Random thoughts on wine in West Cork

Here is my latest for the West Cork People. It's called Random thoughts on wine in West Cork. Come and have a read of it by clicking here.

''I find Marks and Spencers (in Cork and Killarney) interesting because they choose and import all their own wine and are constantly introducing new lines.''

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The Cork and Kerry mountains

The Fall and Rise of Beaujolais

Hi, here is my latest contribution to the West Cork People, hope you enjoy.
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The Fall and Rise of Beaujolais

Chianti: When a ‘fiasco’ is not a disaster

Hi everyone. Here is my latest for the West Cork People.  It's called 'When a ‘fiasco’ is not a disaster'. The focus of the piece is on Chianti.

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Thanks as always for reading!

''Not surprisingly, good Chianti is the perfect partner for fine Italian cuisine.''

Rapallo

This is a shot I took of the fabled Ligurian town of Rapallo. We were staying in nearby Santa Margherita at the time, and decided to walk over to Rapallo to pass the evening. The fortification you see was built to fend off Barbary Pirates. Of Etruscan or Greek origins, Rapallo had 'visits' from the Lombards, the Ottomans, French armies, and at different times was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia and also of the Republic of Genoa. In more recent times the Russian-German Treaty of 1922 was signed here, and the famous writer Ezra Pound made it his home along with the English critic and essayist Max Beerbohm.

Marco Polo and the wines of the Veneto

Hello everyone. Here is my latest for The West Cork People.

It's called Marco Polo and the wines of the Veneto and it combines two of my favourite things, the great explorer himself and the wines of the Veneto. You can check the article out by clicking here. Hope you enjoy it!