Wine for the Festive Season

with

John McDonnell and Colm McCan

at Ballymaloe House

 

Saturday 5th December 2009

9.30am – 4.30pm, including lunch. € 175

How to amaze your Family and Friends with your wine choices over the Festive Season

 

This entertaining one day 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.

 

‘Both presenters are knowledgeable, enthusiastic and great fun.’ wrote The Irish Times

 

You will also discover:

• How wine is made
• What to buy for drinking now
• Where to buy your wine and get value for your money
• The different styles of wine
• How to store wine
• The art of choosing the perfect wine for whatever you are eating
• How to serve wine
  ….plus hundreds of useful tips and inside secrets!

 

John McDonnell joins Colm from Ballymaloe House to present our Festive Wine course. John is a lecturer for the Wine Development Board of Ireland. His enthusiasm for wine – a ‘wine guru’, wrote The Irish Times, plus his many years experience in the wine world (picking to pruning, blending to bottling, retailing to running a restaurant). Colm is the Sommelier at Ballymaloe House and gives the wine lectures at the Ballymaloe Cookery School during the 12-Week Certificate Course. John & Colm are the ideal guides to bring you through the maze of choosing that wine for Christmas.

 

Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, Co. Cork,

Tel: 00 353 (0)21 4652531       res@ballymaloe.ie

Website and on-line booking: www.ballymaloe.ie

 

Gift vouchers available – the ideal pre-Christmas gift for a wine-lover.