The Corkscrew's wine blog

  More Dates For Your Diary We're thrilled to inform you that we have some more whiskey tastings lined up. Life's too short not to try new things. It seems people can't wait to get in to our shop these days and showcase some of their products, needless to say, we thoroughly enjoy these tastings too and we are learning... read more

October 27th 6PM €95 After two weeks of 6 am starts (that was to let the builders in, we did not do it ourselves), our private tasting room aka "Fíona's Cellar" has been refurbished and is now officially open for bespoke tastings. We are going to kick off in fizzy fashion with a very special tasting next Friday to coincide... read more

Veuve Clicquot Smeg Retro Style Mini Fridge Gift Boxes Have Landed & We've A Lambay Whiskey Tasting On The 19th In a year that seems to have gone quicker than any other, there is now exactly one month until Beaujolais Nouveau Day. We thought it best to be prepared as November will be manic with Christmas orders, so we are now accepting pre-orders... read more

Lambay Whiskey Tasting With Master Distiller Seamus Curtin Save The Date .. We have a Lambay Whiskey Tasting organised for Thursday 19th October from 4pm - 7pm with Seamus Curtin who is the new head master distiller at Lambay. He will talk all about the whiskeys and the exciting plans he has for the distillery. There's a bit of a... read more

PREORDER NOW Happy Friday! We're really looking forward to the forecasted spell of good weather and victory over the Scots this weekend,#COYBIG! (Sorry Andy) As you're probably aware our Christmas Gift Catalogue is now available. Since it went out on Tuesday, we have been inundated with enquiries about certain products that were not on our website. They weren't online as... read more

Grab It Now!! Hellhohoho October How did we get here? There are just under 12 weeks to go until Christmas Day. That's not long to prepare for the big day, organise Christmas get togethers, buy the presents and write all those cards. Many of you have been asking for it (yes we are a little later this year) and we're... read more

Clearance Sale October is almost here and we have a lot to pack in so we'll keep this short. To make room for the arrival of some exciting new products, we've launched a Spirit Clearance Sale. Our selection contains gins, vodkas and whiskeys. We've highlighted one of each, but you can find everything below. With the 44th Ryder Cup starting... read more

Second Bottling Of A Super Premium Release We've had a manic start to the week. Yesterday we received a small alloction of Midleton Very Rare 2023, but before we even got to inform you of its arrival, it was gone. We hope to secure some more, so if it is something you wish to acquire please register your interest  and... read more

Redbreast Tawny Port Cask Brace yourself, the highly anticipated 2nd expression from the Redbreast Iberian Series has just landed at The Corkscrew HQ, see below, it's really here!! We recommend you run down to us as they're moving fast. For this reason, it's limited to one per customer. If you're not near us, we have a small quantity available online... read more

September Tastings It's a bit more like September today, but what a weekend! We hope you made the most of it. We're just reaching out with a few dates you might want to pencil into your diaries, as we have a few tastings lined up for the month. Most of our tastings (there is one exception) operate on a walk-in... read more