tasting

It is just three weeks now until our Winter Wine Festival, and as final preparations are underway we are very excited about it here at O’Briens H.Q. With over 60 wineries visiting Dublin for a fantastic weekend of wine, this will be our biggest wine festival yet.

Of course, we have plenty of our favourite wineries returning, many of them visit regularly, and it goes without s...

As our Winter Wine Festival is now just a little over five weeks away, we’re all getting very excited about it here in O’Briens!

With over 60 wineries visiting Dublin for a fantastic weekend of wine tasting on Friday & Saturday, November 10th & 11, this will be our biggest wine festival yet with over 250 wines to try and I firmly believe it will also be the best we have held...

The flagship Jameson whiskey, finished in barrels that previously held craft IPA beer. Interested? We thought so! A very limited production and only available for retail in O’Briens this is an Irish whiskey special edition not to be missed!   Light floral & bright citrus on the nose leading to a creamy body with soft oak tones blending with the lively citrus character. Smooth...

The Ascheri family have been making wine in Piedmont since the early 19th century, but the winery as we know it today was established in 1880, when the family took the decision to move from the town of La Morra to Bra, which had become the most important town for the distribution of Barolo.

Since that time they haveadded to the original La Morra Vineyards with estates in Serr...

Born in 1974 in Bordeaux, Jean-Charles Cazes spent his youth in Pauillac, where his father, Jean-Michel Cazes, had just moved from Paris to manage the family's vineyards at Château Lynch-Bages.

Jean-Charles studied economics and finance at Bordeaux University, and during summer holidays, worked at Lynch-Bages, racking barrels or as an assistant winemaker during the harvest.

The wine-loving community of Clontarf were out in force at Tibor’s Bistro last night, to taste the delicious Château Caraguilhes range of wines with Winemaker, Etienne Besancenot, who is extremely quality-focused and produces consistently great wines from the local grape varieties.

A great night was had by all, and needless to say, the wines went down extremely well.

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One of the biggest events on the Irish food & wine calendar takes place this weekend and we are delighted to once again be the official wine partners to Taste of Dublin 2014.  We’ve matched all the restaurant menus with delicious wines which can be sampled

 from our Tasting area at the bar! Click here fo...

If you were to ask any wine professional worldwide, which wines they think offer the best value for money, the answer coming back will invariably be Sherry.

Many of them will also list a Sherry among their top ten “desert island” wines.

Sadly, amongst the greater population of wine-drinkers, Sherry’s charms remain relatively unknown. The major reason for this would appear to be...