Next Wine Event at Ballymaloe

The Irish Wine Geese - hear their story and taste their wines

The Grain Store, at Ballymaloe,

Thursday 7th June 2012, 7.00pm €10

Discover an Irish wine farmer’s story of moving from Dublin to the Bordeaux/Bergerac region, and explore the history of the ‘Wine Geese’ – the name applied to past, and present, generations of Irish people involved in winemaking in various wine regions around the world. There will be a tutored tasting of wines, both from Chateau Haut Garrigue, introduced by the winemaker, and a selection of other ‘Irish Wines Geese’ wines introduced by Tomás Clancy, including one of the best known ‘Irish Wine Geese’ wines, Chateau Lynch-Bages – an fun, sociable & educational evening not to be missed.

Presenting this interesting evening are two great presenters:

Winemaker Caro Feely, organic & biodynamic winemaker, Terroir Feely/Chateau Haut-Garrigue, Saussignac, South-West France, and author of ‘Grape Expectations’
www.FeelyWines.com
&
Well known wine writer, Tomás Clancy, Wine Editor, Sunday Business Post,
and presenter of the Wine Geese series on RTE Radio
www.tomasclancy.com

Caro’s book about the Feely’s move to France: ‘Grape Expectations’.
 'A beautifully written tale of passion and guts.' Alice Feiring, Wine writer for the New York Times and Author of Naked Wine: Letting Grapes Do What Comes Naturally’

‘A must read... at times gritty, at times joyful, Grape Expectations is an inspiring story of how one couple changed their lives.' Jamie Ivey, Author of In search of the Palest Rosé, Ten Trees and a Truffle Dog and other books

Thursday 7th June 2012, 7pm €10.
Advance booking advised.

For those interested in staying over,
please enquire about  rates for accommodation

Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, Co. Cork, Ireland
Tel: 021 4652531

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