It’s the flagship show for garden design and gardening in Ireland and as it’s run by Bord Bia it has found a suitable bedfellow in the food industry.

I am writing this week’s column outside in the garden such is the weather at the moment. It is not just the Irish that are obsessed with the weather, however — talk to any grape grower or winemaker.

As you are have probably gathered by now the first thing any budding wine enthusiast needs to learn about is grape varieties.

IT WAS great to catch up with the wines of Santa Rita at a recent tasting.