Nectar Wines

Small shop but they have good bottle of wines

My husband has just come back with the best Chardonnay i have tasted in a long time, john was most helpful, it is Antares Chardonnay from Chile.

I stumbled across Nectar wines in Sandyford village about two years ago, in search for a Sancerre rouge. And to my delight I had a choice of three varieties and have settled for ‘Roger & Didier’ Raimbault.
A few months later I notice the owner started up a wine club and has several wine tasting events where you can sample the various wines on offer. I look forward to the weekly emails of the special offers and the review of the wines for that week.
With four Bridgestones Awards in the bag John McGrath the owner of Nectar Wines, knows his wines extremely well and will recommend a wine that will suit your mood on weather that be for cooking, dinning or relaxing with and has a friendly and cheerful manner to boot for all of his customers.
With exception he has some jems that do come in and I have to admit I now have some favorites that I must have in my own wine rack, a Georgian wine ‘Mukuzani’ and Chilean ‘Reserva Casas Patronales’.
Since I wrote this Review, Nectar Wines has moved Premises, but have not moved far only two doors down from where they where based.

I was going to start this review by stating that I spend quite a lot of time in wine shops and therefore I can spot a good one but of course that probably suggests that I drink a lot of wine which of course is totally untrue… erm… well, when I say totally untrue that’s probably overstating it a bit… look, I’m writing myself into a corner here, let’s just say I am partial to a glass now and again.
On then to Nectar, a new wine shop… well, I thought it was and then realised I hadn’t been in Sandyford Village for quite some time… Nectar has been here for all of 4 years now.
The shop boasts an impressive array of wines, not really concentrating on any particular country or region but has a healthy new world selection and while rooting through the shelves found something I deem to be quite exciting — a fortified Australian shiraz (Kalleske), effectively an Australian Port. At 25Euro a bit pricey for an impulse buy but I will certainly be back before Christmas go grab one or two!
John Behind the counter is great, he knows his stuff and willing to entertain any silly question put forth by short, fat balding blokes.