Fashions come and go, sometimes for fickle reasons, sometimes because you can have too much of a good thing. Soave DOC was a victim of the latter: a white wine appellation east of Lake Garda in Italy’s Veneto, where winemaking cooperatives leaned into the popularity of this fresh white wine, to the expense of quality and reputation.
Are you embracing a Dry January? Or exploring what you might enjoy drinking when cutting back on the booze? In a nationwide survey conducted last November by Bounce Insights for Lucky Saint (brewers of one of today’s recommended alcohol-free beers), 47pc of Irish people surveyed said they planned to partake in Dry January and 50pc to moderate their drinking throughout the year.