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Top Picks: Eight Fantastic Finds in the Wine Aisle of Mars & Spencer

Top Picks: Eight Fantastic Finds in the Wine Aisle of Marks & Spencer

Ever found yourself standing in an aisle between walls of wine and asking yourself: “Which are the really good ones?” At a Marks & Spencer Autumn Wine Tasting in Dublin recently, we did the research and tasted 104 wines for you.  Here are eight stand-out favourites from Marks & Spencer right now: Chilean White Chardonnay Viognier …

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The Inside Track: Emirates Cabin Crew Members Share their Favourite Things to Taste and Enjoy in Dubai

The Inside Track: Emirates Cabin Crew Members Share their Favourite Things to Taste and Enjoy in Dubai

TheTaste.ie had an opportunity recently to meet Emirates Cabin Crew members Zoe Murphy and Aoife Roche who were in Dublin, having flown in from Dubai. The two shared some insights about Dubai’s vibrant food scene, giving us the inside track. With a warm smile and a friendly handshake, they introduced themselves: Zoe, who’s originally from …

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Top Picks: Six Great Irish Craft Beers you Can Find in Aldi

Irish craft beers and brewers are on a journey of self-discovery and adventurous experimentation, inspired by craft brewing styles and trends in Europe and America. They have an enthusiastic audience with Ireland being the fourth largest consumer of beer in the word, per capita. There has never been so much choice and diverse offerings in the Irish market …

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Gold Medals for Jameson at this year’s Irish Whiskey Awards

Jameson Wins Gold at this year’s Irish Whiskey Awards

Jameson took home a number of gold medals at last night’s Irish Whiskey Awards. Jameson Black Barrel and Jameson Crested earned 2 gold medals in the Irish Blended Whiskey (less than €60) category and Jameson The Distillers Safe and Jameson The Blender’s Dog won gold medals in the Irish Blended Whiskey (€60 or more) category. Teeling Small Batch …

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Ireland's Best Bartenders will Compete to Represent Ireland at Diplomatico Rum World Tournament in Venezuela

Ireland’s Best Bartenders will Compete to Represent Ireland at Diplomatico Rum World Tournament in Venezuela

Eleven of the best bartenders in Ireland will compete next Monday 24th of October for a place in the international semi-finals of the Diplomatico Rum World Tournament, which will be held in Venezuela in April 2017. Contenders and personalities from the Irish drinks industry will meet at The Sidecar in Dublin’s luxury hotel, The Westbury on the date. …

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Chef Travis Kamiyama from Royal Caribbean's Izumi: "Guests Should Feel your Passion in their Food"

Chef Travis Kamiyama from Royal Caribbean’s Izumi: “Guests Should Feel your Passion in their Food”

Travis Kamiyama’s philosophy is simple: “to leave a legacy, to empower others and to make the ordinary into extraordinary.” The chef and consultant, who helped develop the iconic Izumi Asian restaurant for Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas is a determined kitchen captain that leads by example. “It’s important to me …

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A Taste of Japan's Cuisine and Sake Arrives to West Cork on the 10th of November

A Taste of Japan’s Cuisine and Sake Arrives to West Cork on the 10th of November

Kate Ryan is bringing a taste of Japan’s cuisine and sake to West Cork with a special Japanese cookery demonstration by Fiona Uyema, author of the “Japanese Food Made Easy” cookbook. Attendees will also enjoy a tasting with one of Ireland’s leading experts in Sake, Joe Moore. Fiona has been blogging about Japanese food for many years, sharing her fascinating …

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IceWater Has Been Selected as a Finalist in the Fingal Business Excellence & CSR Awards 2016

IceWater Has Been Selected as a Finalist in the Fingal Business Excellence & CSR Awards 2016

The Council of the Fingal Dublin Chamber has shortlisted IceWater Ireland as a finalist in the Fingal Business Excellence & CSR Awards 2016 for the category of Best Start-Up/New Business Excellence Award. This year the competition has received the largest amount of entries in its 14 years of existence, with over 250 companies across Ireland across all …

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Davy Mac's Bar in Waterford Wins Cocktail Award with Gunpowder Gin Drink

Davy Mac’s Bar in Waterford Wins Cocktail Award with Gunpowder Gin Drink

Davy Mac’s Bar in Waterford has been recognised for having Ireland’s favourite Irish cocktail: the Apple Market, featuring Drumshanbo Gunpowder Irish gin as the base spirit. The accolade was given after last week’s National Cocktail Festival, run by Great Irish Beverages, with over 90 venues across the island of Ireland participating. All venues created a signature Irish Cocktail …

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The Cupcake Bloke is Giving Away Free Brack this Friday to Celebrate Blas na hEireann Award | TheTaste.ie

The Cupcake Bloke Celebrates Blas na hEireann Award with a Tasty Giveaway this Friday

The Cupcake Bloke has plenty of reasons to smile: not only they’re celebrating three years trading on Coppinger Row, but they recently received Gold at the prestigious Blas na hEireann Award for their Earl Grey, Cranberry & Orange Tea Brack. Although more known for their cupcakes, The Cupcake Bloke also offers a wide selection of other …

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The Big Rhône Quiz: Win a Trip to Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône 2017

The Big Rhône Quiz: Win a Trip to Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône 2017

The Big Rhône Quiz will take place in Dublin on the evening of Monday 7th November 2016 in the Drury Buildings. The prize you can win, generously sponsored by Inter-Rhône, is simply fantastic: A trip for your team to the Découvertes en Vallée du Rhône 2017 the bi-annual, 4-day tasting event that showcases the best the Rhône has …

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Surreal Supper: Salvador Dalí’s Bizarre Cookbook to be Republished Next Month

Fancy a Lobster Telephone? Or perhaps a gooey melting pocket clock? Salvador Dalí’s Les Dîners de Gala is not your usual cookbook and, while the 1973 original edition is bordering the $500 mark, food and art lovers will soon be able to discover this surreal dishes for a fraction of this price thanks to Taschen, who …

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Vigneron d’Arry Osborn from d’Arenberg Receives Legend of the Wine Award

Vigneron and current Managing Director of d’Arenberg, d’Arry Osborn, has been named the 2016 South Australian Legend of the Vine by Wine Communicators of Australia. At 89 years of age, d’Arry Osborn receives this award, created to honour those who have made outstanding contributions to the Australian wine industry. d’Arry’s grandfather purchased the d’Arenberg property in 1912, his father …

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Gourmet Food Parlour and FoodFlicker on a Healthy Partnership

Gourmet Food Parlour and FoodFlicker Strengthen their Healthy Partnership

Restaurant and catering group Gourmet Food Parlour has recently announced their partnership with FoodFlicker, the online nutrition and performance resource. Both companies will work together to bring healthy, nutritious FoodFlicker specials to all of the Gourmet Food Parlour restaurants. This is not Gourmet Food Parlour’s and FoodFlicker first collaboration. The restaurant is the proud official nutritional partner of the Dublin …

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Win Dinner for Two at Super Miss Sue to Celebrate IceWater's Bind Tasting Success

Win Dinner for Two at Super Miss Sue to Celebrate IceWater’s Blind Tasting Success – Closed

IceWater was recently put to the test at a blind tasting in which it was compared against a prestigious bottled water global brand. Both still and sparkling waters were tried by a panel of experts from different areas of the Irish Food Industry at Super Miss Sue, as the restaurant was revealing its stylish new …

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Wine Agenda: Spanish Wine Tasting at J. J. O'Driscoll Superstore in Cork Next 28th of October

Wine Agenda: Spanish Wine Tasting at J. J. O’Driscoll Superstore in Cork, 28th of October

J. J. O’Driscoll Superstore on Ballinlough RD Cork, will host a Spanish wine tasting on the Friday 28th of October. The retailer, Cork’s largest Fresh Food Store, sources most of their wine by dealing directly with small distributors, so they have a large range of wines exclusively available in-store. On the Friday 28th of October, which marks the start …

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Wine Agenda: O'Briens Winter Wine Fair Returns this November 11th and 12th

Wine Agenda: O’Briens Winter Wine Fair Returns this November 11th and 12th

The O’Briens Winter wine fair returns to The Printworks, Dublin Castle on the 11th and 12th of November and with over 200 wines to taste, it is their biggest event yet. Besides tasting the wines, you’ll get to meet 50 of the world’s best winemakers who will attend to what has become one of Ireland’s biggest wine …

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Win a Christmas Cake and a €100 Voucher from The Natural Bakery

Win a Christmas Cake and a €100 Voucher from The Natural Bakery – Closed

The Natural Bakery has recently launched its Christmas range and it’s offering a handmade, beautiful Christmas cake plus a €100 voucher to be collected and redeemed at the winner’s shop of choice. With 11 locations across Dublin and one in Naas, Kildare, there are plenty of options to enjoy your prize. The range includes classic …

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