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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

food

The Wine List: Will 2019 see the rise of rosé in Ireland?

Will 2019 be the year Ireland’s wine drinkers finally start to catch up with our rosé-loving UK and EU counterparts? Largely thanks to the warm summer of 2018 sales of rosé last year showed a significant increase according to retailers I’ve spoken with and most are optimistic for 2019.

food

Winelist: Warmer days give rise to cooler wines

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Theses wines are not cheap but they represent good value

food

Wine: Small passionate firms like Wine Mason go for elegance over blockbuster

general

Wine: Tasting your way through old cellars

sport

Holm coach says Holly would be comfortable in a rematch with Rousey

Suggestions this week are from O’Briens wines nationwide

I want to begin this week by offering my congratulations to Lynne Coyle MW, wine buyer at O’Briens wines.

Sat, 26 Sep, 2015

Matua’s Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir

THIS column has neglected New Zealand a little in recent months and given how much we love their wines in Ireland it is time to make amends.

Sun, 20 Oct, 2013

‘The Tipperary win took a huge amount out of them’

Less than a week after Kilkenny’s shock July exit from the All-Ireland hurling championship Diarmuid O’Flynn travelled to the Marble City to gauge the reaction and mood in the county. In that famed hurling talk shop of Langton’s, former stars Noel Skehan, Michael Walsh and writer Enda McEvoy were in no mood to write obituaries about Brian Cody’s men.

Sat, 03 Aug, 2013

Old friends are best...

DIARMUID O’FLYNN (DO’F): “Francis, you actually recorded a series of firsts in your career?”

Sat, 14 Aug, 2010

‘Cork may need a Hail Mary day’

DIARMUID O’FLYNN (DO’F): Michael, why is that so many former players stay involved in Kilkenny?

Sat, 07 Aug, 2010