Is Your Wine Rack Full Up This Year?
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Subscribe To Our Feed
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. My jaw nearly dropped when I first saw how large his house was - it was huge. The house had everything you have always dreamed of - a tennis court, an indoor swimming pool and sauna a gym and a home cinema.
Waiting for us in his kitchen was some beautiful Australian wine, nicely chilled in a wine cooler and bottle opener all ready to go.
Our host was a real wine buff and has his own wine rack down in his cellar. He imports a lot of wine from Australia and was explaining that the cellar has to be kept at just the right temperature, which is quite difficult at times. He was telling us that if the conditions are closely monitored then lots of problems can occur. An example he was telling us was that if the humidity is too high in the cellar then this makes the corks dry out and in turn would allow air to get into the bottle and oxidise the wine, which would be disastrous.
After we had finished our drinks we were off for a night in the Temple Bar area. We had a brilliant night and the Irish are so friendly. Nothing was too much trouble and they are such lovely people. My husband was in his element drinking his beloved Guinness. Mind you I think the next morning he wished 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 we go though, I think perhaps we should lay off drinking quite so much alcohol!
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