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Twebt the third is almost upon us

Next Sunday, March 7th 2010 sees the third twitter wine blind tasting (twebt). This time Karwig Wines is providing the mystery wine bottle at the bargain price of €19 delivered to your door anywhere in Ireland or €15 should you wish to collect it from the warehouse in Carrigaline. Ably organised by Brian Clayton and [...]

Life is too short to drink boring wine

Karwig Wines, Kilnagleary, Carrigaline, Co. Cork, Ireland Over the Christmas break, I finally managed a sneaky visit to Karwig wines in Carrigaline. Its not the easiest place to find, as I’m not that familiar with Carrigaline, but I diligently followed the directions on their website and arrived without too much hassle. Joe Karwig, originally from [...]

Eat, drink and be merry

Hurrah, some good news for the usually miserably rainy month of November. The Good Wine Show is coming to the Clarion hotel in Cork. My top 3 independent wine sellers (no favouritism here, I’ll tell ya) in Cork have united to bring us, what looks to be,  a fabulous couple of days. Over 100 different [...]