The Georgina Campbell Wine Award of the Year 2010 - Ballymaloe House
Food and Wine Magazine 'Wine Experience of the Year' Nomination 2010
Lonely Planet Top 10 Weekend Breaks - Ballymaloe Wine Weekends
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2009The Daily Telegraph Top 10 Wine-Tasting Courses UK & Ireland 2008
Introduction to Wine Appreciation Wine Weekend Course with Mary DoweyRead more
Wine for the Festive Season course at Ballymaloe
with John McDonnell and Colm McCan Saturday 4th December 2010
9.30am – 2.30pm, including wine tasting lunch
This entertaining wine course will run like a dinner party, starting with the Aperitifs, moving on to the Main Event, then the End of the Day and Wines for the Day after.
John McDonnell joins Colm from Ballymaloe House to present our Festive Wine course. John’s enthusiasm for wine – a ‘wine guru’, writes The Irish Times, with many years lecturing with the Wine Development Board of Ireland, coupled with his experience in the wine world (picking to pruning, blending to bottling, retailing to running a restaurant) makes him the ideal guide to bring you through the maze of choosing that wine for Christmas. Colm is the Sommelier at Ballymaloe House and Wine Tutor at the Ballymaloe Cookery School. Amaze yourself, your family and your friends with your wine knowledge and choices this Christmas!
‘Both presenters are knowledgeable, enthusiastic and great fun.’ John Wilson, The Irish Times
The Georgina Campbell Wine Award of the Year 2010, Ballymaloe House
Food and Wine Magazine, Wine Experience of the Year Nomination 2010
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2009
Cost 95 euros per person, including wine tasting lunch.
Gift vouchers available: the ideal birthday or pre-Christmas gift for a wine-lover.
WINE WEEKEND COURSE AT BALLYMALOE HOUSE February wine weekend course, 18th - 20th February 2011
April wine weekend course, 1st - 3rd April 2011
Mary Dowey’s Weekend Wine Courses have become a firm fixture on the spring calendar at Ballymaloe House, Co Cork twice yearly for the past 10 years. Guests come from far and wide to learn the essentials of wine appreciation while enjoying superb food, great wines and good company in one of Ireland’s loveliest country houses.
Mary’s Introduction to Wine Appreciation is suitable for anybody who enjoys wine and would like to know more about it, the course focuses on key grape varieties. Besides quickly mastering the characteristics of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinot Noir, guests will learn how to recognise quality, buy wisely, serve and store wines correctly and match them with the most suitable foods. ‘The wine-tasting weekend was fantastic and we will highly recommend it to our friends.’ Emma-Jane Dockery, Dublin
Listed among the Top 10 Wine Courses in the UK & Ireland by the Daily Telegraph, and Lonely Planet Top 10 Weekend Breaks. Ballymaloe House is also recipient of the Georgina Campbell Wine Award of the Year 2010.
Mary Dowey (www.marydowey.com) has built up a large following through her enthusiastic and refreshingly unstuffy approach. She is wine editor of The Gloss magazine and a contributor to the internationally acclaimed wine magazine Decanter, having been wine correspondent of The Irish Times 1995-2005. She has visited most of the world’s major wine-producing regions and is the author of several books including Food and Wine – Matching Made Simple and 101 Great Wines Under €12.
Wine Weekend Format
Friday evening: welcome aperitif, dinner with specially chosen wines and brief talk
Saturday: wine course all day (9.30am – 4.30pm) with lunch, afternoon tea and a
six-course wine-tasting dinner in the evening
Sunday morning: champagne and sparkling wine workshop (10am -12.30pm)
Wine Weekend Packages – course open to both residents and non-residents
2 nights bed & breakfast with Friday dinner and wine talk; Saturday all-day wine course with lunch, afternoon tea and gala dinner; Sunday morning champagne workshop.
€495pp standard room; €595pp superior room
Gift vouchers available: the ideal birthday or Christmas gift for a wine-lover.
Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, Co. Cork. Tel: 00 353 (0)21 4652531
E-mail: res@ballymaloe.ie Website and online booking: www.ballymaloe.ie
