I have banged the drum loudly for Spanish white wines on this page in recent years but I admit I have focused more on the textured fragrant Albariño and Godello wines of Galicia, and rather neglected Spain’s most successful and equally fascinating white grape Verdejo from Rueda.

I’VE nearly tracked down a hen’s dentist by the time I procure a booking for Rachel’s but finally prevail, finding it rammed to the rafters on a Saturday night.

KINSALE on Cork’s south west coast has been a trenchers’ valhalla for so very long that you’d nearly expect to see, if you stuck your head over the wall of one of the local cemeteries, skillets and engraved roasting trays used as tombstones.