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Irish wine from an Irish Vineyard

                               IRISH WINE FROM AN IRISH VINEYARD The idea of growing vines in Ireland sounds extreme, let me explain , the Prefatory in the Northern Hemisphere is around 50 degrees North , we are way beyond that, the question is can you grow grapes in Ireland for wine,? Yes is the answer,  certainly weather plays a major part, as it does in most wine producing countries like, too much heat , not enough water , etc, we do not have these problems , on the contrary we have to much rain and wind and not enough heat or sun, so we have to adapt our Terroir  and grape varieties to suit our ever changing climate. Our holding is free of...

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