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Fellow Wine Lovers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Patrick\u2019s Day today, last day of the Six Nations tomorrow, Mother\u2019s day on Sunday \u2013 it\u2019s a busy weekend, are you ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But before we get into the weekend, what\u2019s been exciting this week?  Gary Lineker went back to work without having to plead for forgiveness, perhaps having learnt that watching Leicester lose 3-1 to Chelsea on a Saturday afternoon is far more palatable when you\u2019re getting paid to comment on it.  However, he was probably grateful that he chose to go to the King Power Stadium rather than the Twickenham one because losing to Chelsea by a couple of goals is just about bearable compared to losing to France by 43 points.  Thankfully, unlike Gary, we were at work so were, effectively, being paid to watch it (through our fingers).  Happily, as it\u2019s been Cheltenham all week and as it\u2019s St Patrick\u2019s day today we\u2019ve decided that we\u2019re now fully Irish, so tomorrow\u2019s rugby match holds no fear for us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeremy Hunt, he of NHS infamy and certainly a man whose time running the health service wasn\u2019t about paying the workers more money, is now in charge of the Exchequer and on Wednesday he gave us his version of a budget.  Watching a man who is clearly so very, very pleased with himself was quite difficult and, when you add weak jokes and questionable data into mix, it almost had us reaching for the Rum.  We won\u2019t go into deep analysis of his suggestions but suffice to say, booze will get more expensive in August whether we like it or not, you have been warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday brought Alex a couple of big wins at Cheltenham, although when you\u2019re only betting a pound a punt, big wins aren\u2019t really life changing.  Wayne also had some big wins and is now looking at yacht brochures and topping up his pension pot\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And now it\u2019s Friday and we\u2019re wearing green.\u00a0 We don\u2019t sell Guinness and we don\u2019t sell Jameson\u2019s but we do sell something better: JJ Corry The Gael Batch No. 2 – \u00a373<\/strong>.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a bit of their story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2015 we built a bonded Rackhouse on the McGuane Family Farm and resurrected the lost art of Irish Whiskey Bonding.  Whiskey Bonding is the practice of sourcing new make spirit and mature Irish Whiskey from Irish distilleries and maturing, blending and bottling unique whiskeys.  During the \u2018golden age\u2019 of Irish Whiskey (in the 19th and 20th centuries), there were hundreds of distilleries operating on the island of Ireland.  Most did not have their own brands of whiskey at that time, however.  These distilleries made their new make whiskey spirit and sold it wholesale to the Bonders to age, blend and bottle.  The Bonders were the publicans, grocers and mercantile owners.  They would travel to their local distillery with their own barrels, fill them up with new make spirit and then cart them home for ageing and then blending.  Bonders were present in every town in Ireland, giving rise to regional styles.  Sadly, the Irish Whiskey Industry collapsed in the 1930s and the few remaining distilleries cut off the Bonders\u2019 supply, leaving Irish Whiskey Bonding to die out.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gael Batch No.2 is a 60% Malt and 40% Grain blend comprising of<\/p>\n\n\n\n