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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $32.37 $34.07
6 bottles: $24.58
Lovely 14-carat gold color. Intensely grainy in the straightforward, no-nonsense bouquet. Taste profile reflects the...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $50.54 $53.20
A triumph from Connacht, a relatively young distillery in County Mayo, this is the first whiskey off their stills,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $72.28 $76.08
6 bottles: $69.22
Spicy cola nut, tropical melon, honey, grapefruit pith, gunpowder, and a tinge of vanilla offer unparalleled depth...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $48.22 $50.76
Topaz color. Aromas of pine nut, wood smoke, baked pear come alive right from the first inhalation. Flavor profile is...
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $69.65 $73.32
6 bottles: $64.63
The flagship Dingle is just a great whiskey to lose yourself in. The nose has honey on wheat toast, brown sugar,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $56.41 $59.38
6 bottles: $55.30
This phenomenal debut is one of the best new single pot still whiskeys around. Caramel, brioche, satsuma, dried...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $43.78 $46.08
6 bottles: $38.52
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $28.26 $29.75
6 bottles: $26.15
Nose: Initial burst of sweet vanilla leads to crisp orchard fruits, apples and pears. Then lemon curd, leading on to...
Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $72.23
6 bottles: $68.63
Nose: Apricots, grapefruit and toasted almonds open up to fresh green cooking apples, before warming to apple tatin,...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $49.07
6 bottles: $44.99
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Spirits
700ml
Bottle: $37.62 $39.60
Flaming Pig is the brainchild of Joey and Flor, two drinks industry fellas from Ireland who saw a gap in the market...
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $32.76 $34.48
6 bottles: $28.80
Four Walls is a new Irish American Whiskey brand from Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton and Charlie Day made in tribute...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $35.75 $36.40
12 bottles: $35.04
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $82.08 $86.40
A Single Grain Irish Whiskey Finished in Ex-Tinta Negra Madeira Casks.
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Spirits
750ml
Bottle: $129.96 $136.80
A triple distilled single malt Irish Whiskey, double-cask matured in Ex-Bourbon and then finished in Ex-Pedro Jimenez...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $44.00
Clean and fruity on the nose with hints of strawberries, raspberries and purple flowers. More red fruit on the palate...
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750ml - Case of 12
Bottle: $29.30
Intense, fresh and complex aromas showing hints of tobacco leaves, plums and pepper. Bright and clean on the palate...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $92.94 $97.79
Amazing depth of colour and outstanding red berry flavours, particularly strawberry, lend this red Icewine to pair...
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Dessert/Fortified Wine
375ml
Bottle: $70.99 $76.94
This is a glorious icewine where acidity and sugar are in perfect harmony. The candied orange peel, ginger, straw and...
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Grenache Ice Wine Irish Whiskey

The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.


For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.

The Irish are hailed as being the original producers of whiskey in the British Isles, and their innovations and techniques were so successful, that neighbouring Scotland were quickly influenced by them in the 15th century. Centuries later, it was the Irish who brought whiskey to America, and their style of whiskey has since become popular all over the world.

However, it wasn’t always plain sailing for the Irish whiskey industry - from being a dominant force in the 19th century, whose produce was considered far superior to that of Scotland, political upheaval and war saw the Irish whiskey almost disappear forever in the early 20th century. Today, the Irish whiskey manufacturers are back on their feet, and they are once again proving that the original is often the best. With new distilleries opening every year, it is safe to say that Irish whiskey is very much back.

Irish whiskey differs from Scotch whisky in a number of ways, and not least the spelling - the extra ‘e’ was said to be added in the 19th century as a way of distancing the Irish drink from what they saw as an inferior Scottish product. Irish whiskey was traditionally made in enormous stills, as a way of ensuring consistency from bottle to bottle, and maintaining the quality and complexity their reputation was founded on. The typical tasting notes of fine Irish whiskey include apple and vanilla, alongside spicy and sweet touches of nutmeg and fresh hay, making this a highly pleasant and smooth drink, made for relaxation and stimulating conversation about times past.