Some Courses . . .
The Wine Development Board of Ireland
Phone: (01) 280 4666.
Wine appreciation course 6 lectures £100.
Wine appreciation varietal course 6 lectures £110.
Certificate course 7 lectures and exam £155.
Higher certificate course 14 lectures and exam £265.
UCD Adult Education Programme
Phone: (01) 706 1416.
Wine appreciation course 10 lectures £60.
Ballyfermot Senior College, Dublin
Phone: (01) 626 9421.
Wine appreciation course 8 lectures £25.
Marino College, Dublin
Phone: (01) 833 2100.
Wine appreciation course 10 lectures £65.
Some Wine Merchants' Courses:
The Ecock Wine School, 149 Upper Rathmines Rd, Dublin. Phone: (01) 496 7811.
Beginners/refreshers course 5 lectures £60.
In-depth wine course 10 lectures £95
Verlings Wines and Spirits, 360 Clontarf Rd, Dublin. Phone (01) 833 1653.
Beginner's level 1 course 5 lectures £100.
Advanced level 2 course 6 lectures £139.
Mitchell & Sons, 21 Kildare St, Dublin. Phone (01) 676 0766.
Beginner's course (starts January 1998), 6 lectures £130 including supper and wine.
Merchant Wine Club, The Corn Store, St Augustin's St, Galway. Phone (091) 561833.
Regional wine course, about £7 per lecture.
Wine Tours
Arblaster & Clarke Wine Tours
Phone: 0044 1730 893344.
Mitchell & Sons
Phone (01) 676 0766.
Tastings
Findlater Wine Merchants, The Harcourt St Vaults, Dublin. Phone: (01) 475 1699.
Private group tastings for 25 to 40 people £15 per head.
McCabes Off-Licence, 51 Mount Merrion Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin. Phone: (01) 288 2037.
Wine club meets monthly and offers tastings plus guest speakers.
