Welcome to a World of Wine!
Get Your Cork Out is a collaboration between wine lovers and good friends Dane Brookes and Andy Kelly. We want to share our of love of wine with you in a way that’s accessible to all, no matter where you are on your own wine journey.
This website will not only be a friendly guide to the wines that we’re drinking; we also want it to serve as a resource for all wine lovers so that you are able to taste new wines, embrace new vineyards and maybe even discover a favourite new region or grape variety.
Wine is a passion of ours and we hope this shines through in our content. As well as reviews, we will offer guides to regions & grapes, promote some outstanding smaller vineyards that deserve to be on the map and we’ll even throw a bit of history into the mix too.
So, join us with a glass of your favourite and let’s talk all things wine!
Guides and fact sheets
A couple of years back, during the blissful ignorance of my wine youth, I spotted a very interesting bottle of red on Amazon and I was immediately struck by it. Its label was…different. It was quirky with a comic book style illustration and it screamed “buy me”. It was The Squid’s Fist 2016 by Some Young Punks and for around £18 It wasn’t the usual bottle I’d go for but given I had the money and it was coming up to Christmas I thought I’d give it a go.
Read morePicture the scene. You’ve just turned up to a restaurant you’ve fancied for ages. You’ve had your coat taken, you’ve been seated, and you’ve been presented with the menus. The Sommelier saunters over and presents you with the wine list and you’re thinking “Go on then why not?!” and then you look at the contents…
Read moreFor many, the idea of exploring their taste in wine can be daunting. Anybody who has walked down the wine isle in their local supermarket can attest to being lost in a blur of red and white bottles everywhere.
Read moreFor many, the idea of exploring their taste in wine can be daunting. Anybody who has walked down the wine isle in their local supermarket can attest to being lost in a blur of red and white bottles everywhere.
Read moreSulfites get a bad rap. They’re often blamed for that unexplained, raging hangover after what seemed like a tame night on the wine. But are Sulfites actually that bad and are they to blame for your hangover?
Read moreFor many, the idea of exploring their taste in wine can be daunting. Anybody who has walked down the wine isle in their local supermarket can attest to getting lost in a blur of red, white and sparkling wine bottles.
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Imagine a wine so restorative that it can cure you of many your ailments. Imagine a wine so harmless that you can drink it if you’re pregnant. Imagine a wine so delicate that you can administer it to your children in order to save their life. Imagine a wine so pure that if you drink it when you’re drunk, it will sober you up…
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Looking to take the plunge and study for your WSET 3? Then check out some of the things I learnt during my studies. Who knows, they may just help!
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In the first part of our Wine in Wartime Series, I comb through a single piece of correspondence between Napoleon and his War Administration relating to wine, it's storage and even its mixing.
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My first supermarket wine in a while and a wine that comes highly recommended from our old friend Ned Halley. What could possibly go wrong?
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In a year quite like no other, I look back at some of the highs and lows for Get Your Cork Out and the wine world at large.
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I recently submitted an entry into Jancis Robinson's Summer Writing Competition 2020. The theme was around Sustainability and there was only ever going to be one winery I wanted to showcase...
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I've tried an eclectic mix of wines this year as my palate has evolved to cope with the challenges of the WSET Level 3 but recently I've been craving a familiar tasting profile. A profile that feels like a punch in the mouth...
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Following on from the success of the Dark Red, the Diablo Black is looking to make its name as a single varietal but does it stand up to its sublime cousin?
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We regularly look at wines recommended by Ned Halley in our category "Ned Said", so here's how you can get a copy of his book for 2020.
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