Archive for category: Ireland

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Knowledge pays

Why is it that Ireland boasts some of the most well-informed wine consumers in the world? Though it has a relatively small adult population, imposes high taxes on alcohol, and has traditionally consumed beer and whisky, Ireland has been a good…
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Luck of the Irish

The Irish wine market weathered the storms of a brutal global recession, but will its luck run out under the pressures of minimum pricing, Brexit, and a weaker pound? As “an island off an island off the European Continent” as one…
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Silver linings in Ireland’s minimum unit pricing fight

Proposed government legislation would make alcohol even more expensive in Ireland. Could this actually be good news for the wine category? In Ireland, you’re never far from a good drink and a good philosophical debate, as any visitor…