Aoife Carrigy

2 days ago | independent.ie | Aoife Carrigy

Others are particularly fresh with pithy grapefruit notes and a distinctively briny salinity. That salinity will not surprise anyone who has visited north-west Spain’s Galicia, where the wine region of Rias Baixas hugs a coastline made up of multiple rias (inlets) and the peninsulas that divide them. If the Atlantic seems to be everywhere you look, that’s because it is. Albarino is the queen of grapes in Rias Baixas, making up 95pc of all vine plantings here.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Aoife Carrigy

The benefit of bland, of course, is that it’s only offensive to people who really want their wines to taste of something beyond ‘crisp easy drinking’. The truth is that much of the time, most wine drinkers are more focused on getting the goss from their fellow drinkers or enjoying the food that they’re sharing together — and fair enough.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Tanya Sweeney |Orla Neligan |Aoife Carrigy |Nicola Brady

Perimenopause, HRT and me: ‘Men think their partners are lunatics... It’s rage and sadness wrapped into one wrecking ball’With the free HRT scheme starting next month, Irish women open up about their perimenopause and HRT journeyHRT, perimenopause and meTanya Sweeney, Orla Neligan, Aoife Carrigy and Nicola BradyToday at 03:30Here, 13 Irish women share their menopause story:Andrea Horan, 44, is the owner of Tropical Popical nail salon in Dublin. She lives in Dublin with her partner.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Aoife Carrigy

Zoltan ‘Zoli’ Heimann Jr of Heimann & Fiai is building on the reputation of his parent’s winery in Szekszárd, southern Hungary, but focusing his attention on modern, low-intervention, terroir-driven interpretations of indigenous grapes. His delicate Kadarka and richer Kekfrankos (aka Blaufrankisch) are as poised as ever, but I love his new addition, which is today’s wine of the week: a very pale red wine which he describes as ‘happy juice’ to chill lightly for a refreshing summer’s glass.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Aoife Carrigy

Zoltan ‘Zoli’ Heimann Jr of Heimann & Fiai is building on the reputation of his parent’s winery in Szekszárd, southern Hungary, but focusing his attention on modern, low-intervention, terroir-driven interpretations of indigenous grapes. His delicate Kadarka and richer Kekfrankos (aka Blaufrankisch) are as poised as ever, but I love his new addition, which is today’s wine of the week: a very pale red wine which he describes as ‘happy juice’ to chill lightly for a refreshing summer’s glass.