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Experience Burgundy’s Wonders in a Memorable Four-Course Dinner at Montys of Kathmandu

This Thursday 9th of November, wine lovers will be treated to a foray through Burgundy along with exceptional cuisine at award-winning restaurant Montys of Kathmandu. Hosted by Montys and O’Briens Wine, the evening will present guests with the opportunity to meet two young innovative winemakers, Antoine Olivier and Thibaut Marion, and to discover their wines and […]

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Relax and Pour Yourself a Glass – Three Wines to Pair with your Weekend

Drinks, Small Bites, Wine / Gaby Guedez

After a most eventful October, November has arrived and wine lovers have many things to look forward to: from Rhone Wine Week Ireland 2017 and the highly anticipated winter edition of the O’Briens Wine Festival to the simple pleasure of chilling at home with a rich, powerful red. Here are three wines that will pair beautifully with this

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Hendrick’s Dares Adventurous Gin Lovers to Explore The Illustrious Manor of Eminence

Events, Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Prepare to be amazed and surprised by the most unusual delights that the team behind Hendrick’s has in store for gin lovers with a thirst for the unique. This year they’ve suspended time itself around a palatial Dublin mansion where an exceptional experience awaits those who dare. Step into The Illustrious Manor of Eminence (T.I.M.E.) and

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Try Signature Tipples at these 15 Irish Bars with Creative Cocktail Menus

Discover One of a Kind Drinks from the Creative Cocktail Menus at these 15 Irish Bars

Bars & Venues, Cocktails, Drinks / Gaby Guedez

Ask any musician: Mastering the classics is not an easy task but composing your own melodies can be as daunting, and even among those with the talent to flawlessly perform a difficult piece, creating new music is a challenge. Just like them, the best bartenders have to go beyond perfected techniques and fine instruments if they want

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These Irish Bars Are Mixing the Winter Warmer Cocktails you Need to Try this Season

Cocktails, Drinks / Gaby Guedez

Winter warmer cocktails do more than just heating your hands. In fact, they don’t even have to be hot drinks but they do have to give you a warming feeling as you sip them on a chilly day. Spices, creamy textures and seasonal flavours converge in combinations that will wrap your taste buds like the cosiest

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Ripasso and Amarone – Valpolicella Heavyweights for the Win

Drinks, Wine / Gaby Guedez

The Valpolicella red wines from the shores of Lake Garda in the north-eastern province of Verona are amongst the most famous wines from Italy. With diverse styles of Valpolicella from fruity easy drinking lunch wine to Valpolicella’s Ripasso’s richer black cherry fruit and leather character and ultimately, to the intense and powerful meditation wines of

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Icon Wines – Game Changers that Rewrote the Rules of Great Wine

Drinks, Wine / Gaby Guedez

Being iconic is more than just achieving fame. It’s leaving a long-lasting print in our collective imaginary: it’s Marilyn Monroe singing Happy Birthday, it’s Kurt Cobain breaking an electric guitar, it’s a “small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” levels of recognisability. When it comes to wine, the concept of an Icon bottle channels that sense

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Irish Gin will Need More than Interesting Botanicals for its Success Story to Continue

Drinks, Gin, Spirits / Gaby Guedez

Last month the Irish Spirits Association (ISA) officially confirmed what the even the most casual drinker has known for some time now: that in the last few years the popularity of gin in Ireland has gone gangbusters. This welcome – though not exactly surprising – information came via the ISA’s first-ever industry and market report

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The Trends that Defined Irish Whiskey in 2017 and What We Are Going to See Next

Drinks, Spirits, Whiskey / Gaby Guedez

It’s hard to believe that ten years ago, there were only three distilleries in Ireland producing an array of different brands. Only three. These three distilleries —Midleton, Bushmills and Cooley — were the core of Irish whiskey. Though recent years have been creating tectonic shifts in this area. Three went to four, onto five and

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Filling the All Ireland Brewing Map – 31 Counties of Craft Beer… So Far

Craft Beer, Drinks / Gaby Guedez

There has been a spate of new brewery openings in Ireland, these last few years especially. While that appears to be decelerating as less breweries start up, there is still growth in craft beer sales. According to a Bord Bia report from 2016, there was at least one microbrewery in 23 of the 26 counties in

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What’s in a Brand? Craft Beer Breweries with Rockin’ Packaging and Great Beers

Craft Beer, Drinks / Gaby Guedez

With a lot of time spent on bemoaning some of the horrible beer labels out there, I rarely get a chance to discuss the great marketing campaigns by the brilliant breweries around the world. There are some who will argue that branding isn’t that important. After all, if the beer is phenomenal then the branding

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Dame Street Just Got a Beautiful New Bar Inspired in James Joyce's Masterpiece - Mulligan & Haines Bar Review

Dame Street Just Got a Beautiful New Bar Inspired by James Joyce’s Masterpiece – Mulligan & Haines Bar Review

Bars & Venues, Drinks / Gaby Guedez

Mulligan was a witty medical student and the first character to appear in Ulysses, the classic novel by celebrated Irish author James Joyce. Haines was an Englishman who Mulligan befriended at Oxford. Mulligan & Haines is the latest pub to grace Dame Street and it is located in the same site where the fictional duo once met,

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Wake Up and Smell the Fresh Coffee at these 12 New Dublin Cafes Opened in 2017

Coffee & Cafes, Drinks, Features / Gaby Guedez

Dublin’s coffee scene is incessantly buzzing and this year we have welcome a great selection of new cafes that offer more than just amazing coffee, they have lovely atmosphere, friendly staff, original concepts and of course, delicious treats. If you’re looking for a place to get your caffeine fix, check out these 12 new places

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“Wine is Becoming Part of the Irish Culture” – John McMorrough from Boutique Wines

Drinks, Interviews, Wine / Gaby Guedez

For John McMorrough, a career in the hospitality industry always made sense. He’s the founder and director of Boutique Wines, an independent merchant specialising in sourcing fine bottles from family-run wineries around the world. “The hospitality industry spirit has been passed down through generations of my family”, he says, pointing out that across four generations, several members of

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I Want to Create a Community of Wine Lovers in Ireland Jeremy Delannoy from SIYPS

“I Want to Create a Community of Wine Lovers in Ireland” – Jérémy Delannoy from SIYPS

Drinks, Interviews, Wine / Gaby Guedez

Jérémy Delannoy knew early in his life he wanted to work in the wine industry and he had the opportunity to gain experience in vineyards and wine fairs across France, his home country. With degrees in Viticulture and Oenology and a Bachelor’s in Business, he soon decided he wanted to be his own boss. He’s the man behind

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“Irish Whiskey Has Gone Completely Global” – John Teeling Interview

Drinks, Interviews, Whiskey / Gaby Guedez

John Teeling is one of the most influential people in Irish whiskey. He was able to see the light of opportunity during the darkest days for the category, when sales were at the lowest and just a handful of brands had survived the series of punishments that the 20th century inflicted on the industry. Nearly half

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France’s Rhône Valley – The Place to Go for White Wines for the Winter

Drinks, Wine / Gaby Guedez

France’s Rhône Valley produces a river of wine and most of it red, stretching from south of its gastronomic capital, Lyons to the Mediterranean coast. The tiny 5% of white wine is often eclipsed by the region’s more famous red wines, especially from Chateauneuf-du-Pape (“new palace of the Pope”, when the papacy moved from Rome

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Becoming a Sherry Master – My Journey to Jerez de la Frontera

Drinks, Wine / Gaby Guedez

In September this year, I was delighted to be invited by González Byass, to join them in Jerez for an in depth educational Sherry journey culminating in becoming a Sherry Master. Wilting in the heat, our international group of fifteen sommeliers, Masters of Wine, journalists and wine educators represented six countries, we were the Sherry

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A Baby Boomer, a Gen Xer and a Millennial Walk Into a Bar – Generations and Wine Preferences

Drinks, Wine / Gaby Guedez

Rain streaming outside, an open fire glistening inside. The chime of acoustics and bass drums sounding in the backdrop – jovial punters ordering glass after glass. Quaint, hectic, bustling. A certain charm of dining within one of Dublin’s chic restaurants. I look around me. Old, young, and anywhere in between. A prism of colour adorns

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Is Malbec the New Merlot? How Can Argentina’s Superstar Save Itself from its Own Fame?

Drinks, Wine / Gaby Guedez

Depending on your interests, a Black Swan is perhaps the name of a theory about the impact of unexpected yet major events, an iconic character in the legendary ballet by Tchaikovsky, an eerie horror film by Darren Aronofky or an actual swan that happens to be black. Malbec, the popular variety best known to make dark and flavourful wines often coming

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Dreaming of Opening your Own Cafe? This One-Day Workshop will Tell you All you Need to Know!

Small Bites / Gaby Guedez

Do you want to open a cafe or coffee shop? Most people dream to one day open a cafe, and at Coffee Culture they have created the perfect course for those who have decided to make this dream come true. They have created a one day workshop for people who are planning to start their own

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