WINE BARGAINS - BUT HURRY!

CHECK THESE OUT NOW!   

Just got some sales info in from the folks at From Vineyards Direct , featuring mainly wines from France and Italy. They certainly have some excellent bottles on offer, including the Rocca di Tufo Orvieto Classico 2008.

You rarely go wrong with Burgundy whites and the Spectator Wine Club found nothing at all to complain when summing up the Roger Sauvestre Mercurey 2000: “A rich, deep yellow colour with aromas of passion fruit and butterscotch. Full bodied, viscous and delicious. It can be enjoyed with any rich seafood dish or simply on its own.”

This 100 percent Chardonnay can now be purchased for €13.95 instead of €15.95. But do hurry as there are only a limited number of cases left.  Stuart, Stephen or Dave can be contacted at: 01 845 7645.

WINE	CASES	RRP	OFFER
Roger Sauvestre Mercurey 2000	10	€15.95	€13.95
Domaine Eugenie  Carrion Chablis 2008	4	€14.95	€13.00
Domaine de Valensac Chardonnay 2009	5	€10.95	€10.00
Rocca di Tufo Orvieto Classico 2008	5	€12.95	€11.50
Marco Real Rosado 2007	8	€8.95	€8.00
Chateau Pontet Bagatelle Rubis 2000	3	€12.00	€10.00
Chateau Meaume Rose 2009	1	€9.95	€9.50
Les Mines Tinto 2007	3	€21.95	€20.25
Valpolicella Classico 2007	6	€12.95	€11.00
Chateau Pedesclaux 5th Growth Pauillac 2004	2	€28.95	€26.00
Clos de Portail Graves Superieur	2	€9.95	€7.95

REDUCTIONS AT THE WINE STORE

PROVENCE TEMPTATION 

Provence

I have a holiday planned for Provence this year so was immediately alerted when I saw the January sale list from the Wine Store. The top of its list featured wines from Domaine de la Citadelle, quite close to where I’ll be staying.

The Chataignier 2008 red has been reduced by three euro to €8.95 while the 2001 Les Artemes red has been cut by six to €10.95. 

Certainly worth a look as are the rest on the list. Perhaps the most eye catching reduction is in the award winning Franck Massard Huellas Priorat 2006 which goes from €29.99 to 18.99.

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Restaurant Wine & Food Scene

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libertygrill Liberty Grill 

With this month's specials, Liberty Grill will be promoting and donating to http://www.corkpennydinners.ie/

Ballymaloe Ballymaloe Shop & Cafe are open each day during January, shop 9am - 6pm, Cafe 10am - 5pm.

The Cornstore Cork

Weather forced your Christmas Party to

BORDEAUX WINE STUDENTS SEEK IRISH WORK PLACEMENT

BORDEAUX WINE STUDENTS SEEK IRISH WORK PLACEMENT

Florence Hivert from Bordeaux has written to inquire whether your company would receive students from their school http://www.institut-rural-vayres.fr for individual work placements in your company in May or June and July 2011.

  “The Institut Rural de Vayres is a wine school located

VALUE AND VARIETY IN ISAAC'S

Wall pic in Isaac's, 20 years running

ISAAC’S

The value from November’s Dine in Cork Week is still to be found in Isaac's in McCurtain Street. From Monday to Wednesday, they offer three top notch courses for €25.00.

Isaac’s is perhaps the city restaurant nearest to me and one I regularly pass by. Not last night though. Called in on spec about 6.30 and had no bother getting a table in what I thought is a very old restaurant only to find that Isaac’s reputation as one of Cork’s best has been built up in about twenty years, not quite the long running tradition I’d believed in.

But undeniably, Isaac’s is a core part of the city’s food and drink scene and long may it continue. Speaking of drink, last night’s wine was a gem from the Marlborough area of New Zealand: Lawson’s Dry Hills Sauvignon Blanc (€27.00 per bottle, €18.00 for 50cl, and €6.00 per glass). Quite a complex SB and very

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Barton and Guestier are major players in the French wine scene, with a fascinating heritage going all the way back to 1725. Then the company’s founder, 30 year old Thomas Barton (left), departed his native Ireland and emigrated to Bordeaux.

“As a true adventurer he founded his wine

TOP IRISH CHEESES

HAPPY NEW CHEESE

So many Irish cheeses around these days, you could buy a different one for each and every day of 2011.

Started on the local track, not that I ever strayed too far off it, at our New

MARGARET RIVER GEM, plus dessert duel!

MARGARET RIVER GEM 

plus dessert duel!

Pat Whelan’s Brandy and Cream Sauce is delicious with a

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The Versatility of Cognac

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THE LIFE OF IAIN

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Fed up of cooking and the kitchen? Let this man feed you for a while.

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FARM DELIGHTS

FARM DELIGHTS

Full up with pudding and all the other heavy Christmas sweets?

I have just the job for you. Or, more accurately, Drimoleague’s Glenilen Farm have, in the enticing shape of their Handmade Cheesecakes. They come in a range of gorgeous flavours, with absolutely no additives and the taste is just magnificent.

These are authentic farmhouse cheesecakes, handmade on Alan and Valerie Kingston’s family farm where they also make brilliant yoghurts (the very best, as far as I am concerned) and other dairy products such as butter, creams and cream cheese.

The cheesecake I bought was the Summerfruits one and I picked it up at the very impressive Ryan's Supervalu  in the Crestfield Shopping Centre in Riverstown. It was the