all nonsense aside
I’d like to taste fermented conker juice
What could go wrong
De Kloot
Well apparently burns or scarring…..
Robert
English wine is a thing. I’ve tried it, and it’s not too bad!
Robert
Actually, Irish wine is a thing now as well I believe. Some Belgian guy out near Donabate started making it with specialised grape varieties. I have it anecdotally that it is also, not too bad … though I’ll reserve judgement til I actually get to try some …
spudnick
Lusca by David Llewellyn, out in Lusk, right? Not tried it either. I’ve seen it in Mitchell’s.
De Kloot
I have. It’s pretty awful and very expensive….
The stuff from Wicklow is palatable.
Garthicus
Check out their cider and Perry, sublime.
Iwerzon
You can see a nicely tended vineyard from the train just south of Drogheda.
Otis Blue
Used to be one in Cappoquin in Co Waterford too. Fhiongort Port Lairge or something. Wasn’t great tbh and I still have a bottle of it.
Cian
There are also some strawberry wines… never tried them myself
I’m sure pretending to be an English toff when you’re an undergraduate from Sallynoggin is exhausting after a while.
Papi
Maybe his mom changed the wi-fi password.
Janet, I ate my Avatar
an Irish red ?
splits sides laughing
was chatting to someone about this over Christmas apparently the grapes are grown under protection
pfft I say, pft
Lush
Double pfft.
Greenhouse is cheating.
lolly
they are grown outdoors he just covers them for the months of july august to help the grapes to ripen. to ripen grapes like his you need temperatures outdoors approaching 30 degrees for much of august and that isn’t ever going to happen in Ireland. The wine isn’t bad, tastes not unlike a Loire Cab Franc, production is minuscule hence the price. The lads in Cappoquin had to stop production it seems as they were adding stuff other than grapes to their ‘wine’.
I know a guy that planted a vineyard in Wexford this year that has high hopes he will be able to do it all outdoors (presumably because of the clones he is using). we’ll see!
Now that’s a fun blog…
all nonsense aside
I’d like to taste fermented conker juice
What could go wrong
Well apparently burns or scarring…..
English wine is a thing. I’ve tried it, and it’s not too bad!
Actually, Irish wine is a thing now as well I believe. Some Belgian guy out near Donabate started making it with specialised grape varieties. I have it anecdotally that it is also, not too bad … though I’ll reserve judgement til I actually get to try some …
Lusca by David Llewellyn, out in Lusk, right? Not tried it either. I’ve seen it in Mitchell’s.
I have. It’s pretty awful and very expensive….
The stuff from Wicklow is palatable.
Check out their cider and Perry, sublime.
You can see a nicely tended vineyard from the train just south of Drogheda.
Used to be one in Cappoquin in Co Waterford too. Fhiongort Port Lairge or something. Wasn’t great tbh and I still have a bottle of it.
There are also some strawberry wines… never tried them myself
https://www.wicklowwaywines.ie/
They do some nice sparkling wines, apparently.
Where the hell is Charger?
I’m sure pretending to be an English toff when you’re an undergraduate from Sallynoggin is exhausting after a while.
Maybe his mom changed the wi-fi password.
an Irish red ?
splits sides laughing
was chatting to someone about this over Christmas apparently the grapes are grown under protection
pfft I say, pft
Double pfft.
Greenhouse is cheating.
they are grown outdoors he just covers them for the months of july august to help the grapes to ripen. to ripen grapes like his you need temperatures outdoors approaching 30 degrees for much of august and that isn’t ever going to happen in Ireland. The wine isn’t bad, tastes not unlike a Loire Cab Franc, production is minuscule hence the price. The lads in Cappoquin had to stop production it seems as they were adding stuff other than grapes to their ‘wine’.
I know a guy that planted a vineyard in Wexford this year that has high hopes he will be able to do it all outdoors (presumably because of the clones he is using). we’ll see!