What We’re Drinking
I am ever hopeful that the few days of glorious sunshine we enjoyed recently doesn’t mark the beginning and end of our summer. It might be raining (again) but hey, it is only June. But what a June. Jubilee aside we have Father’s Day coming up soon, the start of...
Here is the story of a conversation between a short (though ruggedly handsome) Scouser, a fun and frivolous old friend from France and a fun and frivolous spangly wine from New Zealand, Morton Mimi Sparkling Wine. Me: Mimi! Mimi? Mimi: Mimi? Me: Oui, Mimi, Mimi. Mimi: Mais oui, Mimi. Me:...
I’m Keith, a newbie here at Cork’s Out but an oldie when it comes to wine, food and blathering on about it to anyone within earshot. This is my first post here so I best set out how I’m going about this…erm,ah…er no! Oh, I don’t know, guess I’ll make...
Vecchia Romagna, Italy’s favourite Brandy and one of their best selling spirits is getting great reviews. Now, I’m a bit of a Cognac girl myself, however, I wondered what all the fuss was about; with Vecchia Romagna Brandy that is! Firstly, the heritage of this Italian brandy goes back to...
This winery, based in Franschhoek just east of Cape Town, produces some of the best value wines from South Africa. Semillon wines are typically high in acid and can take many years to become approachable. However this wine has had time spent in oak barrels which has rounded out those...
The perfect red! Lush and ripe describe this wine perfectly, two words not often associated with a red Burgundy. You’d be hard pressed to find many red Burgundies worth their salt for under £20 and this is certainly one of them. Try it for yourself and you’ll see what we...
You may not be familiar with this distillery but have probably heard of the blended malt named Cutty Sark? Well this whisky was mostly composed by the Glenrothes single malt and in 1987, Christopher Berry Green (BBR) approached the Highland Distilleries to call for the Glenrothes to be released as...
Now that we are well into the New Year, I pondered what I could drink to see out the last few weeks of my 20’s (my 30th is at the end of the month if anybody fancies getting me, say, a Lafite 1982…). Having often been accused of being older...
It’s not so much the mussels you have to be wary of, more the Muscadet. I can put minds to rest on this one though, its fabulous. Bone dry with perfectly balanced acidity that won’t make the sides of your tongue curl up and with notes of hazelnut, it’s not...
”Ok, so it’s cold, very cold indeed. We’ve got the madness of Christmas out of the way and now it’s time to sit back and relax a bit. So what better way than with a glass or three of this absolutely bang-on Chilean Merlot? It personifies the words ripe, lush,...