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With Love

Croft Original Harveys Bristol Martini
Sherry Cream Sherry Rosso
75cl €15.79 75cl €16.49 75cl €12.10
This Fino Sherry has a clean, The clue is in the word Match this classic red
crisp taste with an aromatic ‘cream’ here, meaning vermouth with one third
note at the end, a great this famed Sherry boasts gin to two-thirds Martini
match with smoked salmon sweeter notes than its drier Rosso over ice for an ice-
or gravlax. Fino cousins. Lovely with a breaker aperitif.
salty cheese.

Cockburns Fine Hennessy Coole Swan Superior Martini
Ruby Port Very Special Cognac Irish Cream Liqueur Extra Dry
75cl €16.99 70cl €36 70cl €20 75cl €12.10
This full-bodied Port with It’s almost unpatriotic not Inspired by Yeats’ poem ‘The The crisp apple avours, acidity
rich, dark fruit notes is a to have a bottle of this Wild Swans at Coole’, this award and citrus notes of this classic
classic after-dinner drink to Irish-rooted cognac in the winning Irish cream liqueur is a Vermouth are balanced by
go with cheese but equally house over Christmas. A blend of single malt Irish whiskey woodier hints and a whi of
drinkable as a tipple with Cork home without one is with Irish cream, white Belgian dark spices. A favourite cocktail
friends. Banish winter frost undoubtedly a matter of chocolate, Ivory Coast bitter- ingredient but also a clever
with a hot port, boiling high treason. Try it over ice sweet cocoa and Madagascan and stylish standby instead of
water as the mixer adding a with ginger ale and a slice bourbon vanilla. A beautiful white wine for cooking sh and
clove-studded lemon. of lime. Christmas gift if you can bear to pan-frying scallops.
part with it.

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