Ireland is a small country that drinks a relatively modest amount of wine per head of population — around 17 litres per year compared with 24 litres in the UK and 53 litres per head in France.

Father’s Day is tomorrow so this week I want to focus on wines your dad will probably like. 

FROM the 1970s until recently, if someone mentioned Spanish wines your first (and only) thought was Rioja.

Late last year multinational drinks giant Diageo sold Gilbey’s, its Irish wine distribution division, to Tipperary-based drinks distributor, Gleeson.