Wine with Leslie: Online wine works out fine

— and a €9 one with a racy aromatic intensity from stores nationwide

The online wine shopping phenomenon will continue in the post-Covid world

It is too early to know what the disruption of the last couple of years will mean for the wine world but I’m certain that online wine shopping will continue. We have all gotten so used to ordering from the Internet, and with Amazon due to open an Irish warehouse I don’t see the move to online slowing down — especially for more left-of-centre wines.

Boujee Booze (boujee-booze.com) is the newest entrant — created during lockdown by friends Michael O’Donoghue and Simon O’Connor their site offers a subscription service and a bit more than just wine with recipes, pairing suggestions, hampers and more on the way, including beer. Wines are sourced from smaller family-owned vineyards and there is a noticeable emphasis on natural and organic wines but with many classic regions also covered — mainly France and Italy.