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A Seemingly Effortless Blend of Italian Ideas and Irish Ingredients – Sprezzatura Review

There are certain words that a language has that just don’t have an exact translation. Sprezzatura, for example, is not only the name of a restaurant which features Italian cuisine with Irish ingredients in Dublin 8, it means more or less to excel at something without appearing to be making any effort. It was a …

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The Wine Pair Review

The Cosy Neighbourhood Wine Bar Dublin 8 Needed – The Wine Pair Review

Wine bars are having a moment in Dublin and you know it’s more than just a phase when new doors begin to open outside the city centre. Last December, Clanbrassil Street welcomed The Wine Pair, a friendly neighbourhood spot that comes to fill a gap in an area that has many hidden gems for enthusiasts …

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The Wine Trends Set to Shape our Drinking in 2020

Is time to ask ouselves what are the wine trends in line to shape our drinking in 2020? Crystal balls and telescopes out! Well actually, market reports, observation, research and paying attention to what industry insiders are doing and saying regarding the wines we’ll be drinking in the new year. The trends listed below are a combination …

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Sober Sipping: Exploring Flavours and Top Craft at The Virgin Mary – Bar Review

As Generation Sensible comes of age, their preferences drive innovation and set trends. Being a drinker or an absteiner are seen, as many other concepts, no longer as black and white binaries and, in the middle of both extremes there are plenty of spots in which one can comfortably sit. Cue The Virgin Mary, Ireland’s first permantent …

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The Food Lover’s Wine Bar Giving the Spotlight to Irish Flavours – Allta Wine Bar Review

Allta describes itself on its site as “a wine bar with food” but despite the simple and to-the-point tag line, it’s easy to see a lot of thought has gone behind it. In fact, it’s the result of more than a year of researching, testing and coming up with a menu and a concept that …

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A Decade of Wine – Ten Styles that Changed the Game and Wines to Taste them

In the wine world, the twenty-tens have been the decade of more: more wine regions in our shelves, more styles in the mainstream, more information and data about our habits and choices and, more interaction between the wine community. In the last ten years, Chardonnay and Merlot became cool again, Beaujolais was more than just a …

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Wow them with Irish Whiskey – The Bottles to Gift and Love this Season

Irish whiskey remains a rising star and, as its popularity and prestige keeps growing, the variety of expressions and the innovation within the industry expand as well. This Christmas, you’ll have an unprecedented range of choices when trying to decide on a bottle to give or to treat yourself to, from multi award-winning household names, to exciting …

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Big Wines to Keep you Warm – Winter Essentials for Wine Lovers

Everything grows richer during the winter. Fabrics are thicker and our clothes more layered, desserts are creamier and more decadent and meals become heartier and more filling. Our wines are not the exception, and even even the most militant “rosé all day” crowd might embrace the season afoot and indulge in fuller-bodied, bigger wines. What to …

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Meet Unique Indie Wines and the People Bringing them into Ireland

Last month, a headline-grabbing debate divided movie lovers. It all began when Martin Scorsese said in an interview that Marvel movies were not cinema but “theme parks” and shortly after, many industry heavyweights took sides. Unsurprisingly, those known for grittier or more emotional works such as Francis Ford Coppola or Pedro Almodóvar were quick to help The …

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A Taste of Saint-Emilion Is Coming to Marco Pierre White Courtyard Bar & Grill

Saint-Emilion’s Château la Gaffelière and Celtic Whiskey Shop & Wines on the Green are teaming up with Marco Pierre White Courtyard Bar & Grill, Donnybrook to delight wine lovers with a fabulous wine dinner this Wednesday 9th October from 7:30pm. Guests will be greeted on arrival by canapés paired with Château Chapelle d’Alienor by La Gaffelière, Bordeaux Superior …

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13 of the Best Halloween Events Taking Place in Dublin this 2019

If the “optional” in “fancy dress optional” is non-existent to your eyes and the moment the calendar page moves to October you go full Jack Skellington, you’re probably already planning your nigth out for the coolest weekend of the year, also known as the Halloween Bank Holiday. While the whole city is buzzing on this …

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Here’s Why the Best Time to Be a Cider Lover in Ireland is Now

The history of apple growing in Ireland is at least 3,000 years old, even older if one counts wild crab apples blooming since the Stone Age. The fruit features often in Irish mythology; from Cúchulainn to the Children of Tuireann, and it is the source of one of the oldest fermented drinks, cider. One of the earliest documented references …

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The Ultimate Indulgence – Dessert Wines to Savour Slowly

There is a scene in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in which the videogame-obsessed Mike rants about candy being pointless while flying inside of the Great Glass Elevator. To this, Charlie kindly replies “candy doesn’t have to have a point. That’s why it’s candy.” There will always be those who snub sweetness, but in …

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The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey Launches with ‘Own the Night’ Photography Exhibition

Whiskey lovers were invited to celebrate the official launch of The Sexton Single Malt Irish Whiskey with a unique exhibition at the Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar last Thursday 18th of July. Renowned Irish and international photographers submited work inspired by the theme “Own the Night.” Selected amateur work was displayed alongside their pieces …

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Classic Elegance and Splendid Flair – InterContinental Dublin Afternoon Tea Review

The origins of the afternoon tea can be traced back to the 18th century and many believe it was thanks to Anna, Duchess of Bedford and lifelong friend of Queen Victoria, that this pleasurable occasion became popular. Her story is evoked on the first page of the afternoon tea menu at the InterContinental Dublin, one …

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