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John Wilson: Here are four wines from different areas and price ranges but with an Irish connection

Raymond Blake on the Les Deux Cols, a winemaking collaboration that began in Dublin and is now producing refined wines in the Rhône Valley.

Lusca Cabernet-Merlot Irish Wine 2016, Lusk, Dublin; €49.50, 13pc, Celtic Whiskey Shop, terroirs.ie David Llewellyn’s delicate charmer is in a Loire Cabernet Franc style, with papery aromas and raspberry, redcurrant and cherry sherbet notes that balance the fresh acidity and carry through on the surprising length. Pair with spiced beef broth. Cancedda O’Connell ‘G.n.Guerra’ Vino Rosso 2018, Sardinia; €29, 14pc, Neighbourhood Wine, thenudewineco.ie From Dubliner Mick O’Connell, who wrote his Masters of Wine thesis on Sardinian wine, this is deceptively pale with smoky, sultry wa...

Irish winemakers in France: Challenges in the time of Covid John Wilson: Making wine in France while living in Ireland isn't easy in a pandemic as Simon Tyrrell and his partners found out Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 06:00   Simon Tyrrell has two winemaking businesses in France. There is Les Deux Cols, an eight-hectare estate in the southern Rhone, in partnership with Charles Derain of Nomad Wines and Gerard Maguire of 64 Wine in Glasthule. The second, Atelier des Sources, buys in grapes. “It gives us the opportunity to explore interesting vineyards and regions that we come across,” says Tyrrell....