A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to enjoy a bit of a boozy weekend in Dublin. My other half had been invited over by one of the suppliers his firm does business with. Everything was going to be paid for and all we had to do was literally get on the plane.
We were met at the airport by our host and he swiftly whisked us off to his house so we could unpack. You should have seen my face when I saw how big his house was – it was enormous. He had everything you could possibly want – a swimming pool, tennis court, sauna, gym and even a cinema room.
Waiting for us in his kitchen was some beautiful Australian wine, nicely chilled in a wine cooler and bottle openers all ready to go.
Our host was a real wine buff and has his own wine rack down in his cellar. He imports a huge amount of wine in from Australia and was explaining that the cellar always has to be kept at a certain temperature, which can be difficult at times. He went on to say that if conditions aren’t correct, then that’s when problems can happen. One example he was telling us about was if the humidity is too high then this will make the corks dry out and this in turn allows air to get into the bottle and oxidise the wine, which would of course be disastrous.
After we had finished our drinks we were off for a night in the Temple Bar area. It was absolutely brilliant and the Irish are so friendly and hospitable. Nothing was too much trouble and they are such lovely people. My husband was in his element drinking his beloved Guinness. I think the next morning through he was wishing he hadn’t drunk quite so much.
We had a brilliant weekend and it is certainly something I would love to do again. Next time though maybe we might need to lay off the alcohol just a little bit!
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