Nick Munier is well known from various TV appearances but you will probably know him as the yin to Dylan McGrath’s yang on the RTÉ version of MasterChef.

Forget pizzas and piazzas — South Tyrol in the north of Italy is dominated by the Dolomites, says Suzanne Harrington.

Now that we are properly into 2016, I have had some further thoughts on wine experiences I enjoyed last year.

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale has rocked northern Italy and parts of Switzerland, Austria and Germany.