Irish owned, and Irish winemaker, Domaine des Anges is now one of the most renowned of the present day ‘Irish Wine Geese’ wines. Ciaran Rooney (pictured with Darina Allen and Gary Gubbens), originally from Dublin, is the winemaker at Domaine des Anges, in the Fondreche area of the Southern Rhone, and has winemaking experience ranging from training in Stellenbosch, South Africa, to working in Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, in Bordeaux to further experinece also in Oregon and Australia.
Our thanks to Ciaran for visiting Ballymaloe, and also to Gary Gubbins, of Red Nose Wines, Clonmel, Co.Tipperary www.rednosewine.com , winner of The Best Wine Website in Ireland 2010. You can also read Gary’s weekly wine column in The Nationalist Newspaper, and his graet wine blog is well worth reading www.rednosewine.com/blog/