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

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

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

Join Us For A Tasting We're delighted to announce yet another in store tasting. This Thursday, August 24th we will be joined by Eoin from Glendalough and we will be tasting some of their delicious spirits that are produced in their craft distillery in County Wicklow. We will be kicking off at 5 pm, no booking is required. We'd love... read more

Join Us We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend; even though in our minds it's still Summer, it felt more like the October Bank Holiday. However, we await the sun's return and our "heat spike" tomorrow, but, in the likelihood that it doesn't happen, we've organised an American Whiskey Tasting in store which should help warm up our bellies... read more