A harmless light soft red from Aldi. Grenache and Syrah. Better with food than alone. Good value. #wine

I did a last-minute race down to The Fish Shop in Union Hall this morning to check it out. It's as good as they say! Great selection of fish, shellfish, gormet seafood products and wine. Well worth travelling to. So my lazy ass didn't get...

Another fantastic Sauv from Marlborough in NZ. More melon and less gooseberry than others. Drop the oak?

This is a really delicious red wine from California. Light red in colour, its raspberry/strawberry flavours really stand out.

One of the best things about living in Ireland is the availability and choice of butchers.   This was simply not an option when we lived in the US and we ended up having to buy the dubious supermarket meat.  We've lived in three towns in Ireland now...

I recently discovered this website by way of a link from the main Mango site. Its basically a discount site that has garments from previous seasons available for sale at greatly reduced rates. It suits me down to the ground as I'm not...

I bought a selection of wines recently from James Nicholson Wines Online as I was bored with the usual selection in my local off licences and supermarkets. I was interested in particular in some Californian, Chilean or New Zealand Pinot Noirs and...

I found this wine too heavy and peppery-spicy to drink on its own. It's probably better suited to drinking with food. Cherry, oak tones just a bit too over powering for me. #wine

Large sports shop in the heart of Cork city that specialises in ski-snow gear. Extremely helpful staff and range of outdoor gear to suit all pockets. Got kitted out with thermals, hat, goggles, socks, jackets, pants no bother. Only minor disadvantage...

The wine was a “Poliziano”, Rosso di Montepulciano, 2005 and my seven words on it are in the following video: Don't want to watch the vid? No bother, the seven words are...