Sour grapes as merchants snub department wine list

This year is set to go down as a distinctly non-vintage year for the Department of Foreign Affairs’ efforts to clear its stock of high-end wine from its cellars at Iveagh House.

In December of last year, the department successfully sold off its first batch of wine made up of four labels, including well-known French red wine, Chateau Lynch Bages for €11,160.

This was the first part of the programme to sell off a high-value collection of wines valued at €77,767.