The O’Briens Spring Wine Festival is back at The Printworks, Dublin Castle Friday 10th & Saturday 11th May 2019 and will also be in The Strand Hotel in Limerick on Thursday 9th May. Irish...
Halloween is one of those great Irish festivals whose origins are deeply rooted in Celtic pagan tradition but with a Christian twist. Spanning two thousand years, the festival of Samhain on 31st October marked...
Is there anything better than enjoying a crisp cold beer on a hot summer day? With this current heatwave we’re having a refreshing craft beer is essential to cool down. If you’re a passionate...
To celebrate Spanish Wine Week, TheTaste are giving readers the chance to win 6 bottles of white wine from O’Briens Wine. Spanish Wine Week will run from the 23rd until the 29th of April...
The last word in luxury vodka, Grey Goose, is always a pleasure to sip. Smooth and sophisticated, this multi award-winning vodka has been consistently recognised as one of the world’s best and it is...
Drinks / Small Bites / Wine
The Sicilian city of Avola offers many wonders to wanderlusters looking for that sweet combination of history (think of loosing yourself wondering its ancient pre-Roman roads); coastal charm and numerous food festivals and local traditions. The...
With spring in the air O’Briens Wine’s are taking the opportunity to introduce some fantastic new wines to their shelves. Starting today there are over 80 exciting spring wines on promotion plus some BRAND...
Drinks / Small Bites / Wine
If Riesling was a musical instrument instead of a grape, it would be a flute. Capable of adapting to rhythms as varied as a captivating lullaby, a folk metal headbanger, a classic symphony or...
Italy has always been a source for romantic inspiration… Think gondola rides in Venice, joyfully sharing a gelato in Rome or having an intimate picnic on a sunny afternoon in a beautiful park in...
O’Briens has launched a fabulous Christmas Fizz Sale with amazing value Champagne and other bubbles: 25% off all Prosecco and 40% on Lanson Black Label Champagne. This Festive Fizz Sale ends Friday December 23rd 10...
Life is full of coincidences… From namesakes with an uncanny resemblance, to people that have repeatedly survived a lightning strike, from those who find a wedding ring decades after loosing it, to those who re-encounter a...
While wine lovers will have plenty of choice at O’Briens Wine biggest wine sale of the year, this week they got even more great news, as they are releasing offers for both Irish Craft Beer...
Discovering that something you like is on sale is always a pleasure and just like you would with fashion, books or plane tickets, when you buy wine at offers, a little bit of planning and knowing...
This Wednesday is the last day of August. A day we wave good-bye to a summer that brought us a day when Dublin was hotter than Barcelona, the villain-centered blockbuster (and Halloween 2016 inspiration fuel) Suicide Squad,...
We’re not in Kansas anymore. We’re in wonderful Australia, where Christmas happens during summertime and where Syrah is spelled Shiraz. Unlike the characters of L. Frank Baum’s children’s classic, winemakers in Oz don’t need to find...
Summer and Spain are two words that simply work well together… Long evenings sharing tapas and conversation by a Mediterranean beach, glasses of wine to accompany the occasion and the promise of an unforgettable...
On a day like today, 47 years ago, Apolo XI landed on the Moon. The world watched in awe when six hours later (21th by then) astronaut Neil Armstrong opened the hatch and his small step was...
This Thursday 14th of July France celebrates its National Day and the occasion calls for a toast. La fête nationale, also known as Bastille Day, gives us an opportunity to raise our glasses to...
As rosé wines are painting the town pink, even naysayers that that saw the wine world in red and white are reconsidering and blushing with joy as the rosy shade covers their palates. Rosé...
On the 5th of July, join O’Briens for an aperitif and a four course Champagne dinner hosted by Stephen Leroux, Director of the multi award winning Charles Heidsieck Champagne. Five amazing champagnes will be...