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| Vineyard in Galicia, Spain Photo (c) Alex Blackwell |
I just stumbled across this article from 2016 in the AcademicWino titled. The Feasibility of Ireland Becoming a Wine Producing Country Due To Climate Change. The author concludes that it is unlikely yet doesn't even research the fact that Ireland already had two vineyards producing wines at the time. So bloody not believable. He thinks everything is wrong: wrong soil, wrong GDD, wrong temperature, wrong rainfall, no talent. Bah humbug. Come see our vines thriving and grapes ripening. Then speak.
In fact, 17 years ago David Llewelyn started making wines in Ireland as a hobby. Now its a proper business and his Lusca wine sells for €65 a bottle. It's a novelty featured in the prestigious Celtic Whiskey shop in Dublin. We already have orders from our local wine bars who would love to feature a local wine. We laughed and said we'd come back in a few years.
We are still waiting for our first wine to clarify before bottling but it's soon time to put this year's vintage to rest for a while. More later.
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