Done one distillery, done them all? I thought so, until I tried a taste of this one...

Powerscourt Distillery and Visitor Experience “There are no air miles. Some of it is literally from the field out there!” Santina Kennedy is talking me through a plate of local nibbles in Powerscourt, Co Wicklow. There’s a sweet and earthy fennel salami from The Wooded Pig in Co Meath, a chunk of Wicklow Bán cheese, Le Paysan paté from the same county, and honey from hives so close you can almost hear the bees humming.

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