Chat-en-Oeuf Vin de Pays d’Oc

SO that’s January out of the way for another year.

There are one or two things I will miss. Chief among them will be pot-roasted pheasant with a bottle of red Bordeaux, or perhaps a bottle of one of the more elegant Cabernet Sauvignons from Chile or Australia. Fresh game birds such as pheasant, partridge and wild duck will soon disappear from our shops as the shooting season closed at the end of January.

The English Market in Cork and some of the better butchers around the country should have stocks for another week or two, so I have recommended a couple of suitable wines below, should you wish to have one last winter feast.