Wine: McGuigan Black Label range

VINEYARDS are a bit like New York: once you’ve visited, you can’t wait to get back — and you’re dying for your friends to make that discovery too, if only so you can vicariously relive the pleasure.

Your first sight of land covered in rows of trellised vines, combined with sunshine, plus a glass of the resultant cabernet or chardonnay, adds up to a delightfully leafy, romantic vision.

I can’t whisk you away to visit a vineyard, more’s the pity, but I can point you to the next best thing, McGuigan City Vineyard Dublin 2012.