Ballymaloe House - The Georgina Campbell Wine Award of the Year 2010
Lonely Planet Top 10 Weekend Breaks - Ballymaloe Wine Weekends
Food and Wine Magazine 'Wine Experience of the Year' Nomination 2010 Wine Spectator Award of Excellence 2009 The Daily Telegraph Top 10 Wine-Tasting Courses UK & Ireland 2008
Winemaker lunch with Silvia Allegrini
Winemaker Lunch at Ballymaloe House, Tuesday 28th September 2010,
with Silvia Allegrini, Allegrini Wines, Veneto, Italy, in association with Liberty Wines.
We are delighted to be welcoming Silvia Allegrini to Ballymaloe, and over lunch Silvia will talk about her wines.
The Allegrini family has been handing down grape growing and wine producing traditions over many generations, playing a major role in the Valpolicella Classico area, near Verona, as far back as the 16th century. Their wine has charmed the most refined palates around the world, building on the historic value of Amarone della Valpolicella. They produce the Valpolicella, a Ripasso style wine, called Palazzo della Torre, and of course, Amarone della Valpolicella. They also produce the amazing sweet Amarone, Recioto della Valpolicella.
12.00pm for reception, followed by lunch and wines €40
For bookings, please contact Ballymaloe directly at 021 4652531 e-mail: res@ballymaloe.ie
Electronic Wine List at Ballymaloe.
Using an Apple iPAD, we have one of our wine lists now in electronic format!
Our red and white wine of the month, from dynamic Domaine de l’Hortus, Pic-St-Loup, Languedoc, are featured, alongside a short video of Yves Orliac, in Ballymaloe, talking about his area, terroir, winemaking and the wines. We welcomed Yves visited Ballymaloe recently and we made a short video specially for the iPAD ‘Wine List’ at Ballymaloe.
Yves Orliac was delighted to be the first listing on our interactive video and information page on our electronic wine list. Our guests are really enjoying it, and the wine!
Please see the article by Jancis Robinson MW, 'Apples for dinner - technology corner', on www.jancisrobinson.com 1st September 2010
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.
Introduction to Wine Appreciation Wine Weekend Course with Mary Dowey
February 18th - 20th AND April 1st - 3rd 2011
WINE WEEKEND COURSE AT BALLYMALOE
Mary Dowey’s Weekend Wine Course have become a firm fixture on the spring calendar at Ballymaloe House, Co Cork. 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 course with the handsomely restored Grain Store at Ballymaloe as the main venue. 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
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; 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 - ideal Christmas, birthday or Valentine’s gift for a wine-lover.
The February 2010 issue Lonely Planet magazine includes the spring wine course at Ballymaloe House in Co Cork among their listing of 10 BEST WEEKEND COURSES. It is the only wine course to be chosen in a wide-ranging article about 52 interesting weekend breaks in many different countries.
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