SommiT is a gathering of food and wine professionals from within the hospitality industry. Attendees will include restaurant professionals both service and culinary, retail sales buyers and sellers, food and wine writers and broadcasters, hoteliers, wine importers and producers and their distributors. The event includes discussion and debate with international authorities in many and varied [...]
At an event in The Powerscourt Distillery visitor centre, the inaugural winners of the Spirit of Wicklow Awards were announced. The aim of the Spirit of Wicklow Awards is to honour the extraordinary spirit and unwavering mindset of the people of Wicklow, and it's all brought together by the team at The Powerscourt Distillery. With [...]
Calling all rum lovers! This June Bank Holiday Weekend Dublin's favourite Rum festival is back at its home Wigwam on Middle Abbey Street. Dublin’s only Rum Emporium will be putting on a full weekend of Rum fun & games to appeal to everyone from the Rum Curious to Rum Afficando’s. The festival will stretch from [...]
We are excited to announce the launch of the Irish Bar of the Year Awards 2023, celebrating the best bars across Ireland. Check out the details on this year’s event and how to get involved below. ENTRY DETAILS We know that bars play a vital role in our culture, providing a place for people [...]
Bernard Walsh, the co-founder (with his wife Rosemary) of Walsh Whiskey, has been inducted to Whisky Magazine’s Hall of Fame in honour of his contribution to the whiskey industry at a gala dinner in London. The creator of Writers’ Tears and The Irishman whiskeys is just the third Irish whiskey founder to be honoured after John [...]
Vinspire Wine and Spirit Academy is a new wine and spirit education course provider based in Dublin that has launched in November 2022. Founded by award-winning Irish sommelier Philip Dunne (also Global Group Sommelier of The Doyle Collection hotel group), Vinspire Academy provides WSET (Wine Spirit Education Trust) courses and qualifications in both wine and [...]
Paul Clancy, the new CEO at the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland, is on a mission to remind everyone how integral the pub is to the Irish psyche Paul Clancy took over the role of CEO at the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland just a few weeks ago but despite the short timeframe, he has already set [...]
The Connacht Distillery’s new Head Distiller has made his way from the US to Ballina in search of new adventures and whiskey perfection What brought you from California to Mayo? I came to The Connacht Distillery in part to shake things up in life, stretch and challenge myself and grow my experience, but also and [...]
With Craft Cocktails and BAR 1661, Dave Mulligan has come up with a way of keeping all cocktail drinkers happy It’s been just over a year since Dave Mulligan set up Craft Cocktails and what a year it’s been. Launched in October 2020, the range of premium bottled cocktails is available today in over 40 [...]
When Rye River Brewing Company set up almost 10 years ago, there were about 65 breweries in total operating across the country. Today, there are over 130. It is, says RRBC Managing Director Tom Cronin, a crazily competitive space. “You've got to be agile and I know I’m like a scratched record when I [...]
