Wines Direct opens in Athlone

A new name is joining the retail landscape on the Connaught side of Athlone today.

Wines Direct opens its new store on Magazine Road at 10.30am this morning (Thursday).

This is the specialist wine retailer's second store in the Midlands, following their successful outlet in Mullingar which has been a popular place for wine lovers for many years now.

The local store manager is Ian O'Connor who joined the Wines Direct team last year.

The new shop, which it aims to take the mystery out of wine, will have wines open for tasting weekly and hope to hold monthly tasting events later this summer.

The family owned and operated wine importer run by Gareth and Gavin Keogh already run a successful outlet in Lough Sheever Park in Mullingar and work with restaurants around the region.

Wines Direct also operate a very successful online shop for wine nationwide.