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

Today I’m looking at a wine sale in Tesco, but I have to begin with a reminder that can’t be repeated often enough.

ISAAC’S, a two-decade, food-trade veteran — making it almost a doyen among Cork City’s restaurants — stands behind one of the most inviting façades in the south of Ireland.

Wine tastings are always interesting, but the organisers of a one-off event devoted to the riesling grape next month have outdone themselves.

WINE fans may seem to have an odd attitude to sweetness, dismissing some popular wines as being far too sugary, while exulting at many of the far sweeter ‘dessert’ wines.