine lovers

MattKane

A little bit of research needed guys and girls. This will be fun - just 5 short questions.

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

3/ Favourite wine making country?

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?

Thank you in advance. I'll report back when you all get bored and sum up the Irish palate if that's possible

muckety

Question 1 - No preference, like all types indiscriminately!
Question 2 - Old world
Question 3 - France
Question 4 - (this varies with the weather!) - right now Riesling
Question 5 - None (I like variety) though I have several 'old reliables' such as Domaine de Piquemal (wines direct) and Sauvignon Blanc Gold Label (M&S) that I would buy regularly.

chahop

Red mostly
Old world
Spain, Italy then France
Syrah, Tempranillo, Grenache
Pretty open to new wines, some of my faves, Les terrases, Marco real, Marques de murritea,

Beruthiel

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

Red.

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

Old World.

3/ Favourite wine making country?

Spain/Italy for the weekly intake.
France for the expensive, lets treat myself to a good bottle cos I deserve it times.

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)

Tempranillo

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?

Wines from Rioja, especially Marques de Riscal.
Have been buying a lot of Chianti Classico from M&S recently though....

When I win the lotto that will change though and I'll be drinking myself to death on Château Margaux.
In fact, I may buy my villa nearby and cosey up to the owners.

giddybootz

MattKane wrote: »

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

3/ Favourite wine making country?

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?

1/ White (the odd bit of pink)
2/ Old World but not that fussy!
3/ France (maybe coz i was in the South of France for a while and loved the wine there)
4/ Pinot Grigio or Chablis......are they grapes
5/ dunno... i like Torres and my OH is mad bout 'Round the Bend' (Bend in the River)

shanel23

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

Red

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

Spain Portugal

3/ Favourite wine making country?

Spain

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)

Tempranillo

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?

Rioja

BeerNut

1/ Red

2/ 50-50 (sorry!)

3/ Spain

4/ Shiraz

5/ Faustino I; Hardy's Crest Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz

rockbeer

1. Red
2. Old world
3. France
4. Malbec
5. Not really. I love good Cahors wines, and have various other regional favourites, but I'm not really a branded wine drinker.

hth

Mr Magnolia

1/ Red I suppose, I really enjoy white & sparkling also.

2/ Old world

3/ France

4/ Don't really know

5/ Don't return to the same wine reguarly, too many out there I still haven't tried.

shrapnel222

1 red but love champagne too

2 old world

3 france

4 cabernet sauvignon and pinot noir

5 all really but always looking out for a nice gevrey chambertin or st estephe

rediguana

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

I go through phases, but white these days, followed by sparkling.

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

Old World.

3/ Favourite wine making country?

Either of France / Italy.

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)

Muscat, Riesling, Tempranillo.

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?

Not into brands too much, but I think supermarket brands like Montana, oyster Bay are solid.

Hammiepeters

1. Red 2.New world.3.Australia 4.Pinot Noir 5. Scotchmans Hill Victoria or Shea Vineyard Oregon, Also Felton Rd. otago NZ

Honey-ec

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling? White

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...? New World

3/ Favourite wine making country? South Africa

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz) Pinot Bianco

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to? Lindeman's, Bushland or anything from the Stellenbosch region

jrar

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling? Red, red, and then more red !

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...? Lot of new world (Oz, SA, Chile) but I'm a sucker for a good French win also

3/ Favourite wine making country? France - just for sheer variety !

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz) Yep, Shiraz....the bigger, the better !

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to? Like a lot of other respondents, I'm too busy trying new wines all the time. However, I do find myself drinking an everyday Peter Lehmann shiraz on a relatively regular basis (my wife also loves it and keeps the wine rack stocked up ! )

figs86

MattKane wrote: »

A little bit of research needed guys and girls. This will be fun - just 5 short questions.

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

3/ Favourite wine making country?

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?

Thank you in advance. I'll report back when you all get bored and sum up the Irish palate if that's possible

1) Red
2) New World
3) Australia
4) Shiraz/Grenache
5) Peter Lehmann/Faustino

The Sweeper

1/ What is your favourite type. Red, white, dessert or sparkling?

Red

2/ New World (Australia, New Zealand, USA etc.) or Old World (France, Spain, Italy etc.)...?

Obviously drinking a lot of Australian at the moment, but seeing as they adore their full bodied 14% wines, that can lead to some headaches.

3/ Favourite wine making country?

By current default, Australia, though it always used to be Chile.

4/ Favourite grape? (eg. Shiraz)


Merlot was a first love, these days it's cabernet sauvignon or shiraz in the Aussie wines.

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to?


There isn't a specific brand I'll return to down here, but I do lean towards shiraz from the Barossa Valley.

grenache

1/ What is your favourite type? RED

2/ New World or Old World? New World

3/ Favourite wine making country? Australia

4/ Favourite grape? Shiraz

5/ Favourite brand or a specific wine you always go back to? Yalumba

Talliesin

1. Red
2. Old World
3. France
4. GS & GSM. Tempranillo-based sometimes too.
5. Not so much about the brand, more about the appellation. I like quite a few of the Rhône wines, like Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas. Rioja (note mention of tempranillo above) is also dependable.

tenandtracer

1 50% White 35% Red 10% Sparkling 5% Dessert
2 Impossible
3 Italy/USA (Californian) and more recently Portugal
4 On the one hand Zinfandel on the other Reisling
5 Villa Matilde/Seghesio

MattKane

Thanks to all for their contribution. As I suspected, there is an almost exact split between New World and Old World, red and white. But it's fantastic to see Irish wine lovers making a real effort to try new wines. If find I constantly go through phases. At the start it was New Zealand Sauvignon and Pinot Noir, now its Barossan reds and Spanish whites. Tomorrow it'll probably be Italian Sangiovese and Alsace Rieslings.

Keeping tasting and keep experimenting. Thanks again Irish winos!

thepotrovk

1. Red
2. bit of both
3. Spain and Chile
4. Tempranillo, cabernet souvignon
5. Marques de Riscal, both white and red, great price for quality