The Mystery of Vintages
What makes a good vintage? What are the natural friends and adversaries of the wine maker? What are the vintages to buy? What are the vintages to avoid?

View our vintage charts and check your cellar.

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Choosing Wines to Keep
The year of your wedding or your only child's birthday may have been a great one for Claret - if you're lucky! A good Port may be a better choice. So often people buy inexpensive wines, probably sourced on holiday where they tasted great, only to find that after a year or two, at best they have lost their freshness or, at worst they have turned to vinegar.

Sound familiar? See our guide.

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The Principles of Wine Storage
Most domestic houses can accommodate a modest wine cellar without disruption or structural changes. We are fortunate in Ireland (some would disagree) to enjoy a temperate climate with few extremes. It is the extremes that affect wine in storage - extremes in temperature, humidity and light exposure.

See our guide to storing wine.

The Ansbacher Case
Names you will recognise. Have spent many years tax free (in bond) and have just been discovered. May need putting away for a few years but will benefit greatly from some time in the 'cellar'. Should repay handsomely.

Connoisseur's Choice
Very different, very classy, very elegant - quite expensive. The best from four countries - mature and oozing character - for the serious wine lover (or lover who likes wine).