Organisation: Karwigs Carrigaline

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

food

Wine with Leslie Williams: A focus on the Mosel

A focus on the Mosel and its tributaries this week as I have found myself drinking it in a couple of restaurants recently.

food

Wine with Leslie Williams: Cork-based importer Karwigs wind down after 40 years

food

Leslie Williams: Why Northern Italy is king for wine lovers

food

Wines of the week with Leslie Williams

food

Wine suggestions this week are all white and all smell wonderfully

general

Acquiring a love of Sherry will change your life, you have to give it a go

All of this week’s wines will benefit from some short- to medium-term ageing

This week I want to return to the idea of ageing wines at home and suggest some wine styles you might not think of as age-worthy.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2016

Italian wines from less well known regions and a mix of old favourites and new finds

Italian wine is a reflection of the country’s politics, equally fascinating and frustrating.

Sat, 30 Jul, 2016

My contribution to the Litfest Local Hero theme is the monastrell grape

Just a few weeks to go to the Kerrygold Ballymaloe Litfest of Food and Wine (to give it the full title) on May 20–22.

Sat, 07 May, 2016

Austrian wines you've been missing out on

Austrian wine has come a long way in the last 30 years and if you haven’t been exploring their wines you are missing out.

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

Wine: Legendary importer Joe Karwig was much loved

Sad news to report as in case you didn’t hear the legendary Cork-based wine importer Joe Karwig died suddenly on October 26.

Sat, 14 Nov, 2015

All wine selections this week are Spanish

Only a couple of weeks to Budget 2015 and still time to contact Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, to encourage him to give small wine importers and wine shops a break by reducing our criminally high wine taxes.

Sat, 03 Oct, 2015

The best of unusual wines this week

The grapevine species vitis vinifera (of which all wine grapes of quality are a member), can in theory be grown anywhere on earth between 30 degrees and 50 degrees Latitude.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2015

Wine suggestions this week include some lovely blends

I have bad news.

Sat, 30 May, 2015

Wine suggestions this week include good red Burgundies

What is the world’s greatest wine region? A common question and an unfortunate answer — Burgundy.

Sat, 16 May, 2015

New legislation will be good for wine enthusiasts

I am often asked where I like to buy my wine and the honest answer is (and should be), everywhere. However I must confess a bit of a bias towards the independent sector.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2015

Recommended bargain wines for cash-strapped January

Lebanon has rarely been out of the news since the 1970s but through all the years of political turmoil and refugee crises, there has always been one annual event to celebrate: the arrival of the new vintage of Chateau Musar.

Sat, 17 Jan, 2015

Wine: Some light wines for post-Christmas period

I am in denial. January can be such a depressing month that I find the best way to get through it is to pretend it isn’t happening and drink light crisp wines like it was summertime.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2015

Pierre Ponnelle Chablis

THE summer’s wine highlight has come and gone.

Sun, 10 Aug, 2014

Pardal Tempranillo Bodegas Gllegas, Galicia, Spain — €10.80

AH SPAIN. Is there any wonder so many of us go there on holidays every year.

Sun, 06 Apr, 2014

Wine: Point West Touriga Nacional 2009, Portugal — €9.99 (was €12.99)

This is award season in the wine trade as much as in the movie business.

Sun, 23 Feb, 2014

Wine: Treasure your wine merchant

THESE are not good days to be a wine lover, but spare a thought for anyone foolish enough to turn their love of wine into a career.

Sun, 27 Oct, 2013