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new date for twebt 5

Friday, June 25th, 2010

Hi all,

with twitter being swamped and running into technical difficulties due to the World Cup we’ve decided to move #twebt 5 back a week, to Sunday the 4th of July. There’s no soccer that day so hopefully Twitter will be working properly. I hope this won’t inconvenience anyone!
Gary from Red Nose Wine, our supplier will extend his offer for a half case including the mystery wine and the mystery bottle too.
The half case including mystery bottle will set you back a mere €80 and the bottle on its own is €14. Shipping is a fiver in both cases.
Use the coupon ‘Twebt’ at checkout to get the delivery back to €5.

My original post is here and Gary’s post is here

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it’s nearly last call for twebt 5

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Tomorrow evening (Wednesday 23rd) is the last day to order your mystery bottle for twebt5.

You might get away with an order early Thursday morning but I wouldn’t risk it.

Do join in!

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twebt 5 with red nose wine

Monday, June 14th, 2010

twebt is back! and this is the most mysterious mystery bottle to date!
We don’t even know if it’s red or white this time.

twebt 5 will take place at 21:00 on Sunday the 27th June.

Gary over at Red Nose Wine has chosen the mystery bottle for us this time. You can order it here or you can try our a new feature for twebt.
Gary has a special offer on his website, just for twebt people.
You get a case of 6 bottles, one of which is the mystery bottle plus a special selection of 5 of Red Nose’s finest for €80 plus a fiver shipping.

If you chose to order the mystery bottle all by its lonesome, it’ll run you €14 plus a fiver to ship.

Use the coupon ‘Twebt’ at checkout to get the delivery back to €5

What’s twebt?
It’s a blind tasting that we do on twitter. All welcome, all you need is a free twitter account and the mystery bottle. I’ve lots more information here. I hope you can join us!

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cadburys chocolate emporium on patrick street in cork

Friday, April 30th, 2010

A chocolate emporium no less! I choose to believe there are oompa loompas in the stockroom, even if I can’t see them.

Chocolate Emporium on Patrick Street

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blackrock castle wine club tastes malbec in april

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The theme of the wine club this month was Malbec. We tasted 8 malbec wines and one mystery wine.
This time around we were in the restaurant section, which worked much better. We had a bunch of small tables instead of 3 very long ones, so the chat was better. The staff were great again, with more water and nibbles and so on in plentifull supply. I think the crowd really loved it, there was much more chat and discussion than usual. Hopefully we’ll be in there in future.

We started with 3 Argentinian Malbecs, and then had 5 from France.
I asked around at our table, and 6 of the 8 of us preferred the French ones. I preferred the Argentinian :)

My pick of the night was the Alessandro Speri Prodigio Malbec 2005.. It’s a lovely smooth wine with great balance.

As always I’ve scanned my notes from the evening, good luck with reading them :)

Blackrock Castle Wine Club Tasting note 1 of 2

Blackrock Castle Wine Club Tasting note 1 of 2


Blackrock Castle Wine Club Tasting note 1 of 2

Blackrock Castle Wine Club Tasting note 1 of 2

Next month is Italian wines! Do come along.

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twebt 4 a great success

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Our fourth twebt, a blind wine tasting on twitter went very well.
We had about 11 people at our twebtup in the Sextant bar in Cork, and about another 20 people took part across Ireland.
Thanks to everyone that took part, thanks very much to O’Briens who did a great job on choosing the wine and joining in on the night, and massive thanks to the Sextant bar for hosting us.
They did a great job – gave us a lovely area to work in and were brilliant hosts. I can’t recommend the pub enough. And they do pig-on-a-spit!

I’ll have details of twebt 5 soon!

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spice mart – a new halal food store on drawbridge street in cork city

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

I just noticed Spice Mart open on Drawbridge Street in Cork City.
I’m looking forward to heading in to see what’s on offer.

Spice Mart

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twebt 4 live in the Sextant

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

We have something special planned for this twebt – we’re going to have a live twebt meetup in the Sextant on Albert Quay in Cork!

I’ll bring a projector to show the twebt stream live, and we should have some live videos and chat too. It’s open to everyone, come along to the Sextant bar, Sunday 25th from 8:00 pm for a 21:00 start.
Bring your mystery bottle, there’s a small corkage charge of €5 and don’t worry, I’ll bring a bottle opener :)

If you’ve not already bought your bottle – head along to O’Briens and buy it there. You can also buy it in any of their shops right up to the weekend.
If you’re ordering online today would be best, but you’ll probably get away with it if you order early tomorrow.

We hope to see you online or in the Sextant!

What’s twebt? It’s a blind wine tasting on twitter. Read all about it here.

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twebt 4 with O’Briens wine

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

I’m delighted to announce that O’Briens will be the suppliers for twebt 4.
Please follow them on twitter.

twebt 4 will take place at 21:00, Sunday April 25th.

You can buy the bottle from their website or in their shops in Beacon South Quarter, Donnybrook, Limerick and Galway or you can even contact them and buy it in one of their other shops!

We’ve been listening to your feedback, so this time it’ll be a white wine.

If you’re not familiar with twebt, our twitter blind wine tasting, you can read lots more about it on my blog.

I hope you can join us!

p.s. we’re planning something special for this twebt, but it’s still a secret. watch this space :)

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free twitter prosecco in fenns quay

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Fenn’s Quay restaurant in Cork ran a special offer on Twitter this week, where you’d get a free glass of Prosecco or Beer with your meal if you made a reservation by DM (a twitter private message).
As I was heading to Blackrock Castle Wine Club thursday I decided to eat in Fenn’s quay beforehand. I duly made a reservation and lo and behold:

Prosecco?

Prosecco in Fenn's Quay

some very tasty Prosecco. Thanks all at Fenn’s Quay.
Incidentally I had the Beef Osso Bucco, which was really tasty.

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