Bubbles season is starting
As the seasonal rush kicks in, Sparkling wine comes into its own. Here are some of our top recommendations from our Portfolio.
As the seasonal rush kicks in, Sparkling wine comes into its own. Here are some of our top recommendations from our Portfolio.
Rodriguez Mendez of Forjas del Salnes has been named winemaker of the year in the Tim Atkin Rias Baixas Report of 2025. Rodrigo Mendez is one of Galicia’s cult producers. ‘Forjas del Salnes’ is named after his father’s ironwork forge. The winery has vines dating back to 1912, and local access to a number of … Read More
We enjoyed showing an extended view of the South African wines in our portfolio at SPIT 2025. With a significant number of old vines, moderating climate influences and a variety of soils, there are some remarkable wines with distinctive features coming out each year from South Africa. We have one new winemaker, Angus Paul Wines … Read More
WineMason has been appointed the exclusive Irish agent for Gusbourne Estate. We have followed with great interest the remarkable evolution of English wine over the past two decades. Gusbourne Estate stands among the world’s leading sparkling wine producers, and we are delighted to represent them in Ireland. Considered to be one of the very best … Read More
WineMason is delighted to introduce Vignoble du Château de Bousval, the very first Belgian winery available in Ireland. Belgium is fast emerging as an exciting wine country, with producers like Château de Bousval leading the way in quality and innovation. Their vibrant, terroir-driven wines are earning international acclaim and bringing attention to Belgium as a … Read More
We are very grateful to our producers and customers who made their way to Dublin. We hope you all enjoyed the day and our wines as much as we did.
At a lunch for celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships, arguably the toughest trade competition dedicated to quality sparkling wines, Gramona Imperial 2017 Magnum was awarded, not one but three awards: Best Corpinnat, Best Sparkling Wine from Spain and Best Biodynamic Sparkling Wine in the World. 2017 is the … Read More
Spanish wine specialist, ex-sommelier at El Bulli and international wine judge, Ferran Centelles recently wrote an article on Salnés producers and their wines on jancisrobinson.com. He says he “had a chance to visit with Rodrigo Méndez of Forjas del Salnés. Méndez, working with Raúl Pérez, was instrumental in protecting the DO’s red wines, releasing the … Read More
“I tasted the wines of Herbert Zillinger three times over the last year or so. On each occasion I have been blown away by them”, writes John Wilson. He also describes the wines as being “anything but everyday.” We have stocks of: Neuland Grüner Veltliner 2021 which John describes as having “layers of textured ripe … Read More
June 2023 saw a successful visit from Michael Moosbrugger of Schloss Gobelsburg to Dublin which included a masterclass, a day in the trade and an Austrian dinner in Greenman Wines. It was clear that there is an insatiable thirst for Austrian wine, in both on and off trade. So we made the, not so difficult, … Read More
Aoife Carrigy featured Gramona III Lustros Brut Nature Corpinnat 2013 & Llopart Reserva Brut Corpinnat 2019 as Wine of the week in a feature on “Spain’s bubbly new breed of sparkling wines.” Aoife explains that “Corpinnat producers are commited to historic indigenous grape varities (Macabeo, Parellada, Xarello Rosada, but also Garnacha, Monastrell, Malvasia and Sumoll), … Read More
Leslie Williams featured Domaene Gobelsburg Kamptal Gruner Veltliner 2021, Weingut Prieler Pinot Blanc, Ried Seeberg 2021 & Schloss Gobelsburg Zobing Riesling 2021 in a recent feature on the best Austrian Wine.