This evening I attended a wine tasting presented by Bubble Brothers in the Aga Shop in Cork.
Julian from Bubble Brothers presented 8 wines, all from the Langeudoc region in France. This is a region I’ve visited a couple of times and found it to be lovely, so I had high hopes for the wines.
It may be the scientist in me, but I’ll have to explain the procedures for this tasting. Julian would pour us all a glass, and then tell us a little about the producer of the wine. We’d then taste it and at my table at least, would all have a different opinion and argue about it. Noone at our table was spitting, but we used the supplied bucket to (regretfully) dispose of the remaining wine after we’d tasted a sufficient quantity. Some of the drivers and local critics were spitting with impressively tidy technique. Not something I’m interesting in learning though, I’ll keep on drinking. Anyway, there was plenty of time to ask questions and look for further information. I was delighted that one of the wines on the list was on my list of wines to try. It’s now on my list to buy.
At my table I had 3 members of my clan, my father, my uncle and my sister Emma, newly returned as a Dr. from Edinburgh. I don’t think that we had more than 2 people with the same opinion at any one time. I suppose that’s family for you.
The venue was lovely, the company was jovial, the wines were nice and the experience was a delightful counterpoint to the doom and gloom omnipresent in todays media.
If you’re looking for some wine related fun, or you just want an evening out with a difference try a wine tasting.
For anyone interested, the wine list and my scrawled notes. Up top are random thoughts that struck me, in double quotes are things said either by Julian (our host) or someone in the room, single quotes came from people at my table.
Tags: bubble brothers, cork, wine tasting
[...] There was healthy and vigorous discussion on Brian Clayton’s table that spilled out into the night and probably succeeding days, too. His encouraging post is here. [...]
I like your quoting system, Brian. I may steal it for myself – hope okay!
Thank you and your family very much for your support on Thursday.
I really appreciate the trouble you’ve taken to publish your notes from the night – the more review information we have, the better we can do our job. And it’s really instructive to find out what people think at the point of tasting rather than three weeks later &c. The memory plays tricks!
[...] There was healthy and vigorous discussion on Brian Clayton’s table that spilled out into the night and probably succeeding days, too. His encouraging post is here. [...]
Paul you’re welcome to use it!
Julian, I’m delighted to help. We consider 2 family members agreeing out of 4 to be a very good result and a good number of the wines exceeded that marker. I’m looking forward to the next one.