Category: Drinks

  • Getting Good Value on Wine

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    Yesterday I wrote about my (very enjoyable and informative) experience at the Donnybrook Fair Wine Club, a four week evening course in wine appreciation.  Far from being a poncy aristocratic experience, the course teacher Laura Peterson was very focused on value and had lots of great tips about getting good deals.  She also had lots…

  • Wine Club in Donnybrook Fair

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    We often get asked for opinions about wine, or asked to review wine here on CheapEats, but unfortunately we know flip all about it.  So it was fairly serendipitous when Donnybrook Fair got in touch to ask if someone from the blog would attend and review their Wine Club four week course for beginners. My…

  • Post-Budget Savings on Wine

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    So the 2013 Budget came out yesterday, leaving a trail of misery and desperation in its wake.  The €1 added to the cost of every bottle of wine is hardly the most significant or damaging change, but it’s probably still one that you’ll want to think about in the run up to Christmas. If the…

  • Arthur’s on Thomas St: A gem

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    I was torn about whether to write about and recommend Arthur’s on Thomas St.  It’s a thoroughly lovely pub and you all deserve to know about it. But there is a part of me that selfishly wants to keep it a secret, so that it’s always peaceful and I can always get the seat by…

  • Summer Wine Fair in aid of Barnardos, Sun May 29th

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    Fans of fancy boozing might want to head along to the Westbury in Dublin on Sunday May 29th for the Summer Wine Fair, organised by Hilltop Treks.  Tickets are €25 and get you an afternoon of wine tasting and discounts on bottles to buy and take home. All proceeds are going to Barnardos Ireland. Find…

  • €5.50 Red Wine from Lidl that is nice

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    We rarely write about wine here on CheapEats, largely because we know flip-all about it. However, I recently got this red wine – 2006 Tarragona Reserva – from Lidl for €5.50, and it is very nice. That’s all. Oh hang on – there’s also a special offer where you can buy a case of six…

  • Drinks: Please plenty with punch

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    When the words ‘cheap cocktails’ are uttered, I’m sure most of us have some terrible memory of some rancid ‘hold your nose’ concoction served to us at an indecent hour and state. Well, not all cheap cocktails have to be muck; punch is the ideal way to treat your guests to a delicious cocktail without…

  • Recipes: Novel strawberry dishes

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    It has been a great summer so far for growing and the strawberries haven’t let me down. They taste unbelievably flavoursome and are the stawberriest strawberries I’ve ever tasted. This is the first year I have grown the fruit and I had no idea that there would be such a bevy of them. In fact,…

  • Feeling fruity

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    How much should it cost for a few swigs of fruit juice? Last week at Dundrum, I craved something healthy to see me through the tedious torture of a day’s shopping in this oddly alluring hellhole. I got a perfectly fine smoothie, full of kiwis and various healthy fruits. But as I queued, I was…

  • Product review: Crabbie’s alcoholic ginger beer

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    Last weekend, Jean, Rercy and I joined a group of lovely friends on a beautiful riverside picnic – particular kudos to Lou for her impeccable quiche – and had a most enjoyable day. I brought along some bottles of Crabbie’s alcoholic ginger beer, for which I was raised on everyone’s shoulders and declared a hero.…