Why not celebrate St Patrick's Day in sunny South Africa, with an infinite choice of good wines to drown the shamrock? Eugene Magee Travel is organising a Cape Wine Tour for Irish wine enthusiasts from March 13th to 22nd. There will be visits to 11 top producers such as Hamilton Russell, Klein Constantia, Buitenverwachting, Kanonkop and Thelema in the world's prettiest winelands; plenty of time for sightseeing too (Cape Town, Cape Point and beyond) and eight nights' accommodation in two excellent hotels. It's £1,997 per person sharing, ex-Dublin. More details from Bronagh Sweeney at Eugene Magee Travel, tel 01 679 3811.