Colm McCan

Colm is the wine teacher at Ballymaloe Cookery School and was previously head sommelier in Ballymaloe House where he was recipient of Food & Wine Magazine Sommelier of the Year.

Colm and his wife Aoife run the pop-up wine shop in the Grainstore at Ballymaloe (the little pop-up wine shop, a lockdown legacy’, open every Saturday afternoon!) They run the Drinks Theatre events at Ballymaloe which hosts wine & drinks events throughout the year and also leads a weekend jam packed schedule of wine & drinks events in the drinks theatre during the weekend of the annual Ballymaloe Festival of Food.

Colm & Aoife have a small organic vineyard (as mentioned in British Vogue!) planted with hybrids, in Shanagarry where they live, joining the ever growing number of Irish Vineyards.

Colm works on the trade / wholesale side of the wine business with his role with the specialist wine merchant, Le Caveau

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