<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727</id><updated>2011-08-10T09:16:31.274+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wine Nation Under A Grape</title><subtitle type='html'>A Cynical Dip in the Wine Barrel from Tomas Clancy.

Tomas is the Wine Correspondent for The Sunday Business Post, Ireland's Leading Financial Newspaper.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-116821690648170750</id><published>2007-01-08T00:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2007-01-08T00:41:46.516Z</updated><title type='text'>tomasclancy - What Irish Dogs In The Street Know</title><summary type='text'>tomasclancy - What Irish Dogs In The Street Know</summary><link rel='related' href='http://tomasclancy.googlepages.com/home' title='tomasclancy - What Irish Dogs In The Street Know'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/116821690648170750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=116821690648170750&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/116821690648170750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/116821690648170750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2007/01/tomasclancy-what-irish-dogs-in-street.html' title='tomasclancy - What Irish Dogs In The Street Know'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-115475272320097113</id><published>2006-08-05T05:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T05:38:45.066+01:00</updated><title type='text'>33 Lebanese Farmworkers and Fruit Pickers Killed in Israeli Air Force attack</title><summary type='text'>This Augurs BadlyNot Just For THe Fighting But In Our Narrow Wine World, For The HarvestReport: IAF raids kill 57 in s. Lebanon | Jerusalem Post</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525806588&amp;pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull' title='33 Lebanese Farmworkers and Fruit Pickers Killed in Israeli Air Force attack'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115475272320097113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=115475272320097113&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115475272320097113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115475272320097113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/08/33-lebanese-farmworkers-and-fruit.html' title='33 Lebanese Farmworkers and Fruit Pickers Killed in Israeli Air Force attack'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-115408206858036110</id><published>2006-07-28T11:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-07-28T11:34:59.216+01:00</updated><title type='text'>EuroNews : Israel pounds Lebanon's Bekaa Valley</title><summary type='text'>The Two Sides Of The Bekaa ValleyMy column on Sunday in the Sunday Business Post will try and see the unasked for violence on both sides of the border by winemakers and vineyard owners who are caught up in the fighting.I had hoped that Bekaa would remain untargeted by alas the Israeli targeting is now striking into the ancient heart of the Lebanese wine business. We are only a few weeks away from</summary><link rel='related' href='http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&amp;article=372188&amp;lng=1' title='EuroNews : Israel pounds Lebanon&apos;s Bekaa Valley'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115408206858036110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=115408206858036110&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115408206858036110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115408206858036110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/07/euronews-israel-pounds-lebanons-bekaa.html' title='EuroNews : Israel pounds Lebanon&apos;s Bekaa Valley'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-115216377109826666</id><published>2006-07-06T06:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-07-16T01:45:05.466+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Peggy Clancy</title><summary type='text'>On Monday the 26th of June 2006, my mother, Peggy Clancy died after the most astoundingly dignified and hard battle with cancer. She was anxious to absorb and comment on everything in the world to her last. I miss her in every way.Peggy Clancy</summary><link rel='related' href='http://peggyclancy.blogspot.com/' title='Peggy Clancy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115216377109826666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=115216377109826666&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115216377109826666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115216377109826666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/07/peggy-clancy.html' title='Peggy Clancy'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-115057817980052421</id><published>2006-06-17T22:02:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-17T22:11:02.933+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Champagne Roederer Cristal Boycott declared over Racist Comments by New Head of Roederer</title><summary type='text'>AllHipHop.com : RumorsAnother spectacular own goal, all he had to say was NOTHING, but of course the truth is that the french wine business is a VERY white business so I think Jay Z is not far off the mark, at all.However watch Roederer try and spin their way out of this...and boy will they be trying.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.allhiphop.com/rumors/?ID=1034' title='Champagne Roederer Cristal Boycott declared over Racist Comments by New Head of Roederer'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115057817980052421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=115057817980052421&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115057817980052421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115057817980052421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/champagne-roederer-cristal-boycott.html' title='Champagne Roederer Cristal Boycott declared over Racist Comments by New Head of Roederer'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-115024089203448881</id><published>2006-06-14T00:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-14T00:21:32.903+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hamas Anti Israeli Wine Action Bears Fruit In Sweden</title><summary type='text'>EJP | News | Israeli wine labelled as coming from 'occupied territory'The Swedish State monopoly placed the phrase occupied territory instead of Golan or Yardan AC status on the label. However it has relented after considerable political pressure.It would certainly open up a lot of possibilities, how about some concerned Western Nations re-label efforts on wine from China or the TRUE French </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/9068' title='Hamas Anti Israeli Wine Action Bears Fruit In Sweden'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115024089203448881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=115024089203448881&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115024089203448881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/115024089203448881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/hamas-anti-israeli-wine-action-bears.html' title='Hamas Anti Israeli Wine Action Bears Fruit In Sweden'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114998084272473800</id><published>2006-06-11T00:07:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-11T00:07:22.726+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Ely Wine Bar Dublin Ireland, restaurant, city centre</title><summary type='text'>Ely Wine Bar Dublin Ireland, restaurant, city centreI think this Dublin institution has become a real star on the irish wine scene as others come and check it out and copy, i mean are influenced by its format...and its recovery from fire damage was amazingly quick HOWEVER, after several recent trips i think the policy of letting the inert gas system go and relying on fridge and vacuvin type </summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.elywinebar.ie/htmlsite/index.asp' title='Ely Wine Bar Dublin Ireland, restaurant, city centre'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114998084272473800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114998084272473800&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114998084272473800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114998084272473800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/ely-wine-bar-dublin-ireland-restaurant.html' title='Ely Wine Bar Dublin Ireland, restaurant, city centre'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114997987944945100</id><published>2006-06-10T23:51:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T23:54:14.450+01:00</updated><title type='text'>the loy</title><summary type='text'>The Loy swings a cultural sword across the faceof a corpulent Irish sceneLuke tells us that a 'Loy' is the weapon that the Playboy Of THe Western World used. There's depth of knowledge for you.</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.theloy.com/' title='the loy'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114997987944945100/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114997987944945100&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114997987944945100'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114997987944945100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/loy.html' title='the loy'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114997387138319441</id><published>2006-06-10T22:03:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T22:11:11.396+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Is Ice Best ?</title><summary type='text'>My son tomas has pointed out that Champagne just seems to be best when it is chilled by old fashioned ice rather than in a fridge. I have been giving this some thought and you know I think there is something in it. I am away to test this out ......now</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114997387138319441/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114997387138319441&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114997387138319441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114997387138319441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/is-ice-best.html' title='Is Ice Best ?'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114994456913030934</id><published>2006-06-10T14:02:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-10T14:02:49.436+01:00</updated><title type='text'>FIFAworldcup.com - The Official Site of FIFA World Cup</title><summary type='text'>FIFAworldcup.com - The Official Site of FIFA World CupSo here we go then !</summary><link rel='related' href='http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/' title='FIFAworldcup.com - The Official Site of FIFA World Cup'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114994456913030934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114994456913030934&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114994456913030934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114994456913030934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/fifaworldcupcom-official-site-of-fifa.html' title='FIFAworldcup.com - The Official Site of FIFA World Cup'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114970194491151976</id><published>2006-06-07T18:38:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T18:39:04.920+01:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114970194491151976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114970194491151976&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114970194491151976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114970194491151976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/blog-post_07.html' title=''/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114969869583246560</id><published>2006-06-07T17:36:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T18:08:25.400+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Uruguay : A Tale of Two Tannats</title><summary type='text'>Last week saw the arrival of a trade mission in its most old fashioned and attractive sense. This occurred when a regiment of Uruguayan wineries turned up in Dublin to look for agents to import their wines into Ireland.Uruguay is an almost forgotten South American state in the European view of the world, which divides South America up into Argentinean beef, Chilean wine, Venezuelan revolutionary </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114969869583246560/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114969869583246560&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114969869583246560'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114969869583246560'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/uruguay-tale-of-two-tannats_07.html' title='Uruguay : A Tale of Two Tannats'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6056727.post-114969112049079878</id><published>2006-06-07T15:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-06-07T15:39:43.473+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Austrian Wine Fair Gets Under Way</title><summary type='text'>Vienna beckons</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/feeds/114969112049079878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6056727&amp;postID=114969112049079878&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114969112049079878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6056727/posts/default/114969112049079878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tomasclancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/austrian-wine-fair-gets-under-way.html' title='Austrian Wine Fair Gets Under Way'/><author><name>green lantern</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11143785612475397578</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
