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Michelin Chef Meets Master of Wine at this Unmissable California Wine Dinner Coming Soon

This Tuesday 6th of March, wine lovers are in for an absolute treat as the team at O’Briens Wine has joined efforts with Michelin Star L’Ecrivain to come up with a California wine dinner to be remembered. The event follows on the success of last year’s and will see O’Briens Wine’s Wine Director Lynne Coyle …

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Sales of California Wines Keep Breaking Records and Hitting the Premium Market

In 2016 Californian wine sales hit a new record with an estimated retail value of $34.1 billion. The state shipped an all-time high of 238 million cases to the U.S, up 2% from the previous year. Including shipments to the U.S. California wine sales to all markets, including shipments to the U.S. and exports, got …

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California Wine: Drink Outside the Box | California Wines in Ireland

California Wines: Regions to Drink Outside the Napa Valley Box

“It wasn’t always like this. Before Paris, people didn’t drink our wine. I mean, my friends did. But you could hardly consider their palates discerning…” Chris Pine’s character Bo Barret says this in wine-inspired film Bottle Shock (2008) referring to the Judgement of Paris, the 1976 competition that meant a before and after in the history of Californian …

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Win a Premium Selection of Californian Wines – Closed

Californians are serious about their wines and relaxed about everything else, how can they not be with such a wonderful environment, weather and vibrant lifestyle. Their rich soil and abundance of sunshine are only 2 factors that make Californian wine exceptional. Wines from the Golden State are known for the high quality and regarded as …

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Three Californian Wines Inspired by La La Land to Make you Sing and Dance

Musical comedy-drama La La Land has won the hearts of movie goers and specialized media (it even earned 14 Oscar nominations including Best Picture). Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling tap dance, jazz and sing their way through a colourful, charmingly nostalgic and moving love story with plenty of nods to Hollywood’s classic musicals from decades past. …

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California Drinking: Soak up these Sun-Kissed Wines

California Drinking: Surfin’ the Wine Waves of the Golden State

Close your eyes and imagine yourself on a fast convertible road-tripping over the Pacific Coast Highway while the sun tans your face and the wind brushes your hair. As you pass charming sea villages and camping-perfect forests, you arrive to a stunning colonial style mansion where superb wines await you. Now open your eyes. We know it’s tempting to …

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