I've been resisting the indulgence but I've found it impossible to approach this weekend without hankering after what might have been. This weekend last year I was running the Drinks Theatre at Electr
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Tullamore Dew, a Co Offaly whiskey brand owned by Scottish drinks conglomerate William Grant & Sons, is targeting new markets in Latin America and Australia.
Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn has announced plans to secure a major cash injection to drive plans for a new Edinburgh Brewery.
Richard Lombard-Chibnall, the global brand director of Lombard Scotch Whisky, has started his own Irish whiskey company called Molly Malone.
Sometimes it seems as if everywhere you go in East Cork there is a connection with Ballymaloe and the extended Allen family - and No 1, Rockcliffe House is yet another example.
When it comes to our drinking habits, it appears we are reluctant as a nation to stray from the old reliables.
Ballybrada House near Cahir in Tipperary was built by the Denny family of Waterford, who made their fortune in the bacon industry with the famous Denny's brand.