Irish wine

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Irish wine production takes place in a small number of vineyards and wine producers the majority of which lie in County Cork, Ireland, with Lusk, North County Dublin, also producing a wine named 'Lusca'.[1] Ireland is officially listed as a wine producing country by the European Commission.[2] Ballydrehid House Estate (in Cahir, County Tipperary), Blackwater Valley Vineyard (Mallow), The Watergrasshill Vineyard (Bartlemy), Longueville House[3] (Mallow), West Waterford Vineyard (Cappoquin, County Waterford) and the most southern and longest standing Thomas Walk Vineyard (Kinsale)[4] all produce wine despite being well north of the area where the Vitis vinifera commonly occurs.[citation needed]

History

The facts surrounding Ireland's early wine production are unsettled.

Christ was born.[5]

There are records of previous attempts to cultivate the vine for wine production, such as in the 5th century, when monks at the (later

Cistercian) monastery in County Kilkenny planted a vineyard,[6] with a number of other monastic communities following and also producing wine.[citation needed
]

Irish Berry wines

In addition to grapes, berries are also used to create wines in Ireland. Typically berries were harvested from hedgerows for this purpose.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. ^ Lusca Irish Wine Archived 2013-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Wineries of Ireland Archived 2017-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Wine Intro.
  3. ^ [1] Longueville House
  4. ^ "Thomas Walk Vineyard - The unique Irish Vinery!". Thomas Walk Vineyard - Irish Winery - Irish wines (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  5. ^ Guedez, Gaby (2 July 2017). "The Past, Present and Future of Winemaking in Ireland". TheTaste.ie. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  6. ^ The Surprising Irish Contribution to Winemaking By Allan Lynch Meridian Writers’ Group, Culturelocker.com

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