A couple of years ago I was lucky enough to enjoy a bit of a boozy weekend in Dublin. My other half had been invited over by one of the suppliers his firm does business with. Everything was paid for and all we had to do was get ourselves to the airport for our flight to Dublin.
We were met at the airport by our host and he swiftly whisked us off to his house so we could unpack. My jaw nearly dropped when I saw the size of his house – it was huge. The house had everything you have always dreamed of – a tennis court, an indoor swimming pool and sauna a gym and a home cinema.
Waiting for us in his kitchen was some beautiful Australian wine, nicely chilled in a wine cooler and bottle opener all ready to go.
Our host was a real wine buff and has his own wine rack down in his cellar. He imports a huge amount of wine in from Australia and was explaining that the cellar always has to be kept at a certain temperature, which can be difficult at times. He was telling us that if the conditions are closely monitored then lots of problems can occur. One example he was telling us about was if the humidity is too high then this will make the corks dry out and this in turn allows air to get into the bottle and oxidise the wine, which would of course be disastrous.
After we had finished our drinks we were off for a night in the Temple Bar area. We had a brilliant night and the Irish are so friendly. Nothing seemed to be too much trouble and they are really lovely people. Hubby was in his element knocking back his pints of Guinness. Mind you I think the next morning he was wishing he hadn’t had quite as much to drink.
We had a brilliant weekend and it is certainly something I would love to do again. Next time we go though, I think perhaps we should lay off drinking quite so much alcohol!
