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WINE O’CLOCK: If Champagne doesn’t pop your cork, these might

By Kilkenny Now 13th December 2019 0

So you want some nice fizz to add sparkle to your Christmas but you don’t want to fork out for Champagne? I wrote recently about the obvious alternatives, Cava from Spain, and Prosecco from Italy. There are others. A good French Crémant is an excellent choice. It is made from the same grapes as Champagne, […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: More bang for your Buck’s Fizz

By Kilkenny Now 29th November 2019 0

I celebrated Black Friday by not doing any shopping at all. But now that the madness is out of the way, ’tis the season for buying wine. I’ll run through some selections between now and Christmas, starting with the sparkles. In our family, after Santa’s wonders have been revealed and applauded, we like a glass […]

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WINE O’CLOCK: Fizz may not be better but it’s usually dearer

By Kilkenny Now 5th April 2019 Post a comment

LAST week I mentioned, in passing, the two types of Prosecco on sale in Ireland – frizzante and spumante. A number of readers (well, one’s a number isn’t it?) have asked for more information. So … Prosecco is the name of a village where the sparkling wine is produced but that is not important since […]

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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 […]