Place: Ribera del Duero

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Wine with Leslie: Wines to keep the holiday memories alive until your next trip

... including this solid example of Verdejo at the bargain price of €11

<p>'I'll be heading into Northern Spain with a drive to Santiago de Compostela' </p>

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Wine with Leslie: Planning ahead for holidays — and wine trips

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Wine with Leslie Williams: Wines to pair with your leftover lamb

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Wine with Leslie Williams: Six way to celebrate Spanish Wine Week

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Wine with Leslie Williams: Two vineyard visits for your holidays

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Wine with Leslie Williams: Spain’s successful and fascinating white grape Verdejo from Rueda

Wine with Leslie Williams: Wines for the bank holiday weekend

The June Bank Holiday is easily my favourite holiday especially as it heralds the beginning of summer.

Sat, 02 Jun, 2018

Some fine wines to go with your roast this Easter Sunday

Easter Irish lamb will grace the dining tables of much of the country and at its best there is no finer meat.

Sat, 15 Apr, 2017

Wines of Morocco can help banish January blues

If you are reading this page I’m assuming you are not on the dry for the month of January, a practice that rather baffles me given the depression that often settles on people in this darkest of months.

Sat, 14 Jan, 2017

The best stocking filler wines for any budget

With Christmas just a few hours off, Leslie Williams has a guide to the best wine stocking fillers that will suit any meal over the coming days.

Sat, 24 Dec, 2016

The menu: Wild & Slow 2016, Great Food & Drinks Quiz and Fiona Uyema

A TASTE OF JAPAN

Sat, 05 Nov, 2016

The Menu: Taste Cork, Dublin Cocktail Festival, Munster Wine & Dine Circle

An inspired initiative, Taste Cork (Oct 10-16) comes to fruition over the coming days with multiple and most excellent epicurean events illustrating the continued vibrancy of Leeside hospitality.

Sat, 08 Oct, 2016

Wave Series Pinot Noir, Chile — €10-14.99

THE price of Burgundy is going to increase again next year as for the third year in a row the region has been hit by hailstones as big as golf balls.

Sun, 27 Jul, 2014

Beso de Vino Old Vine Garnacha, Cariñena, Spain — €11.99

THERE was good news for the Government this month as it seems their take on wine duty was significantly up over Christmas, despite the criminal increases introduced in November’s budget.

Sun, 09 Mar, 2014

Sunny wines to combat the winter blues

SO THE dark days of January are upon us once again but don’t despair, I think I’ve found some sunny wines to recommend below that will chase away the winter blues.

Sun, 05 Jan, 2014

Wine: Domaine de la Chauvinière Muscadet Sèvre et Maine

IT isn’t so long since wine was only drunk in Ireland at Christmas.

Sat, 24 Nov, 2012

Wine: Herbis Verdejo 2011, Rueda

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

Sun, 04 Nov, 2012

Wine: Cepa Lebrel Rioja Reserva 2005

Wine dinners — where importer and restaurant collaborate to showcase a particular range of wines — are often great fun and very good value too.

Sun, 07 Oct, 2012

Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

WITH spring lamb coming into season, now’s the time to consider what to put with it.

Sat, 28 Apr, 2012

Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

I’VE been catching up with the affordable end of two old-school wine wholesalers who supply independent wine stores.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2012

There’s nun better

THOUGH, obviously enough, The Old Convent was once a nunnery it is an alpha-male building radiating authority through its assertive, almost garrison-like lines and magnificent stone facade.

Sat, 03 Dec, 2011

Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

THINGS are afoot at SuperValu.

Sat, 24 Sep, 2011

Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

STAND back now, because the nation’s sommeliers are just about to pop the cork on the autumn season of tastings and dinners.

Sat, 27 Aug, 2011

Weekend wine with Blake Creedon

IT’LL always pay you to be aware of what’s going on at Karwig’s. The importer, distributor and wine shop has won many awards and is widely acknowledged as one of the best places to buy good wine — in the shop between Crosshaven and Carrigaline, Co Cork, or online at www.karwigwines.ie.

Sat, 21 May, 2011

Sláinte to Spain and Australia at wine awards

AFICIONADOS of wine from Australia and Spain have reason to raise a glass to the 2007 National Off-Licence Association (NOffLA) Gold Star selection as those countries have made a clean sweep of two key categories.

Wed, 29 Aug, 2007