Posts Tagged ‘wine’

twebt 5 tonight

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

Hi,

I hope you’re ready for tonight’s twitter blind wine tasting.

To get ready for the tasting – there’s no need to chill the bottle. Just open it about an hour before we start, so at about 8pm tonight. Don’t look at the cork when you take it out of the bottle or you’ll give the game away.

make sure you’re following me, @kevatfennsquay and rednosewine.Kevin and I will be loosely mc’ing the show and Gary (rednosewine) will be giving us the answers when prompted.

We’ll follow the usual sequence,
* old/new – is the wine from the old world or the new world?
* the year – what year was the wine made?
* percentage of alcohol
* country of origin – what country does the wine come from?
* the grape – what grape or grapes is the wine made from?
* region – what region does the wine come from?

We’ll start around 9 and the whole thing should take about 90 minutes. See you later!

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

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!

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!

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!

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.

twebt 3 is on!

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Welcome to #twebt 3!

and a not so serious one of me training for #twebt3

ready for twebt 3?

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Are you ready for #twebt 3?

The line up is looking great.

Taking part we have at least:

@karwigwines will be giving us the answers on the night.

you might like to follow all the lovely people mentioned above.

remember to stand the bottle upright an hour or two before the tasting. you might want to open it then too – don’t look at the cork!.
Around nine or so fire up twitter and search for the #twebt hashtag and we’ll all have some fun!

I’m looking forward to it and thanks to you all for joining in !

if I missed you drop me a tweet or an email to brian AT brianclayton.ie and I’ll add you in.

mystery wine from karwig wines for twebt, our twitter blind tasting

mystery wine from karwig wines for twebt, our twitter blind tasting

tasting in kitzbuhel

Friday, February 26th, 2010

I’m on holiday in Kitzbuhel, Austria currently.
I made a quick video of some of the local delicacies.

more when I get back.

and remember, wine is serious business!

twebt 3

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Our third twitter blind wine tasting event (twebt will take place on Sunday March 7th @21:00.
This time the good folks over at Karwig Wines will supply the mystery bottle. You can read all the details on cost and shipping over on their blog. Again, you can either pick up the bottle in the shop, or have it delivered to your door for a very reasonable price.

you can read more about what twebt is here on my own blog.

I hope you can join us for another great twebt evening!
If you’ve any questions you can email me, or contact myself @brianclayton, Kevin Crowley – @kevatfennsquay or Maurice from Karwig Wines – @karwigwines on twitter.