Along with the gospel, Irish monks carried and planted vines throughout ... where St Killian is the patron of wine-growers," writes Ted Murphy in his astonishing book, "A Kingdom of Wine, A ...

Surrounded by vineyards and filled with atmospheric wine gardens, small ... up at a statue of the town’s favorite saint, an Irish monk named Kilian. I wonder why he still has his head on.

Initially, the monks would have made wine, but while wine worked well for the warm regions of the Mediterranean, in the cold northern regions another method for creating spirits needed to be found ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN Kilkenny have discovered new evidence of the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by a medieval Irish monk ... The senior monk would have drunk French wine – then a symbol of real wealth ...

"This wine was said to have been first made in secret by Irish monks. Its popularity spread quickly and was often served at Irish feasts of all occasions." Desmond Castle in Cork houses the ...

BRITAIN: Invented by Benedictine monks in Devon, southwest England, it was originally feted for its medicinal properties. But such is the concern about Buckfast tonic wine and its popularity with ...

The Wine & Cheese Place—Clayton. $32.99. For the whiskey drinker looking to get outside of the box, this is the earliest drink ever to be distilled, the father of Irish whiskey and the ancient ...