The Wine Bottle

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.  You should have seen my face when I saw the size of his house – it was massive.  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 openers all ready to go.

Our host was a real wine buff and has his own wine rack down in his cellar. He imports a lot of wine from Australia and was explaining that the cellar has to be kept at just the right temperature, which is quite difficult at times.  He went on to say that if conditions aren’t correct, then that’s when problems can happen.  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 is too much trouble and they are really genuine people.  Hubby was in his element knocking back his pints of Guinness.  I think the next morning through he was wishing he hadn’t drunk quite so much.

We had a brilliant weekend and it is certainly something I would love to do again.  Next time though maybe we might need to lay off the alcohol just a little bit!

Tags: bottle openers, wine, Wine Coolers, wine rack