The Wine Station Blog

From the archives: want to learn more about Priorat and it's unique licorella soil? Making hugely concentrated wines from Garnacha & Carinena, the story of the region and it's protagonists such as Alvaro Palacios is fascinating. Read about the stairway to heaven and how the region went from a deserted husk to full DOC.Readable and printer friendly PDF click HERE

From the archives: Amelie Berthaut's fantastic Burgundies don't come into Ireland......why am I typing that rather than actioning it?Readable and printer friendly PDF click HERE

From the archives: friend of Wine Station and Irish wine rock star Mick O'Connell (Master of Wine, wine writer for Business Post and contributor to Nwstalk Movies and Booze) for a time was making his own wine in Sardinia - and it was great. Sadly the project is no more.Readable and printer friendly PDF click HERE

From the archives: whats the deal with Greek Wine? More than meets the eye we can tell you! The names may be hard to pronounce, but the wines and the stories behind them are delicious.Readable and printer friendly PDF click HERE

From the archives: the Rioja n Roll collective was the first group of wine makers to start looking beyond the restrictive wine making stipulations that La Rioja imposed on its growers. They took a more hands off approach. It is less revolutionary now and becoming par for the course as Rioja producers try to capture more purity.Readable and printer friendly PDF click HERE