March 9, 2008

Dean’s Spanish Weekend Wine

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Hi all and welcome to a new weekend feature entitled “Dean’s Weekend Wine”.

“Wine?” I hear you cry.

Yes, and I will give you three reasons why I hope this becomes a permanent weekend blog feature:

1) Wine is tasty (Especially Spanish wine)

2) Wine is something I would like to learn more about

3) There are a lot of business and marketing lessons that can be learnt from the wine industry

Each weekend I will be tasting a different wine, and I will post my opinions on here. If you are a wine expert, then you can share your knowledge with us, if you are not a wine expert, then this is our chance to learn together.

This evening I will be trying the 2002 “Corte Real” from the Extremadura area of Spain.

corte real

For all of you wine geeks out there, here is some further info:


Wine type: Red wine.
 Grape variety: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Tempranillo.
 Ageing procedure: 24-month rest in American and French and a later rest in bottle.
Alcohol content: Around 12,50ยบ.
 Production area:: Vino de la Tierra de Extremadura.

Soil composition: Moderately clayey.

So how about it? Do you fancy joining in with future episodes of Dean’s Weekend Wine?

  • Would you like to try some Spanish wines?
  • Would you like to learn more about wine in general?
  • Would you like to learn some marketing lessons whilst enjoying a nice glass of wine?

If so, leave a comment or email me.

Dean

PS: this wine was on offer, we paid under 5 euros (Around 3 pounds fifty or under $7)

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  1. Comment from Ben on March 10th, 2008 :

    Oh, go on then, you’ve twisted my arm, I suppose I can just about ring myself to try a bit of wine every now and again ;)

  2. Comment from Dean Hunt on March 10th, 2008 :

    haha, I knew you would come on-board Ben ;-)

    That wine we had on Saturday was really weird actually, almost as weird as the 15 metre deep caves under the bar.

    Weird in a good way though ;-)

    Ben, I sent you an email with more info.

    If anyone else wants to join in the group wine tasting each weekend, let me know.

    Dean

  3. Comment from BenP on March 10th, 2008 :

    Yeah I’m for this, but am I playing catch up already? It’s just that it’s Monday mornin and I have a lot to get through today.

    What’s the first rule of wine club?

  4. Comment from Dean Hunt on March 10th, 2008 :

    I am proposing an idea at the moment, so we haven’t officially gotten started yet.

    As for rules:

    1) All wines must be from Spain
    2) On the first day of each month 4 wines will be chosen (with the help of some wine experts that have emailed me)
    3) If you own a blog then you must post your opinions of the wine at least once per month
    4) Enjoy

  5. Comment from Raimi on March 10th, 2008 :

    hey how about posting a video about you and your wine weekend?

  6. Comment from Dean Hunt on March 10th, 2008 :

    Raimi - I was tempted, but that would destroy the “Who is Dean Hunt” illusion ;-)

    I will consider it in the near future.

    Dean

  7. Comment from dare2baware on March 10th, 2008 :

    About two weeks ago I was away in Europe and I tried a spanish wine called ‘Esmeralda’…wish I could get it over here…

  8. Comment from Ben Knight on March 27th, 2008 :

    The Esmeralda wine is made by Torres, one of the biggest wine producers in Spain. I would be surprised if it was not available in every country in the world.It even makes its way down to Australia. It is made from a base of Moscatel and Gewurztraminer grapes, highly aromatic and refreshing.
    Ask your bottle shope dude, they should be able to get some for you.

    Ben

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