A Taste of France with St James`s Wine Club
13th May, 2013
The St James‘s Wine Club in Castledermot is organised by David Cope of Samuel C Cope, the long-established grocer and wine merchant in the town. The club itself has been running for more than 10 years and meets on a regular monthly basis in the local school of the same name...
`Best ever` tasting showcases new additions to the Liberty portfolio
5th March, 2013
Our annual portfolio took place at Fallon and Byrne with over 250 wines on show and a record number of attendees, which created quite a buzz in the room and via Twitter. The tables were laid out by country and the wines poured by the 30 producers...
A feast of fine food and Allegrini wines at Donnybrook Fair
1st March, 2013
On the evening of Thursday 28th February, Donnybrook Fair restaurant in Dublin hosted a dinner featuring wines from Allegrini and Poggio al Tesoro...
New releases & old time classics at the New Zealand ATT
7th February, 2013
Liberty Wines presented an exciting selection of New Zealand wines at the NZWG tasting in Dublin. New releases from Kevin Judd – the Greywacke Sauvignon Blanc 2012...
2012 New Season`s Olive Oil Events at Ballymaloe
8th November, 2012
On Thursday 8th November, Liberty Wines launched their range of New Season Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the wonderful surroundings of Ballymaloe House in East Cork. We were delighted to welcome back Beatrice Contini Bonacossi from Capezzana...
New Italian decree sees progress on the use of screwcaps, but with compromises...
29th October, 2012
“Those people with long memories”, says David Gleave MW, managing director of Liberty Wines, “may recall that we sent a letter to the Italian Minister of Agriculture in October 2006 asking him to amend the ministerial decree of July 1993, which banned the use of anything other than natural cork on DOCG wines...
Discovering the wonderful world of Bellavista
3rd August, 2012
Bellavista is set in a picture-perfect rural landscape that provides an ideal environment for the production of Franciacorta - Italy‘s finest sparkling wines – as discovered by the Liberty team on their recent visit to the vineyards, winery and cellars...
A full moon marks the end of the Diana Madeline harvest at Cullen
15th May, 2012
Despite a wet growing season, the hottest January for many years in the Margaret River led to an early harvest at Cullen Wines this year...
A Postcard from Verona
27th March, 2012
Vinitaly got off to a great start with some cracking tastings.
Marilisa Allegrini took us through the range of wines from Allegrini...
A sommelier masterclass in Australian wine
14th March, 2012
It was great to see so many of the key players in the Irish trade attend the last day of Wine Australia Ireland‘s Sommelier Course at Fallon & Byrne Dublin yesterday. The tasting of 17 wines was tutored by our very own David Gleave...
All the fun of the fair at ProWein
7th March, 2012
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Willunga 100, Tinpot Hut and Alpha Zeta stand during our rewarding three days in Düsseldorf. ProWein seems to go from strength to strength and the 2012 fair was extremely well attended, in particular by buyers from Northern and Eastern Europe...
Celebrating 10 years of Liberty Ireland at our Dublin portfolio tasting
22nd February, 2012
Our 10th Anniversary portfolio tasting drew a crowd of 127 customers and press to Fallon & Byrne in Dublin today. With 250 wines on show, there was something to suit every taste, and there were many personal favourites...
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