The star turns of Ireland’s wine world

In the first part of our Business Post Gold Star Awards 2020, we celebrate Ireland’s best wine merchants, wine bars and supermarket wine offerings – and pick our sommelier of the year

First Draft Coffee and Wine, Lennox Street, Dublin 8

Happy new year, then, and welcome to our annual Business Post Gold Star Awards 2020, as we twirl into the roaring twenties.

These awards continue to celebrate outstanding exponents of innovation across the landscape of the wine and spirits business throughout Ireland.

The last year has continued to see vast, deep and quite remarkable growth across the wine, spirits and ancillary sales and hospitality sector in Ireland.

We’ve seen month-on-month increased sales, several wine bar ...