Tag: drinks
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Irish Gin & Tonic Fest
Read more: Irish Gin & Tonic FestLast year, Great Irish Beverages produced Dublin Gin & Tonic Fest – a citywide celebration of Irish gins. For 2016, they are taking the festival around the entire island of Ireland to all 32 counties! Irish Gin & Tonic Fest is talking place from June 20th – 25th and lots of bars, restaurants and hotels…
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The Inaugural Dublin Wine Fest
Read more: The Inaugural Dublin Wine FestFancy winning yourself a free dinner with wine pairings by correctly answering ten fun wine-based quiz questions over dinner? Or like the sound of complimentary nibbles with a discounted wine-based tipple? Curious to discover the role wine has played in the evolution of cocktails, or to learn about the history of wine-making? Interested in what…
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Shortcross Gin
Read more: Shortcross GinAn exciting new Irish craft gin launched this year has set tongues wagging in the market for good reason, Myles McWeeney explains why. Once disparagingly referred to as ‘mother’s ruin’, gin, the juniper-based white spirit that goes so well with tonic water, is rapidly overtaking vodka as the go-to tipple for the 20 to 30-something…
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High Spirits
Read more: High SpiritsRecounting a very interesting recent meeting of the Irish Food Writers’ Guild members, by Lizzie Gore Grimes @lizgoregrimes As you can imagine with so many impassioned foodies in the group our Irish Food Writers’ Guild meetings can often get a bit spirited. But our recent meeting really took things up a notch – in the…
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‘Somm Night’: Wine Tasting with Master Sommeliers at Galway Film Fleadh
Read more: ‘Somm Night’: Wine Tasting with Master Sommeliers at Galway Film FleadhThe 26th Galway Film Fleadh, in association with wine merchants Cases Wine Warehouse, are delighted to present an innovative sensory screening of Somm, a unique documentary which takes the viewer on a humorous, emotional and illuminating look into a mysterious world – the Court of Master Sommeliers and the massively intimidating Master Sommelier Exam. This…
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Cono Sur invites Ireland’s Food Bloggers to Submit an Original Recipe to Win a Trip for Two to Chile
Read more: Cono Sur invites Ireland’s Food Bloggers to Submit an Original Recipe to Win a Trip for Two to ChileCono Sur, Ireland’s premium Chilean wine brand, is launching a search to find the ultimate dish to match their Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Noir. The entrant with the most votes in Ireland will travel with a friend, compliments of Cono Sur, to compete in the Grand Finale held in Paris in November. Here…
