There is only week to go til Taste of Dublin and we hope you’ll find the time to join us at the O’Briens Wine experience to try some incredible wines! Once again we are the official Wine Partner to Taste of Dublin, come find us at our usual spot near the fountains. You’ll discover your favourite wines to sip at the O’Briens wine bar, with ice cold fizz and white wines by the bottle and...

Perfect cider weather one might say.

While cider can certainly be enjoyed year-round there is something about warm weather and cold cider that just goes so well together. Perhaps it’s also because it matches so well with summer cuisine.

Cider making has a lot in common with wine making, for both creating a great tasting drink is all about achieving balan...



This week sees the changeover of our wine promotions and many of our customer favourites are back on special offer, such as Porta 6 and Famille Bougrier Sauvignon Blanc: both at €10. There is also a terrific range of wines in our 3 FOR €25 Mix & Match deal. These wines are perfect crowd-pleasers if you have a special day coming up soon- from weddings and christenings to...

With the Game of Thrones series nearing its completion it’s time to raise a glass with some special Game of Thrones inspired whiskies.

The limited-edition Game of Thrones Single Malt Scotch Whisky Collection is coming soon.

The set features eight superb Single Malt scotch whiskies from various distilleries under the Diageo umbrella, each representing one of the ...

We are delighted to launch our Bordeaux 2018 vintage En Primeur offering.

For those who haven't previously bought (or even heard of) En-Primeur before it presents an opportunity to purchase wine whilst it is still in barrel, offering you the opportunity to invest in wines prior to their release. You will receive your wines in two years' time when it is bottled and ship...

Brewdog have come a long way over the last twelve years. Back in 2007 you would have found founders, James Watt and Martin Dickie, brewing in a garage, bottling by hand and selling their beers at a local market. It was at this market that they had a chance encounter with Michael Jackson (the famous beer critic, not the other one) who, wowed by the quality of the beer, ...

It's an exciting week here at O'Briens with our wonderful Spring Wine Festival running from Thursday to Saturday- what better way to beat this unseasonably (well maybe not in Ireland!) wet weather than taste over 280 wines by over 65 producers? As well as that we are in the last week of our French Wine Sale, with up to 42% OFF over 200 wines!

This is a very busy couple of weeks at O'Briens. Today sees the launch of our French Wine Sale and next week we are hosting our Spring 2019 Wine Festival in The Strand Hotel Limerick (9th May) and Dublin Castle (10th/11th May).  This is the largest and most exciting wine event in the Irish calendar: over 40 producers pouring over 200 wines in Limerick and over 65 producers p...

Craft beer is constantly changing and evolving. Every week seems to bring a different angle on classic styles with new ingredients, new techniques and new approaches.  We spend a lot of time talking about, and drinking, new limited releases and seasonal beers and rightly so as there are some great beers being released, but what about those beers that you go back to again and a...

Looks like we are in for some pleasant weather this Easter weekend, perfect gin & tonic weather if you ask me! Good thing we have some fantastic new gins on our shelves this weekend. There are exciting new releases, just hitting the shelves this week, from two of our favourite English brands, Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray. Of course, we also have some great new Iri...