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An Irish cheeseboard for St Patrick’s Day

An Irish cheeseboard for St Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 17 2015 at 07:37

With all the fuss about oysters and Guinness and boiled bacon and cabbage you may overlook what must be one of the best ways of celebrating St Patrick’s Day: an Irish cheeseboard.

Tags: stout Irish whiskey tawny port Sauternes drink:sweet & fortified wine Cashel Blue Knockdrinna St Tola Coolea Gubbeen Durrus Ardrahan Irish cheese food:cheese St Patrick's Day
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A perfect wine for cheese. A perfect cheese for wine

A perfect wine for cheese. A perfect cheese for wine

Posted on February 4 2008 at 10:16

While I can usually find a great match for an individual cheese or for a careful selection it’s always a struggle to find a wine - particularly a red - that will take on all-comers. But I was reminded this weekend just how good a candidate mature Zinfandel is for this job. We found a bin end of Ridge’s Geyserville 2000 on the wine list of one of our favourite local restaurants at such a good price that we couldn’t resist it.

Tags: sheeps' cheese Ridge Geyserville Zinfandel Californian red wine wine:red wine Cashel Blue Manchego Fougerus California mature wine mature red wine Mourvèdre Petite Sirah Mataro Carignan Malbec Bandol Geyserville Ridge Zinfandel drink:red wine Mains of Shevado parmesan Gouda food:cheese
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