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WINE O’CLOCK: Mighty oaks that will grow on you

By Kilkenny Now 22nd May 2020 0

All wine spends time in a vat of some sort before it is bottled. Often it will be aged in a wooden barrel and usually the wood will be oak. The oak imparts aroma and flavour to the wine.  I don’t know if it is actually the taste of oak – I’ve never tried eating […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: A glass full of feelgood factor

By Kilkenny Now 8th May 2020 0

I am always a bit suspicious when I see the label ‘organic’ on any item. The definition tends to be vague, the product expensive and I have never found the flavour of the meat, vegetables or whatever, to be noticeably enhanced. I am particularly  suspicious of ‘organic’ wine because the term has no legal standing. It […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: I get no kick out of you

By Kilkenny Now 3rd January 2020 0

Beers without alcohol used to run the gamut from A (for awful) to B (for bland) but some very good products are now being brewed that look and taste like the real thing. Wicklow Wolf Moonlight and Dungarvan Main Sail are two no-alcohol craft beers I recently tried and enjoyed. I have yet to hit […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Chardonnay – a good name for wine but not for women

By Kilkenny Now 14th June 2019 0

I READ that Chardonnay is making a comeback. That’s bad news for the unfortunate women who acquired it as a first name in a mad trend that swept parts of the country about 20 years ago. It’s no fun being called after a dodgy wine. But, of course, it wasn’t a dodgy wine back then. […]