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Irish wine... is there such a thing?
My daughter's school holds a big charity auction each year. Each class creates a gift basket that is auctioned. Her class is putting together a "Wines of the World" basket. Each student drew a country from a hat and my daughter drew Ireland. Our task: Buy a bottle of Irish wine.
We've traced our family's ancestory to Ireland as far back as the 1700s, so this makes her pick a little more interesting to me. But... after visiting many different large beverage stores we're having no luck finding a bottle of Irish wine. Am I wasting my time? We're not going to spend a huge amount of money to have a bottle shipped over, but never guessed this would be such an illusive thing. Any suggestions?
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09-27-2009, 10:33 PM
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Here's a couple of links.
Irish Vineyards - Fine Wines, Traditional Values Bunratty Meade Google for it. Dave
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09-27-2009, 10:58 PM
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Isn't that what the wife does when Patty comes home drunk again?
An Irish whine! 
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Of course there is. It's called "whiskey".
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Rains too much in Eire for much wine there. Drink whiskey instead!
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You are Irish and do not know about Mead?
  I call that a Granny Smith Apple. Green on the outside, pure vanilla white on the inside. Try: Mead - Honey Wine
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We were just in Ireland last week, and there was a vineyard at Bunratty, so they must make it. But the Jameson's (and Murphy's) at Durty Nelly's was calling me, so we didn't go there.
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Check out Video tasting: Amurensis Walk, an Irish red wine from Sour Grapes the Irish wine blog. Wine in Ireland.
probably better for taking bugs off windscreens....... |
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Seriously, throw a nice single malt in there. It'll be a hoot.
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