Tomás Clancy

Tomás Clancy

Articles by Tomas Clancy

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: Spice Route Chakalaka, Swartland, South Africa 2014, €23.95 Baggot Street Wines, Dublin...

The Distillation Nation

The Distillation Nation

This year’s Irish Whiskey Awards proved a worthy celebration of uisce beatha

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: Midleton Very Rare 2017, €180 selected SuperValu stores; Celtic Whiskey Shop, and onlin...

How Californian wines struck gold

How Californian wines struck gold

Despite the dangerous and frequent wildfires, Californian producers have learned to work with nature to produce some of the world’s finest wines

The pope, the cook and the castle

The pope, the cook and the castle

The entire Banfi Vintners project, from Castello Banfi in Tuscany to their newer estate Banfi Piedmont, Banfi Bolgheri and Banfi in Chianti Classico, is a love letter to Italy

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: Adega dos Biscoitos, Magma Verdelho, Terceira, Açores 2015, €30. Imported by Wine Maso...

Three Wines To Try, Buy and Put By

Three Wines To Try, Buy and Put By

TO TRY: Domaine de la Madone, AC Beaujolais-Villages 2015, €13.50 down from €16 Mitchell and ...

The sweet taste of Liberty

The sweet taste of Liberty

David Gleave was born in Canada and educated in London, but always knew that Ireland would play a key part in his wine business

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: Pearse Distiller’s Choice Blended Irish Whiskey, €44.99 for 70cl exclusive from Super...

Ireland’s Chilean love affair

Ireland’s Chilean love affair

Chilean wines account for more than a quarter of all wine sold in Ireland. But how did the long, thin shadow come to be cast?

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: DOC Bardolino, Zenato, Veneto 2015, €14.95 from Searsons Wine Merchants, Monkstown, Co ...

Once upon a time in wineland . . .

Once upon a time in wineland . . .

All good stories have an unsung hero and in this fairytale, semillon reveals itself to be a worthy Cinderella

Leaders of our gin revolution

Leaders of our gin revolution

Alchemy, Irish botanicals and William of Orange all had a part to play in the growth of Irish gin; now standards must too

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: Michel Leon, Gewürztraminer, Alsace, France 2015, €12.99 down to 2 for €20 until Sep...

To Try, Buy And Put By

To Try, Buy And Put By

TO TRY: L’Ostal Cazes Grand Vin AOC Minervois La Livinière 2015, €23.45 from O’Brien’s W...