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WINE O’CLOCK: The grape that got banished by royal command

By Kilkenny Now 27th September 2019 0

FRANCHE Comté is a region of Burgundy close to the border with Switzerland. For centuries, control swung between France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire. Philip II of Spain was the man in charge back in the mid-sixteenth century and he took a strong exception to the Pinot Blanc style of grape from which they […]

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Beef stock: Kilkenny shoppers set to feel effects of protests

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY KILKENNY shoppers are about to feels the effects of the beef crisis after a supermarket announced they are having difficulties sourcing Irish meat supplies. Aldi today announced they will be re-labelling some Irish beef as “processed in the UK” due to the ongoing crisis in the Irish beef industry. The German supermarket […]

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Aldi opens new ‘Project Fresh’ green store in Kilkenny

By Kilkenny Now 13th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY A REVAMPED supermarket in Kilkenny – powered by 100% green electricity – has just opened its doors. Aldi’s store on the Waterford Road has been redesigned to be more eco-friendly under it’s  ‘Project Fresh’ store initiative.  The store received a makeover which involved a new easier lay-out, installation of energy-efficient hi-spec

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WINE O’CLOCK: Season of mists and mellow wines

By Kilkenny Now 30th August 2019 0

A LOT of nonsense is written about matching wines to seasons. If you like a wine in winter you unlikely to go off it in the spring, so drink what you like whenever you like to drink it. But there is a degree of commonsense behind the matching. Obviously in summer we look for crisp […]

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Kilkenny farm received €230,000 in CAP payments last year

By Kilkenny Now 2nd June 2019 0

COUNTY Kilkenny’s O’Shea’s Farms received the second highest payment under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) last year, newly released figures reveal. The Piltown farm, which recently secured a major contract to supply Aldi with potatoes received €229,633.96 in CAP payments last year. This was second on the list top CAP payments behind representatives of Nicholas […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A nice wee Prosecco, just what mammy ordered

By Kilkenny Now 29th March 2019 0

WHAT’S your mum’s favourite tipple, asks a flier that has popped into my email basket. I didn’t have a mum. I had a mam, sometimes a mammy, and her favourite tipple was tea. She drank gallons of the stuff and always in the same minuscule measure. Whether quaffed from a giant mug or sipped like […]

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Kilkenny’s cat and dog lovers put their purr-fect pals above their partners

By Kilkenny Now 14th February 2019 0

KILKENNY is famous for its connection with cats, and as we celebrate St Valentine’s Day it seems most of us care more about our pets than our partners. According to a new survey, the majority of people in Kilkenny and across the country put their four-legged pals before their actual human partner. Over two-thirds (67%) […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Some like it cold – and sweet

By Kilkenny Now 8th February 2019 0

WINE is produced in a great many countries but I never thought of Canada as one of them. But there it was, on a supermarket shelf, wine from the Canadian outback. The product in question turned out to be ice wine. It was a new thing to me, but apparently it has been around for […]

Business

Kilkenny’s small food and drink producers invited to ‘Grow with Aldi’

By Kilkenny Now 17th January 2019 0

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi is giving Kilkenny’s small to medium food and drink producers the opportunity to have their products stocked in their stores nationwide. Aldi is now seeking applications to take part in the 2019 Grow with Aldi supplier development programme. Following its successful launch in 2018, Aldi is investing €500,000 in this year’s Grow […]