Irish blood, French wine

Róisín Curley, a native of Mayo, is producing incredible wines in Burgundy

Róisín Curley: the 2018 range of Maison Róisín Curley has just been released in Ireland

There’s a new set of producers in Burgundy called the micro-negociants. These are small producers who are not in a position to purchase land in that hallowed wine region, where you can find some of the most expensive agricultural land in the world.

Most producers there are born into land ownership, and they either produce wines from their own grapes or sell the grapes to negociants, or merchant houses. Traditionally these houses were some of ...