Now in truth the grape never went away, it was really the fat oaky styles that we abandoned, says Leslie Williams.

Readers of this column may be getting tired of my raising the issue of excise duty on wine but bear with me for just a few sentences. 

Currently basking in the glory of the recently-awarded accolade, ‘No 1 Food Town in Ireland’, this year’s incarnation of the Dingle Peninsula Food Festival (Oct 3-5) looks set to surpass previous triumphs with a humdinger of a programme of events.