Two to savour: A German Riesling and an Austrian Zweigelt, each for less than €8Wines for the Weekend: John Wilson picks up some bargain bottles from AldiFri Aug 07 2020 - 11:00
Mighty whities: Four great white wines for €20 or lessStaycation with these and you’ll have such a good time, you won’t feel you’re missing outSat Aug 01 2020 - 06:00
Best-in-class wines from SuperValu for the long weekendWines for the Weekend: These Santa Rita Medalla Real reservas are worth treating yourself toFri Jul 31 2020 - 11:00
O’Hara’s: The old hand of Irish craft beer hops into new adventuresThe 24-year-old brewery is releasing two new beers and has launched an online shopWed Jul 29 2020 - 06:00
Four all-purpose red wines perfect for your summer staycationThree reasonably priced, medium-bodied reds plus a splash of Galician indulgenceSat Jul 25 2020 - 06:00
Two charming French wines for just €10 from DunnesA red and rosé from Ventoux with fruity flavours that are perfect for summerFri Jul 24 2020 - 11:00
Lough Ree Distillery claims the only 100% Irish ginThe Co Longford distillery has big plans and an experimental bent, including using peatWed Jul 22 2020 - 06:00
Mystery boxes and Zoom tastings: A guide to buying wine onlineIreland’s specialist online wine shops used the lockdown as an opportunity to innovateTue Jul 21 2020 - 06:30
M&S opens wine up with its simplified new classics rangeJohn Wilson: Series of 16 wines for up to €17.50 offers sound examples of the greatsSat Jul 18 2020 - 06:00
Two lesser-known white and red Burgundy wines for €10A white and a red from Mâcon in the southern part of Burgundy and near Beaujolais offer great value for moneyFri Jul 17 2020 - 11:00
Cocktails at home: the best mixes and kits to buyCreate your own cocktail bar at home with our list of the best premixed drinks and kitsThu Jul 16 2020 - 06:30
John Malkovich: ‘I know what I like, and I do what I like’The actor on wine-making in Provence, a love of pinot noir and why he couldn't name his wine Dangerous LiaisonsSun Jul 12 2020 - 06:30
West Kerry Brewery making the most of lockdownBrewery has created new small-batch beers: a red ale aged in madeira cask and festive IPA aged in Dingle Whiskey bourbon barrelsSat Jul 11 2020 - 06:00
Four well-priced alternatives to Pinot GrigioJohn Wilson: Italy’s Veneto makes wines just as good (and better) than its famous namesSat Jul 04 2020 - 06:00
Cork city’s first new distillery in almost 50 years hopes to raise spiritsHusband-and-wife team behind Rebel City Distillery plan to launch various premium productsSat Jul 04 2020 - 06:00
A ready-to-drink Morgon and a Savoie white you might know from a skiing holidayWines for the Weekend: John Wilson on two French bottles, one familiar, one less soFri Jul 03 2020 - 11:30
Donegal distillery’s new savoury gin is a breath of fresh airSliabh Liag’s An Dúlamán Gin is full of delicious saline umami and juniperWed Jul 01 2020 - 06:00
Four grape varieties thriving in unexpected placesFrom Pinot Noir in California to Chardonnay in Italy – grapes growing well in new homesSat Jun 27 2020 - 06:00
Two fresh, light, summery and very gluggable wines for just €6.99 a bottleWines for the Weekend: John Wilson on a pair of sub-€10 bargains from Aldi’s line-upFri Jun 26 2020 - 11:00
Latest Irish whiskey on the market is Velvet CapJohn Wilson: Famous for its gins, Blackwater Distiller releases its first whiskeyWed Jun 24 2020 - 06:00
Best wines for juicy barbecued meatJohn Wilson: Steak, lamb cutlets, kofte, sausages and burgers – what goes best?Sat Jun 20 2020 - 06:00
Two Languedoc wines, one a warm red, the other a crisp white, both on special offerWines for the Weekend: John Wilson on a pair of great-value bottles from France’s largest wine regionFri Jun 19 2020 - 11:00
New Irish whiskies to try: Drumshanbo, Teeling, Sliabh Liag and Grace O’Malley:Another Round: John Wilson samples five releases, including a €500 28-year-old reserveTue Jun 16 2020 - 06:00
Perfect time for cool, light, red winesJohn Wilson: Give your red some time in the fridge for that extra mouth-watering freshnessSat Jun 13 2020 - 05:45
Well-made, inexpensive wines from Burgundy for your shopping basketWines for the Weekend: John Wilson finds good value from a top co-operative at TescoFri Jun 12 2020 - 11:00
‘There's never been a more perfect spring for our orchards’Highbank Orchards went chemical free in 1986 and are now reaping the rewardsSat Jun 06 2020 - 06:00
This lively white Basque wine is made for tapasTxakolí is a very acidic, crisp wine with a light spritz, and it’s getting betterSat Jun 06 2020 - 05:45
A classic white and one of my favourite reds, each for €11 or lessWines for the Weekend: John Wilson picks two bottles to try from Dunnes StoresFri Jun 05 2020 - 11:00
Death of Business Post drinks columnist Tomás ClancyThe newspaper’s wine and spirits writer is remembered for his erudition and witTue Jun 02 2020 - 14:00
Whiskies: Another round of the Redbreast Dream EditionWhiskey drinkers can enter a special ballot to be in with a chance of buying €490 bottleTue Jun 02 2020 - 06:00
Evoke the feel of holidays with wine and sherryWhat could be better than manzanilla or fino sherry sipped in the shade of a hot day?Sat May 30 2020 - 06:00
Four decent bottles if you’re just getting to know wine, including a great-value sparklerWines for the Weekend: John Wilson on Marks & Spencer’s new This Is... rangeFri May 29 2020 - 11:00
Eight Degrees brewery: Staying ahead through experimentationBusiness is continuing with orders for off licences and supermarketsThu May 28 2020 - 06:00
Lighter white wines for summer drinkingJohn Wilson: These fresh, crisp whites are from less mainstream grapes and regionsSat May 23 2020 - 06:00
Lidl is beefing up its wine range. Here are 16 I think are worth tryingWines for the Weekend: John Wilson on the supermarket’s best new whites and redsFri May 22 2020 - 11:00
‘How hard can it be to make good beer? It transpires it’s pretty hard’‘There is nothing quite like being in a pub and seeing someone buying something you made,’ says of Cillian Fahy Larkin’s BreweryWed May 20 2020 - 06:00
Rosé wines: four to try for every budgetProvence rosé and lookalikes may be all the rage, but there are plenty of other styles of very good pink wine availableSat May 16 2020 - 06:00
Two bargain wines, each down to less than €12, to pair with summery foodWines for the Weekend: John Wilson picks a white and a red on special offer at O’BriensFri May 15 2020 - 11:00
Brewing in Laois: ‘We weren’t really affected by the pubs closing’Ballykilcavan Brewery plan on opening a visitor centre and tap room in near futureSat May 09 2020 - 06:00
New discoveries from the world’s oldest vineyardsJohn Wilson: In Armenia and Georgia, wine was traditionally aged in clay amphoraeSat May 09 2020 - 05:55
Barbecue wines: two to try for under €13These medium-bodied reds go very nicely with the smoky heat of the barbecueFri May 08 2020 - 09:00
Bitter-sweet 10th birthday for Dungarvan brewery“We thought we’d be having a big party,” says one of the brewery's foundersWed May 06 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus lockdown is giving us a taste for buying wines onlineJohn Wilson: We’ve been slow to shop for wine on the web, but that’s all changed nowSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
A pair of good-value pink wines to tryWines for the Weekend: John Wilson on two French rosés, one still, one sparkling, both AldiFri May 01 2020 - 11:00
Teeling Whiskey initiative to aid front-line workers leads to ‘fastest ever sale’Company hopes distillery and visitor centre can reopen in June for its five-year anniversaryWed Apr 29 2020 - 06:00
The best wines to drink with vegetarian or vegan foodJohn Wilson: Whether it’s a light salad or full-bodied casserole, there’s a wine to matchSat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00
These two rosés pair well with all kinds of food – and are perfect in the sunshineWines for the Weekend: John Wilson picks two bottles from O’Briens’ rosé promotionFri Apr 24 2020 - 11:00
A 10% stout that tastes lovely and light? White Gypsy is on the caseBrewer Cuilan Loughnane had a brainwave to solve the conundrum when drinking sakeWed Apr 22 2020 - 06:00
Rediscover these southern Italian wines dripping with historyJohn Wilson: The regions of Campania, Calabria and Puglia are unfairly overlookedSat Apr 18 2020 - 06:00
John Wilson picks two French wines well worth trying for €10 or lessWines for the weekend: Domaine de la Bastide Chardonnay and Cabernet SauvignonFri Apr 17 2020 - 11:00
