Just a few days left before Christmas and if you are stuck for present ideas don’t forget that a decent bottle of wine or gin is always a welcome gift.

Musgrave is ‘open’ to increasing the number of Donnybrook Fair stores but has stopped short of saying whether it wants to expand its newest subsidiary brand outside the greater Dublin area.

A profile of a great wine house this week. FE Trimbach in Alsace dates from 1626 and has passed fairly seamlessly through the generations, despite that region’s tumultuous history ping-ponging between France and Germany. Jean Trimbach from the 13th generation visited recently — the 14th generation is already in the business and the 15th is on the way.

A first this week as I believe this is debut appearance of wines from the Azores on this page.

A tale of two contrasting regions this week — Burgundy and Murcia in Eastern Spain.

There is a tendency among wine enthusiasts to constantly refer to the beauty of vineyards and wine regions, but some of this I think comes from the fact that we feel so at home in these magical places that produce our favourite sustenance.

Welcome to 2017, the Trump Presidency is only weeks away and we still don’t know what is happening with Brexit but at least we have wine to get us through, writes Leslie Williams.

The autumn is wine fair season in Irish supermarkets. Aldi was first out of the blocks last Sunday with an intriguing selection of wines from around the world at their usual low prices. 

Ireland is a small country that drinks a relatively modest amount of wine per head of population — around 17 litres per year compared with 24 litres in the UK and 53 litres per head in France.

Now that we are properly into 2016, I have had some further thoughts on wine experiences I enjoyed last year.

The wine industry in Ireland used to be a bit of a boys’ club but times have changed.

Taking a creative approach to an age-old dish, Dublin company Nobó has invented a new ice-cream that doesn’t have dairy or additives but which does have good export potential, writes Trish Dromey.

Planning approval has been granted for an extension to data-storage multinational EMC’s major plant in Ovens, Co Cork.

Two convictions and 25 enforcement orders have been secured against a range of businesses for misleading and overcharging consumers in the last six months.

The Menu is very honoured to be joining the renowned food writer Lilly Higgins, Bakestone chef/proprietor Ali Honour and Iyer’s Café chef/proprietor, Gautham Iyer, to deliver an exclusive multi-course cooking demo, one course apiece (June 27), in the Brennan’s Cookery School, in Cork, with a healthy sample of each dish for all in the audience.

Twenty jobs are being created in Dublin with the opening of a new retail store.

IN the final run-in to Christmas, business is booming at the Blue Haven Food Company as last-minute orders are readied for supermarket shelves around the country.

IT’S that time of year again and, along with other non-perishables, good drink can make a great celebratory Christmas gift — from a simple single bottle costing a tenner or €20, through to a delivery of a case of luxury wines.

Ninety new jobs are on the way to Dublin and Galway.

Forty new jobs are being created in Dublin, it was announced today.

SOUTH Dublin supermarket and restaurant chain Donnybrook Fair saw profits increase last year, with growth expected this year.

An award-winning Irish chocolate making firm that supplied top stores in both Ireland and the UK is to be wound up due to the failure to secure additional investment, the High Court heard yesterday.

THE latest accounts from Donnybrook Fair – the south Dublin supermarket and restaurant chain – have shown that the business had a 50% fall in pre-tax profits for its most recent financial year.

DONNYBROOK FAIR has announced the appointment of Stephen Carr as general manager.

Dublin gourmet food store Donnybrook Fair has official opened after its expansion.