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 paid for and all that we had to do was make our way to the airport for our flight.
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. He had everything you could ever imagine – a swimming pool, sauna, tennis court, gym and even a home cinema.
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 racks down in his cellar. A lot of his wine is imported from Australia and he was telling us that the cellar temperature has to monitored all the time. 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. We had a brilliant night and the Irish are so friendly. Nothing is too much trouble and they are really genuine people. Hubby was in his element knocking back his pints of Guinness. Mind you I think the next morning he wished he hadnt 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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