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Corks on court..

June 26, 2020 by Maureen

Lanson & Wimbledon

Corks flew at Wimbledon 2019. The correct way to open a bottle of champagne (chilled to 6-10˚C) is to hold the cork and twist the bottle.

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: Herve Dantan, Lanson, O'Brien's, organic Champagne

Easter lamb & wine

April 8, 2020 by Maureen

Bord Bia leg of Irish lamb

Ch. Larose Trintaudon Médoc went down a treat at my one-day wine course recently, and people licked their lips when I recommended lamb as a food pairing.  If you’re lucky enough to have roast leg of Irish lamb on the menu, you are spoiled for choice when it comes to a perfect wine pairing. Roast […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: Bord Bia, Irish Lamb, lamb and wine, Molloys, wine course

Char Siu & Zinfandel

April 3, 2020 by Maureen

With a bit more time on my hands, and in between creating online wine courses, I finally cracked the recipe for slow-cooked belly pork, using a recipe for Char Siu Pork. It was melt in the mouth delicious!  What to drink with Char Siu was the next challenge… The ingredients included honey, brown sugar, hoi […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: Apothic, Brazin Zinfandel, Dark Horse, Gallo, Gnarly Head Old Vine Zindfandelfnanel, Kendall Jackson Zinfandel, Lodi, Ravenswood Zinfandel, Sutter Home, Sweeneys D3

Learn about wine: Grü Ve

May 3, 2018 by Maureen

Some years ago, at a WSET wine course, I opened a mature bottle of Laurenz V’s ‘Charming’ Grüner Veltliner. The class fell silent in its appreciation. Since then, I’ve been trying to age a few bottles from good vintages (like 2015 and 2013 – ’memorable’ age-worthy vintages) for future enjoyment.When young, Grüner Veltliner is appreciated […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: Birgit Eichinger, Brundlmayer, Domaene Wachau, FX Pichler, John Wilson, Schloss Gobelsburg, Türk, Willi Klinger, Winzer Krems, WSET wine course

Single Estate Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Tuscany

June 21, 2017 by Maureen

Imagine a steak without salt.  Enjoyable, but missing something…. Drinking a top notch Italian wine without food falls into the same state of limbo. This was brought home to me yet again, at a Masterclass on Single Estate Extra Virgin Olive oil in Jamie Oliver’s restaurant in Dundrum, presented by David Gleave, MW, of Liberty […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: David Gleave MW, Liberty Wines

Albariňo, anyone?

July 19, 2016 by Maureen

One of my favourite summer whites is Albariňo, thanks to its light body and fresh taste.  Its flavours are subtle and elegant – grapefruit, pear and peach are accented by a certain saltiness, reminiscent of a whiff of seashore.  It’s crisp rather than overtly acidic. Occasionally a feint spritz of carbon dioxide is left in […]

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Outdoor eating & wine

July 10, 2016 by Maureen

How is it that food tends to taste better outdoors?  Is it that fresh air works up an appetite, or that everyone helps out (for a change!).  Or that relaxing feeling of warm sun on your skin. Perhaps it’s that people linger and spend time with each other, rather than sloping off to watch TV […]

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Wines for Christmas Day

December 16, 2015 by Maureen

If you are part of a large gathering on Christmas Day, choose wines which will appeal to everyone, rather than anything too esoteric. Save your prized bottles for a quieter time, when you can appreciate them better, and not have to worry about excited children knocking over glasses! If you are having a fish starter, […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine, Wine Recommendations

Wine & Duck

December 11, 2015 by Maureen

In Ireland we seem to shop from a very limited range of ingredients, with limited seasonal variation.  Duck has made a welcome debut to our stores, and is now widely available.  Much of it comes from Silver Hill, a family business based in Monaghan.   They employ over 150 people and process  60,000 ducks per week!   […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: Fiona Beckett, Liam Cabot, Silver Hill

Irish wine drinkers disappointed…

November 12, 2012 by Maureen

Lulie Halstead, Chief Executive of a leading international research company, Wine Intelligence, reports that Irish wine drinkers are disappointed when drinking wine in bars and restaurants.  Furthermore, it was revealed that Irish people drink wine in pubs and bars less often than their counterparts abroad, and are generally less willing to experiment with new wines. […]

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Filed Under: Food and Wine Tagged With: Searsons Expert Series, Wine Intelligence

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