WINE O’CLOCK: Sweets for the Christmas sweet Kilkenny Now 11th December 2020 I like Christmas pudding but it is usually St Stephen’s Day, or later, before I get to taste it. It is too rich and heavy
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Warning – this sport can seriously damage your health Kilkenny Now 9th December 2020 The late Jack Kyle is regarded by many as the finest athlete ever to play rugby for Ireland. An amazing solo try he scored against
WINE O’CLOCK: Time to talk turkey – not to mention spiced beef Kilkenny Now 4th December 2020 When planning Christmas dinner I always start with the best of good intentions. Quality before quantity, don’t go mad on the sauces, remember the vegetarians
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Shops, like puppies, aren’t just for Christmas – use them or lose them Kilkenny Now 2nd December 2020 The full re-opening of shops this week caused a wave of excitement in many homes. Some people got up at dawn to be first in
WINE O’CLOCK: The wine that dares not speak its name Kilkenny Now 27th November 2020 The grapes for Champagne are picked by hand and always have been since the seventeenth century when the monk, Dom Pérignon, is said to have
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Time to end the show trials … free the RTÉ Four! Kilkenny Now 25th November 2020 The great RTÉ Covid apology has made disturbing viewing and listening. There was, I suppose, a certain satisfaction in seeing the tables turned on our
MICHAEL WOLSEY: Turning good cider into fine wine Kilkenny Now 20th November 2020 What’s the difference between cider and apple wine? Well, about €30 a bottle for one thing. But there are some other factors that make the
MICHAEL WOLSEY: We must hang together on Covid or we will all hang separately Kilkenny Now 18th November 2020 A trip down Dublin’s Henry Street has long been part of my Christmas. It’s an authentic Irish Christmas market, not an import from Scandinavia or
WINE O’CLOCK: Box clever and let the shop make the choice Kilkenny Now 13th November 2020 Good wines, like good books, are best bought from shops where you can look at the stock, savour the atmosphere and get advice from somebody
WINE O’CLOCK: Just right for drinking the duke’s health Kilkenny Now 6th November 2020 According to Shakespeare, the third Duke of Clarence was drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine at the behest of his brother Richard III. It’s