Dante Opens Wine Fest
Febvre’s FEBVREUARY, a month of wine discoveryopened yesterday with “21 Wines – 21 Days” at the Feb
vre showrooms in. The openiing session, called “Not the Usual Suspects” with Febvre Wine Educator, Noel MacMahon featured wines made from ‘unusual’ or alternative varieties. Febvre wines will be on show each working day during February and visitors can also experience Le Verre de Vin Wine by the Glass technology which keeps both still and sparkling wines fresh for 21 days.
Dante Cecchini from Castello Banfi (pictured) in Italy hosted “The Tuscan Lifestyle” Tasting in Drury Buildings, Dublin 2 yesterday and is at Il Vicolo Restaurant in Galway on Wednesday 3rd. Yeserday's session included a vertical of Brunello di Montacino 1993, 2005 and 2010 vintages.
France is featured on Thursday 3rd when Louis Fabrice Latour, the seventh Louis Latour and the eleventh generation of the family to run the business first established in 1797, will present twelve wines that tell the story of innovation at Latour.
Top operators from the world of online travel are arriving in Dublin today to meet with key Irish tourism businesses at Evolve Ireland in Croke Park, a Fáilte Ireland event tailored to improve online marketing. The operators include representatives from big players in the market such as Booking.com, Expedia and Lastminute.com. The European online tourism market continues to grow year on year and is expected to be worth over €126bn this year.
