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Our 'Revamped' Wine Cellar

Stop by and view our newly revamped wine cellar 'CELLAR 1835', a perfect setting for any occasion.  Join our monthly Wine Tasting Evenings or plan your own Wine Tasting with your friends.

Our Cellar 1835

 is also suitable for team building events, business  networking meetings and private parties. 

To organise a viewing or to find out  more about booking our venue, contact 051 853 777 or email susan@dennisonwines.com.

COME AND ENJOY OUR WINES BY THE GLASS €4.95

OR INDULGE IN ANY BOTTLE OF WINE FROM OUR SELECTION - JUST ADD €5 TO OUR SHOP PRICES

(over 100 wines to choose from)

OPEN MON - SAT 10.30AM TO 6PM

Artist Exhibition Launch at The Wine Vault

Wine Night For All...

Wine Night For All at The Wine Vault

Thursday 1 October

at 7.30-9.30pm

 We have renovated our wine cellar to get ready to host a NEW series of wine tastings over the coming months.  We can now seat up to 24 people comfortably in a relaxed & fun atmosphere.

Join us for the first in the series of  Wine Evenings 'Wine Night for All'. 

We will be tasting a selection of wines complimented with a delicious light supper. 

Lots of fun  .... with a little learning!

Tickets €30 pp (includes 4 best-selling wines).  Pre-booking advised.

To find out more information, please contact Susan  051 853777 or email susan@dennisonwines.com

Our Wine Blog

If you have some free time, why not take a look at our Wine Blog where we discuss wines in detail.   Post a comment and let us know what you think....

http://thewinevault.blogspot.com/

Proud Winners

We are delighted to have been selected in the Top 10 - Best Wine Merchant (outside Dublin)  - Sunday Business Post Annual Wine Awards 2008.

Tomas Clancy - Wine Writer for the Sunday Business Post - has chosen our wine company in this category & we are proud to have received this accolade as we enter into the New Year 2009.   (see below)

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2008/12/14/story38145.asp 

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We thought you might be interested ...

We came across this extract online - written by a wine author Louise Truswell, who has been writing about the wine business for years.  It includes good advice for you to remember when you are shopping for good quality value for money wines -read on ...

How To Buy Good Wine Cheaply

No matter what you may have heard elsewhere, buying good wines cheaply is easy. Simply follow these useful tips and you’ll be well on the way to finding great value wines without compromising quality.

Firstly, always “back the little guy”. By this, we mean hunting down small, boutique wineries, which don’t have large advertising budgets to convince you to buy their wines, or cash to buy space on supermarket shelves. Instead, the only way that they can get their wines noticed is to ensure that the quality is of a very high standard. Wines of this type can be bought from retailers who support small producers.

When looking for a decent, cheap wine, a good tip is to seek out less fashionable regions. The wine trade is obsessed with fashion and the result of this can be a compromise in quality. Wine estates in Bordeaux and California for example, are often more known for their investments by millionaires, rather than the wine itself. So to enjoy good wines without the fashion tag, you should search out the retailers who source their wines from places that make similar wines. Chilean Cabernet Merlot is a good alternative to Bordeaux, while Grenache/Syrah blends are a perfect substitute to Chateauneuf du Pape and Chilean Chardonnay is to Chablis. And don’t forget New World fizz if you are looking for a cheaper alternative to Champagne.

Another useful hint is to avoid wine brands and heavily advertised wines. Why? Well, large brand wines are produced in significant volumes, using mass production techniques, and as winemakers look to achieve consistency, they compromise quality by using artificial processes such as adding sugars and adding citric acid to their wines. In addition, they heavily promote and market their wines, meaning that significant mark ups are likely.

Similarly, big name bargains are a definite no no. Although, through their buying power, supermarkets and large wine retailers can force producers to sell wines at incredibly low prices, they can only do this at the expense of the quality of the wine. To make ends meet, producers will be forced to plant on land that isn’t good enough to bear the region’s name or worse, they will increase yields and dilute the wines. So while a bottle of Chablis for a fiver may sound great, we guarantee that it will leave you feeling disappointed!

Finally, make sure that you buy your wine from an online wine retailer. Online wine retailers will offer you far better value for money compared to supermarkets and ordinary merchants, as they don’t incur many of the building costs, which are then passed on to you, the customer. Also, as online retailers aren’t restricted by shelf space, they can offer an unlimited range of wines that ordinary merchants don’t necessarily have space for.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question: Where in Waterford are you located?  I have visited the city a few times and could not find your wine shop

Answer: We are located on High Street in the city.  If you are on foot and coming to us from the quayside, you can take the street to the left of the Post Office on the quay, at the top of the street you are on High Street.  Go left and you will find us a few doors down the street on the right (past Emilianos restaurant).  Alternatively, if you are familiar with the City Square Shopping Centre in Waterford, the street going along the left side of the centre as you're facing the two main entrances of the shopping centre is High Street.  If you walk down this street, past the shopping centre car park on your right, cross a road, we are located a few doors on the right.  We look forward to your visit.

Question: Do you open late any evening?

Answer: We are open until 7pm on Thursday evenings and until 9pm Friday and Saturday evenings.  On Monday to Wednesday, we close at 6pm.

Question: I am interested in learning more about wines.  Are you running any wine courses this year?

Answer:  We are currently putting together a wine schedule for Wine Tastings and Courses 2008.  We will definitely be holding monthly wine tasting evenings at The Wine Vault which will be advertised on our website.  We will also introduce special guest wine producers to host some of our wine evenings.  If you would like more information on these events, please contact info@dennisonwines.com.