• Harriet Tindal MW – At last!

    I’ve always been open about my ambitions to become a Master of Wine (MW). Five years ago these were rubbished over the chink of glasses and gentle banter swooshing round a crowded tasting room of MWs and students. “Three children….Ha, ha, ha, ha,”. The laughter clearly defining the disbelief of my fellow delegate at the IMW symposium in Florence. This person dismissed success on my mission like one would turn away a corked wine. Perhaps it was my dogged determination not to let family and friends down after such a long slog. Whatever it was, Friday 22nd February 2019 is

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  • “Not guilty”, the plea of SO2

    Ever felt like the world is against you, no one is on your side, you’re even doubting yourself? Try being the gaseous chemical compound Sulphur Dioxide. A useful if not vital part of wine preservation, centuries old and now outlawed by a younger wave of purists chasing the ‘vanilla’ wine… untouched, untreated and as a result, sometimes…. undrinkable. Contrary to popular belief, there is no wine in the world without a trace of Sulphur. Volatile sulphur compounds (Hydrogen sulphide and mercaptans) are naturally produced through the activities of yeast during fermentation. The effects of yeasts on a wine are endless,

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  • What’s in a title? Mother, wine merchant, educator?

    In hopeful anticipation of two of the most important initials in wine…

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  • Blue Stone Vineyard, Wicklow? Soils and wine.

    It is impossible to establish any correlation between quality of wine and the soil content of any nutritive element… if there were such a correlation it would be easy, with the appropriate chemical additives, to produce great wine anywhere.” Dr Gerard Seguin.

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  • Ode to the latest Tindal… just in time for Christmas!

    A new Tindal is born…

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  • WSET has another record year for candidate increases

    Record number of candidates complete WSET qualifications for the 13th year running and they received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Click here to read the press release – wset_report_record_number_of_candidates__press_release Details of our up and coming courses can be found here.      

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  • Ramon Bilbao win Best Spanish Wine Producer at IWSC awards

    Congratulations to all at Ramon Bilbao for their recent success winning the IWSC title of Best Spanish Wine Producer! Click here for more details 0814RBTrophy_eng To view the wines on our website – click the photo.      

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  • Wine education with the WSET. Your questions answered.

    Ever wondered what the WSET is all about?

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  • Why is wine always the ‘fall-guy’?

    We love food, we love wine, as a country we pride ourselves in relishing home grown produce, artisan products and high quality food. Why then, do we have such poor examples of wine at the lower end of most restaurant lists? The prices of wines globally remains relatively static, it’s external factors such as increasing duty rates, rents and to some extent reliance on a history of fat margins and high prices which give the consumer such a poor deal when they unwittingly order a glass of house wine. What do you expect to pay for your wine when dining

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  • McHenry Hohnen in Margaret River… Memories from our travels!

    In Keeping with this theme here’s a short piece on Harriet and Anthony’s trip to Margaret River last March, the wines they tried and the craic they had. Anthony does a World Trip annually taking in Chile, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. I (Harriet) was lucky enough to join him for the NZ/OZ leg of the trip. As with all  these trips you need some down time… we took a 2 day break from the wine-tasting marathon and swam with sharks (well I paddled!) in the surf spots (see above) around the points of Margaret River. With me

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  • Christmas Gift Card Twitter Competition

    Win a €75 Tindal Wine Gift Card!   To be in with a chance to win a €75 Tindal Wine Gift Card simply tweet the following on Twitter: Need a last minute Christmas gift idea? Just RT and follow @TindalWines to #WIN a €75 Gift Card! http://bit.ly/1c9xEM2 Good luck. Please take a moment to read the terms and conditions before tweeting! T&C We’ll pick one winner at random on Tuesday 24th December 2013 at noon (GMT). The winner will receive one Tindal Wine Gift Card to the value of €75.00 to which can be redeemed online at www.tindalwine.com. Obviously you also need to be of

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  • Our Muscadet comes out on top.

     

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