Bond’s boozy ways may explain shaken martinis

NEW ZEALAND wine producers held their annual wine fair in Dublin earlier this month and it seems Ireland is now their fifth largest export market with sales having increased by around 12% in 2012.

ALONG with spices such as vanilla, coffee is catnip for humans, a sort of mildly psychoactive cup that cheers.

THERE are absolutely cracking wines out there in all sorts of retailers — in the big supermarkets and wine specialists alike.