Tag Archives: Diageo

SMITHWICKS VISIT: KILKENNEY, IRELAND: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #36

Posted on August 19, 2013 by waywardwine

Like most dark comedies, today we attend a funeral. Last week’s post intimated that Smithwick’s (pronounced Smith-Icks), Ireland’s oldest brewery, will die. Its owner Diageo decided to move Smithwick’s from its birthplace in Kilkenny to Dublin. Demolitions are pending. We’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Diageo, Dublin, Guinness, Ireland, Kilkenny, Rothe House, Smithwick, United States | 2 Comments

KILKENNY: Arthur’s Day; St Canice Cathedral: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #35

Posted on August 12, 2013 by waywardwine

We bus to Kilkenny in the heart of Ireland, after a beer-drowned week around Dublin (posted last Monday). Or least that’s what we think. Exhausted, I book our one-way ticket as round-trip. Idiot. I can’t change it. To top it … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Arthur Guinness, arthurguinness, Barack Obama, Canice, Cathedral, Celtic tower, Diageo, Dublin, Guinness, Ireland, John Kearney, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny GAA, Monday, President Obama, Smithwick, St Canice's Cathedral, Towers | 2 Comments

VERTICAL(ISH) TASTING: Veuve Clicquot 1953 Vintage; 2008, 2007, 2004, 2001, 1990 Yellow Label

Posted on August 9, 2013 by waywardwine

Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label represents one of the most recognizable Champagnes in the world: not exactly a Wayward Wine. Polo-watching yuppies love it. It is part and parcel of the fashion-opoly: Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (a third of which Diageo … Continue reading →

Posted in Champagne, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Sparkling | Tagged Barbe Nicole Ponsardin, bottle, Champagne, desi arnaz, Diageo, Eisenhower, Fashion, France, Germany, hugh hefner, I like Ike, I love lucy, lucille ball, Luois Vuitton, LVMH, marilyn monroe, Moet Hennesy, Pierre Casenave, Playboy, Playboy bunny, Russia, Stalin, Veuve, Veuve Clicquot, Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label, Yellow Lable | 2 Comments

GUINNESS FACTORY: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 3: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #33

Posted on July 29, 2013 by waywardwine

Our seven month, thirteen country, EU Austerity Drinking Tour continues today with the pint that defines Ireland: Guinness. Last week’s posts visited the decent (but now defunct) Messrs Maguire Brewery Pub and the bolder (and now international) The Porterhouse. Today, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Guinness, Beer, Brazen Head, Brewing, Cooperage, Coopers, Diageo, Dublin, Eiffel Tower, European Union, Fergal Murry, Guinness, Ireland, James Joyce, Pub, Saint James Gate, St Patty's Day, The Brazen Head, The Gravity Bar | 5 Comments

BUSHMILLS: Distillery Visit and Review, 10 Year 12 Year Whiskeys: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #26

Posted on June 24, 2013 by waywardwine

Our trip brings us to the Giant’s Causeway: a collection of basalt columns cutting into the sea. Volcanic activity forced them up 50 million years ago. Then rapid cooling cracked them like dry mud into over 40,000 hexagonal pillars. But … Continue reading →