Wines from Spain are asking wine lovers to raise a glass for the fifth annual Spanish Wine Week in Ireland, running on-line throughout the country from October 12th to October 18th. Spanish Wine Week will shine a light on off licences, wine shops, and on-line retailers who are flying the flag for Spanish wines with discounts, offers and promotions available across the country. Woodberry Wines, The Wine House, The Nude Wine Co., Whelehan Wines, JN Wines and O’Briens Wines are some of the places who will have offers during the week.

Sadly a number of the restaurant events and tastings are now cancelled however there are on-line wine tastings to ensure anyone, anywhere can tune in from the comfort of their own home . On Oct 14^th Michelle of The Nude Wine Company will hold a tasting of Spanish Wines. On October 16^th there is The Great Rioja Tasting an on-line tasting with John Wilson and Wineonline and on the same day a tasting of Spanish wine with Sevgi Tüzel-Conghaile from A Wine Idea (all make a nominal charge to take part).  There are  a number of webinars that are free of charge, The Progress of Tradition with Harriet Tindal MW on October 13^th,   on October 14^th Andreas Kubach MW and Sevgi of A Wine Idea will take you on , ‘A Journey through Spanish Wines’; on Oct 15^th Jonas Tofterup MW, will present a webinar entitled ‘The Crunchy Wines of Galicia’ and on October 17^th Almudena Alberca MW will present a talk called 4 Regions, 1 Grape – Tempranillo.