Cork
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The Well Review: a new poetry magazine
…we were very happy indeed to be asked to supply wines for today's launch of The Well Review, a new journal named after the Sunday's Well area of Cork city. Poets and wine, I hear you cry—what a novel association!
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Italian wine tasting at Salt: the line-up
Time flies when you're having fun, and although there doesn't seem such a lot of point in announcing the line-up at our Italian wine tasting in Salt after the fact, you never know when it might come in handy for someone. No harm in marking such a pleasant occasion, in...
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Quinta de Gomariz Vinho Verde comes to Ireland
…some characters are more essential to the plot than others, and though we leave the hurling of rotten tomatoes to the greengrocers—in fact, we don't even boo or hiss much—we have our favourites like anyone else.
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The wines of acústic celler: Montsant and Priorat tasting
Even after days of tasting and talking and accompanying leathering of the palate, there was no mistaking the good fortune of this chance meeting. His wines just sang out. We couldn't resist. -
Tastings at SALT café wine bar prove a success
How could we resist getting to know the kind of neighbours who drop in a goody bag of baked delights as a calling card? -
Beaujolais tasting with Liam Campbell at L’ATITUDE51
Ga-may the force be with you There are ten Beaujolais villages or crus entitled to use their name on the bottle of the attractive, light and fruity red wines of the region. All are made from the Gamay grape, but it's rare to see more than one or two crus... -
Like Magazine food special
Hey wow, I did an 'enviable transition'. It has to be said that the world of wine isn't all bad. But that's by the by. Click the image to have a look at the rest of Like Magazine's very impressive food special. If you're quick, you may even snap up... -
Tom Doorley reviews Cork's tasty new spot Zamora
Tom Doorley reviews Cork's tasty new spot Zamora in the Irish Daily Mail and heralds the arrival of a star in the city. -
Like Magazine April 2015 – a selection of wines for Spring
The lovely people at Cork's Like Magazine asked me to suggest some wines for spring, and here's the article published as a result. These are choices that ought to have a bit of spring about them, a bit of bounce, and you can of course buy them here: Barbera d'Asti... -
The press gang get our wine tasting on board
We'd hate to think of anyone missing our food and wine tasting in Zamora because they just didn't know the event was taking place, so it's a big help to get a mention in the Irish Examiner's hallowed weekend food pages. If you're a fan of really good, silky Pinot...
