Firstly, this week I want to thank those readers who came to our Californian Wine Evening in Meades 126 Wine Bar on Cork’s Oliver Plunkett Street last month. 

HAVE you ever wondered what it is actually like to own your own vineyard in France?

THERE’S a big surprise in store for Irish wine drinkers today. A quick look at the latest National Off-Licence Association (NOffLA) Gold Star Awards raises just one question — where have the French gone?