Wine with Leslie: Ireland’s in love with Kiwi wines

Sauvignon Blanc is still by far the best-selling wine from New Zealand making up over 90% of sales in Ireland

Ireland has a strong connection with New Zealand with lots of Irish blood in their population.

Every January the Irish wine world looks to New Zealand, as the first wine tasting of the year is always the New Zealand wine fair.

I’m going to miss this year’s event as I’m off to Venice on a weekend away but if you find yourself near Dublin on January 30 there is a consumer event in the evening, details below. There will be 25 producers to talk to and more than 100 wines to try.