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Leslie Williams: Delicious wines made by women
Leslie Williams: Delicious wines made by women

Leslie Williams looks at some tops wines made by women.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020

Focusing on fizz - Champagne this New Year's
Focusing on fizz - Champagne this New Year's
New Year is just a day away so this week we are talking fizz with a focus on Champagne. Making Champagne or fine sparkling wine is not cheap given the complexity of the production process. Certainly a few euro is added for prestige purposes but this also happens with the best Californian fizz and with Cava, writes Leslie Williams.

Sat, 30 Dec, 2017

Wine by Leslie Williams
Wine by Leslie Williams

Champagne doesn’t have a season — I’m fairly sure most of us would drink it every day if we were let, writes Leslie Williams.

Sat, 05 Aug, 2017

Wine: Looking into Ireland's spirit industry
Wine: Looking into Ireland's spirit industry

In my last column of 2015 I was going to go focus on the wine highlights of the year but in fact there have been far more landmarks in the spirit world here in Ireland.

Sat, 26 Dec, 2015

Screw top vs cork champagne debate set to be re-ignited

THE screw top versus cork debate was set to be re-ignited as it emerged yesterday that a new metallic cap has been developed for champagne.

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