Stockists: Bradleys, No. 21 Group, Stacks, Ardkeen, World Wide Wines, Mchughs, Drink Store

Any epicurean entrepreneurs on the verge of bringing another fine product to the Irish food marketplace would do well to trot along to a very promising Outstanding By Design seminar (May 10), at Highbank Organic Orchard Farm, Cuffesgrange, Kilkenny.

THERE are few wines more iconic than New Zealand’s Cloudy Bay which was founded in 1985 and whose intense pungent Sauvignon Blanc became a benchmark for the varietal in that country.

THERE was good news for the Government this month as it seems their take on wine duty was significantly up over Christmas, despite the criminal increases introduced in November’s budget.

IN CASE you missed it Wednesday, Apr 17, was World Malbec Day, a chance for Argentina to promote their wines and the grape variety that they now claim as their own.

IRELAND has become a nation of wine drinkers in a very short time but the wines we drink now are quite different to those sampled in the mid-2000s.