In the latest of our wine book videos, we look at the very entertaining introduction to wine book “Heard It Through The Grapevine” by Matt Skinner. Best mates with Jamie Olivier, the man from Down Under writes in a very relaxed fashion. For the casual wine reader or anyone just getting into wine, this is a no nonsense enjoyable read that covers a lot of the basics.
In order to be in for the draw for a free copy of this book, just leave a comment below answering the following question . . . .
Whats your favourite shop for wine in Ireland ?
We’ll do the draw in a few days time and send the book by courier to the lucky winner anywhere in the Republic of Ireland.
In episode #6 of WATV we showcased your Italia Montepulciano. Also included in the video is details of our current competition. So here is a quick reminder of what you need to do to win. It couldn’t be simpler – take a picture of your favourite food pairing with one of our wines. So if you like a burger with our Pegoes or a rare fillet steak with our Kangarilla Road Shiraz – Show us ! Post a link to the picture on our facebook site and you could win two bottles from our Wine By Brad Range. One of the Cabernet/Merlot and one of the Semillon/Sauvignon and we will also throw a fancy dan Wine Cooler as well.
In episode 6 of WATV we showcase the one of our wines from Italy, Abruzzo on the South Eastern Coast Line to be exact. Giving some information about where the wine comes from, some tasting notes and what the wine might pair well with. The wine tasted being our Italia Montepulciano 2008
For our competition all we are looking for if you want to enter is a link to a photo of your favourite food pairings with one of our wines. The bottle and the dish need to be in the photo and you can post a link to the photo on our facebook wall. The competition prize as you can see in the video is a very fancy wine chiller and two bottles of Wine By Brad deliciousness. One of the Semillon/Sauvignon and one of the Cabernet/Merlot. This is a lovely prize and will pick a winner in the second week of December. So get snapping !!
Hope you like the video and if there is anything you think we need to change to make the videos better do let us know by leaving a comment below.
There are still a couple of days to enter our facebook competition. We will be drawing the winner on Friday. The prize is a voucher for a Chinese takeaway for 2 to the value of €25 and a free bottle of Stella Blanco.
All you have to do is like our wine alliance page on Facebook. So what is stopping you – fancy dinner and a bottle of wine on us ! Get yourself over to facebook and press that “like” button.
Who said there was no such thing as a free dinner ?
Food and Wine Pairing can be an interesting area that sometimes gets a little overlooked. We can spend so much time either making the perfect dinner that the wine can be thrown in at the last minute or vice versea. However here at Wine Alliance we think that we have hit on a gem of a combo and one that is a little different. Chinese food and our multi award winning Stella Dry Muscat from Portugal.
With its refreshing melon and citrus flavours really helping to cleanse out the palate after some nice firey chilli or a thai red curry – Tidy !
In fact we believe this so much that we are willing to put our money where our mouth is. So like the best things in life – this is super simple. When we get 100 new people to like our face book page and leave a comment, we will do a draw for €25 euro voucher for your local Chinese takeaway [ROI Customers only] and we will throw in a bottle of the Stella Blanco as well. Simples.
So get on over to our facebook page and lets hear from you. Who says there is no such things as a free dinner ? Even if you don’t win this time, at €8.99 [suggested retail] a bottle, get out and try the pairing. You cannot beat that price with a stick !!
We will announce the winner once we have reached the target ! Good luck to all
