Chateau Maris Old School Rouge, Minervois, France — €14.99
There are a number of events and tastings throughout the country with a dozen or so shops involved (e.g. Fallon & Byrne, World Wide Wines, The Corkscrew) and up to 40 participating restaurants, including Ballymaloe, Café Paradiso, Jacques and Chapter One.
Pascal Rossignol of the excellent Le Caveau in Kilkenny is the driving force behind many of the events and you can find out more by logging on to his website at lecaveau.ie/real-wine-month-april-2014/
