Excellent shop! I have had many people recommend this place to me, and I will be continuing that…read moretradition. A great selection, floor to ceiling packed with a great variety of wines. I'm always on the look out for a good Portuguese wine (and Port wine) section and this place clearly has a few carefully selected gems, was very happy with what I found there. We've been very happy with the Douro wines we've picked up here, as well as some excellent LBV and Tawny Ports, from the better but more obscure vineyards, which is always refreshing. The staff are very friendly and so helpful, they really know their stuff and the best part about it is there's nothing pretentious about this place at all! Just good wine and good people, you can't ask for more!

It's official - I have found the source of all my future wine-related purchases. The Corkscrew is…read morethe BEST wine stockist I have ventured into thus far in my Dublin meanderings. Why, you ask? Well, firstly because they have the most incredible range of wine from all over the world. They even stock my favourite label from Western Australia, Vasse Felix, which I've not found ANYWHERE else in Ireland. Secondly, their staff are wonderful. They are not the haughty, pretentious types you might expect to find in such an establishment. Oh no, they take the time to talk to every customer who enters the store, ask about their wine preferences, suggest future purchases for the expansion of the customer's palate, and discuss wines previously purchased and liked/disliked. Chris, a lovely guy from the UK, spoke to me while I was in store, and while I'm by no means a wine connoisseur, or a bulk-buyer, he still took the time out to find out about the kind of vino I like to drink. From there he formed a kind of 'career trajectory' for my wine tastes, based on what I drink now and what I should be trying. I found him incredibly helpful and not at all dismissive of my 'bargain bin' level of wine knowledge. While I was in the store I heard the other sales assistant speaking to a woman who'd had a less than amicable experience with her last purchase. They discussed the reasons for her not enjoying that particular bottle (these things happen, everyone has different tastes), and he made suggestions on wines that might provide her with an experience more to her liking. The fact that she came back to the store and trusted these guys to advise her on her next purchase really says something about the level of service provided here. So you see, at The Corkscrew, wine, as life, is about the journey, not the destination, it's about branching out and trying something new and it's not about sticking to the tried and true (although, in fairness to these guys, they have tried nearly every bottle in store). If you want a wine merchant who will know you by name, and who in less than 10 minutes will be able to diagnose your particular drinking condition and provide you with the remedy, make The Corkscrew your off-licence of choice.

On the hunt for a certain miraculous Shriaz (on my Must Find list since our favourite wine shop…read morestopped stocking it) I hopped on the LUAS for a look at Enowine. This dedicated IFSC vintner (not surprisingly) takes their stock very seriously. The attached bistro features a menu that leans heavily on pairings for structure, but it's all done so elegantly. Here, selecting the vintages you'd like a taste of is always done with care. Throw €20 on one of their in house wine cards and you'll buy a few sips of practically anything in the shop. With a little assistance I was able to pinpoint a country (Australia) and a region (Victoria) that made wines I loved to taste... but maybe I shouldn't have been so disappointed to find the bottle I was really looking for wasn't here. My search continues...

great wine bar! and very innovative for dublin! when you get in, you buy a card and top it up with…read moreas much euro as you want (min 10). then you can sample from a big variety of wines (red and white, about 30) by entering your card into the machine and then choosing which wine you want to taste. you can choose to taste either a small shot (usually less than 1 euro) or a small glass (3-4 euro) or big glass (5-6). this is a great way to taste the wine before you buy it so there are no surprises when you open it at home. they should have more places like this in dublin!!

Searsons are probably best known as stockists of some of the finest French wines - Bordeaux in…read moreparticular. They have expanded in recent years to keep up with the changing palates of the less discerning heathens like myself who rate Australian wines above much of what the old world produces. I'll swear the guys grit their teeth when they see me browse the Italian shelves and actually shed a tear when I pick up a bottle of Australian or Chilean.

Searsons stock some incredible wines but the best recommendation I've had recently is a Ribera del…read moreDuero wine from the Martin Berdugo winery. I'm from Spain and I'm kind of biased to Spanish red wine but the Martin Berdugo is truly excellent. Thank you Searsons, really appreciate all your help every time I come in!

It took me a few years to warm to this place and really Im not sold on the coffee shop / cafe. Its…read moretoo small and chaotic. I do however love the fresh veg and organic selection of sauces etc that as someone with allergies to food items or additives I have a hard time finding the healthy options. I can find it here. I cannot however find it in the food they serve here. Not much is GF including the soup so eating here is problematic. I usually have a coffee while my mum or sister eats and I watch. Fun, not. The owners are nice and friendly. They have a good wine selection and you can even bottle your own from the casket if you wish. I find the wine over priced so not a win here I'm afraid. It is difficult to find parking and it can be crazy at certain hours like breakfast lunch etc so I avoid these times. I'm putting an addition as this summer all prices went up 20 percent. When I asked staff about it they justified it by saying they had no increases in a few year's. When I mentioned the worst recession in history they were dismissive. This does not impress me. You're still sitting in a deli it's not a restaurant yet it is more expensive than one and no waiters.

Great spot - American wholefoods market style deli in Naas. Was delighted when I stumbled upon it…read more Lovely veggies and foodie treats to buy, and lovely home made deli food and hands down the best coffee in Naas. Service is amazing, and a real community feel brought about by the shared communal tables. Some really interesting foodie finds too - like how you can bring your own wine bottle and fill it up from the wine barrels full of lovely easy drinking French wine at significantly less cost that bottled! No doubt making for happy locals :) Definitely worth a visit.

This place is wonderful. The food is as good as food I have eaten in Italy, the staff are polite…read moreand don't overwhelm you but always seem to appear right when you need them. Loads of options on the menu and they are always willing to make adjustments for the picky eaters among us. Nice wine selection too. Interior is nice and cosy, book ahead though for groups larger than six and most tables are for two or four.

Was visiting my dad in Enniscorthy and he brought us to a relatively new Italian right by the…read moreriver. I'm not one for Italian food in Ireland as I find it pretty boring and often caters to the carbonara/lasagna eaters and not like the food you get in Florence or the like. That was not he case here. Firstly, the starters. There were three of us. Two of us had soup, each one was different and both was lovely. The other person had a wonderful Sicilian chowder. This was a new one for me. Chowder is just creamy fish soup in Ireland but this was a tomato based soup with large chunks of fish along with whole shellfish and a massive langoustine (Dublin bay prawn). That person had been to Sicily and had this dish and she said it was 100% authentic. Two of us had a Monkfish special and it was cooked to perfection. There was a tagliatelle pasta dish also with Italian sausage. It was very tasty. It appeared to be good value with main courses from €17 to €25. We shared a bottle of the house wine which was surprisingly good. I didn't notice until too late that they had a few Italian craft beers that I had never seen before. They were from Birrificio Montegioco and one was called Draco, an 11% barleywine and the other was Rurale, a 5% pale ale. The waitress brought them over for me to inspect when paying the bill so I would be prepared for the next time I was in. I can easy say that this was the best and most authentic Italian food I have had in Ireland and I will be back the next time I'm in Enniscorthy.

Now this is a store that knows what it's talking about, it sells a vast range of wines for all…read moretastes, there are so many bottles around that it is almost overwhelming. Don't let this put you off though because the people that work there are very knowledgeable about wines and what wines complement what foods and so on. I am not a wine connoisseur myself and will risk any wine really (sometimes only to find that whatever i picked up tastes like vinegar!) but i have never bought a bad wine in this shop. This is mainly because I took the advice of the shop assistant and they have always chosen well for me. I would definitely recommend a visit if your in the mood for a nice wine!