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American Casual Reloaded – Dillinger’s Restaurant Review

American Casual Reloaded – Dillinger’s Restaurant Review

Uma Thurman’s cool and mischievous character from classic cult film Pulp Fiction would love Dillinger’s. While there’s no dance floor in this American style restaurant and the music leans more towards upbeat synthesisers than electric guitars, the drink’s list was way more exiting than the overpriced milkshake she shared with John Travolta’s charming gangster in the iconic diner scene. Unsurprisingly busy …

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The Wonderful Wines of Oz: No Place Like Australia for Modern, Exciting Wines

The Wonderful Wines of Oz: Sophisticated Australian Wines to Look out for

We’re not in Kansas anymore. We’re in wonderful Australia, where Christmas happens during summertime and where Syrah is spelled Shiraz. Unlike the characters of L. Frank Baum’s children’s classic, winemakers in Oz don’t need to find a wizard’s help as they already have plenty of brains, heart and courage, and they’re using them all to up the country’s …

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Fine Strawberry Wine from Móinéir - The Wicklow Way Wines Story

A Fine Strawberry Wine with an Irish Accent – The Wicklow Way Wines Story

A glimpse of the label shows that you’re holding something unique: no sumptuous châteaux nor baroquish vineyard illustrations, instead a topographic view of Wicklow’s Great Sugar Loaf Mountain and above it the word Móinéir -Irish for Meadow- followed by the phrase Fine Strawberry Wine. The wine, Wicklow Way Wines’ flagship product, is the fruit of nearly two decades of research and experimentation as …

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Wines of Alsace

Wines of Alsace, Be Enchanted by their Aromatic Spell

Going through postcards from Alsace, you’ll realise how they evoke both French and German aesthetics; a superficial exercise that demonstrates a deep link created by a history of -not always peaceful- exchanges with both Estates and that has shaped more than the architecture of the region located in the Northwest of France, adjacent to Switzerland and Germany. Alsatian wines …

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Torre dei Beati: A Boutique Approach to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

Torre dei Beati: A Boutique Approach to Montepulciano d’Abruzzo

Half way down Italy’s “boot” in the Pescara commune of the Abruzzo region lies a quaint hilltop town named Loreto Aprutino. The rooftops, normally a russet terracotta colour, are covered in snow that luminesces in the half-light of the dusk of winter. A cooling, hazy night air softens the lights of the streetlamps so that …

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From Acai to Zaeli: All You Need to Know About Brazilian Food in Dublin

From Acai to Zaeli: All You Need to Know About Brazilian Food in Dublin

Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country in size and population, famous for its legendary football players, sensual bosa nova and lively samba music, rhythmic martial art capoeira and the world’s largest Carnival. This month of August, Brazil is also known as the host of the Summer Olympics 2016, and as people from all over the world are giving …

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California Craft Beer Road Trip and the Search for Pliney The Elder

California Craft Beer Road Trip and the Search for Pliney The Elder

Though the walls of my living room are lined with craft beer bottles and I’ve taken to writing on the subject, I couldn’t pinpoint when, exactly, the interest started. If I were to trace it back to the first Sierra Nevada, I’d find my good friend of 10 years, Mark, by my side. Together we …

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Hello, Sailor! The Spaniard Bar, Belfast - Bar Review

Hello, Sailor! The Spaniard Bar, Belfast – Bar Review

I can only describe the style of The Spaniard Bar as intentional random: photos of white-sanded beaches an ocean away, a gold fish named Ken swimming around a kitschly decorated plastic (I hope) skull, sombreros sprinkled here and there and posters of bands so diverse that I find hard to believe they were all chosen by the same person. …

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Breaking all the Rules: How Millennials Like and Share #Wine

Breaking all the Rules: How Millennials Like and Share #Wine☺

This summer, an officeless Spanish start-up run by people between 20 and 30 years of age launched Gik, the world’s first blue wine. While your friendly neighbourhood wine snob would get a migraine just by looking at its electric indigo-infused hue and roll his eyes to their homepage image of a man with a tyrannosaurus rex’s head in a pose …

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Japanese Wines: A Taste from the Terroir of the Rising Sun

Japanese Wines: A Taste from the Terroir of the Rising Sun

A couple of months ago I decided to fly to London for the day to discover the white wines of the Yamanashi prefecture, capital of the Koshu grape variety in Japan. What an inspired idea! Most of the Japanese wines were absolutely delicious, showing unique personality and style. But let’s start with the beginning. What is Koshu and where …

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Yeastie Boys – Gunnamatta: Earl Grey IPA - Craft Beer Review

Yeastie Boys – Gunnamatta Earl Grey IPA – Craft Beer Review

Founded by the self proclaimed “dynamic duo of New Zealand’s craft beer scene”, Yeastie Boys brewery has been making waves down-under since tapping their first brew back in 2008. With a clever name that works as tribute to the acclaimed 90’s hip-hop act, and that carries with it another, potentially distasteful, association for those less familiar with the …

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White Hag: Two Years Brewing Celebrated along Ireland's Craft Beer Favourites

White Hag: Two Years Brewing Celebrated along Ireland’s Craft Beer Favourites

With the boom in Irish microbrewers over the last few years, it’s great to see generally the strengths in depth of the brewing pool. So when the opportunity presented itself to travel up to Ballymote, Sligo to visit White Hag Brewery, and to help them celebrate their second birthday it was an instant yes. Thinking …

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Six Smokin’ Barbecue Spots Round Half a Dozen Counties in Northern Ireland

Summer barbeques are the quintessential way to relax outdoors with family and friends. What can beat being surrounded by loved ones, good food and nature’s melody singing in the background? From the accoutrements to the accompaniments we all have different barbecue tastes, but some things remain central: the meat and a beautiful spot to light …

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Brooklyn's Rooftop Vineyard Challenges the Concept of Terroir

Brooklyn’s Rooftop Vineyard Challenges the Concept of Terroir

With a superhero supply shop, knitting cafés, babyccinos and kombucha on tap, Brooklyn has done more than the bare minimum to earn the unofficial honour of being the hipster capital of the world. Now they can toast to that achievement with a glass of Rooftop Red, the world’s first commercial rooftop vineyard, which opened this …

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Peruke & Periwing New Cocktail Menu Launched with an Evening of Sensory Intrigue

Peruke & Periwing New Cocktail Menu Launched with an Evening of Sensory Intrigue

Peruke & Periwig, a unique dining and drinking experience on Dublin’s Dawson St., launched it’s new cocktail menu and Pre-Theatre menu with a couple of “Sensory Intrigue” evenings yesterday and today (27th and 28th of July) in which we had the opportunity to try their drinks along with selected attendees from the fashion, media and food scenes …

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Yang's Chinese Restaurant, Clontarf

Yang’s Chinese Restaurant, Clontarf, Dublin 3

Yang’s Chinese Restaurant is located on the Clontarf road, a stones throw from St. Anne’s Park, and on a perfect spot to enjoy the lovely sea view. They focus on fine Chinese food prepared fresh daily, free of MSG and cooked to order. Yang’s traditional oriental setting enhances their an authentic Chinese dining experience and their friendly staff is keen to offer a …

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Ireland’s First Sherry Festival Coming this September at Cava Bodega

Ireland’s First Sherry Festival Coming this September at Cava Bodega

Cava Bodega, award-winning Spanish restaurant in Galway is hosting a “Sherry Fiesta’ this September, just in time to toast to the harvest season. Food and Sherry pairing will be part of the celebration, and guests will be presented with different styles of Sherry wines to try, such as Manzanilla, Fino from DO Jerez and Barbadillo. Four …

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