Neill Wine

15/04/2025

📢📢SOLD OUT📢📢

A Whiskey & Cigar Evening is back!!

We have coming down to chat to us about what Ardara Distillery is up too, with what can only be described as an exceptional line for us to try 👀🥃

We will also have Bolivar Royal Coronas for our Cigar of the evening, a full bodied robusto, 4.8 inches and a 50 ring gauge that will keep up with whiskey line up!

Again we are lucky enough to have
Supplying us with some of their awesome beer and as always we will have our cheese & charcuterie boards from
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Amazingly there are only 6 tickets left for this evening so don't wait too long or you'll miss out!! 🎟️

Call 02891450114 to secure your places!!

12/04/2025

We'll have Dram Mor whisky open today from 12-3 for a fireside tasting, make sure to call into Groomsport to sample some outstanding Scotch 😍🥃

05/04/2025

If you're heading to Groomsport, make sure you grab yourself a dram from the guys at Lir, here until 6pm 🥃 severing out the goodies!! 🥃

05/04/2025

You don't want to miss out on this!! Call into Helens Bay today! 🍷🍾

25/03/2025

🍺🍺 We have a few spots left for our Beer Tasting with Our Brewery on the 11th April 🍺🍺

If you fancy trying 6 Barrel Aged Beers, then this is the tasting for you!

Our Brewery will guide you through a beer tasting like no other accompanied by the best cheese boards around from The Guillemot Deli 🍺🧀

When: Friday 11th April
Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop
Time: 7.30pm
Price: £35pp

Call us on 02891450114 to secure your place!!

22/03/2025

The guys from Basalt Distillery are joining us in store today to let us all sample the awesome Basalt Gin & Vodka. Why not come and join us for a tasting?

3pm-4.30pm Helen’s Bay Store
5pm-7pm Groomsport Store

11/03/2025

🍻The Beer Tasting You've Been Waiting For🍻

We've teamed up with the guys from Our Brewery to go through their Barrel Aged Series. An immense series of 6 beers, all different styles and finished in unique casks bringing you a beer tasting like no other.

The aim of Our Brewery is the fermentation project using historical techniques, the finest ingredients and a natural influence from the environment in which they are based. The beers created require time and patience to bring you something unique to the beer world.

These guys are pushing the boundaries of fermentation, from ageing beers in chardonnay barrels for 17 months to Farmhouse Ale aged in rum barrels for 18 months.. you know this tasting is going to be one not to miss!!

When: Friday 11th April
Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop
Time: 7.30pm
Price: £35 pp
Call: 02891450114 to book your places!

As always, we will have the finest cheese & charcuterie from The Guillemot Deli to go along with the evening.

08/02/2025

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We are excited to announce an exceptional Burgundy event celebrating the exquisite wines form Domaine Jean Luc & Paul Aegerter based in Nuits St Georges.

Export Director Bertrand Serrano will join us for this celebration as we experience the brilliance of both Chardonnay & Pinot Noir.

Stand out wines from the estate's exclusive vineyard holdings throughout the Cote d'Or, Bourgogne - the world's greatest wine region!

Not only will we have exceptional wines from the region but our friends at the Guillemot will also be providing us with brilliant Burgundian cheeses to accompany the vino!

Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop

When: Saturday 1st March, 7.45pm

Cost: £50pp
To Book Please Call 02891 450114

04/02/2025

GREAT NEWS ⚔️🥃⚔️

After having to postpone Battle of the Drams because of the storm, it has been rescheduled for Friday 7th March 🥳🥳 whilst the event remains SOLD OUT this is for anyone who has tickets that I haven't been able to contact! If you could please phone the shop to confirm you can still make it 😊

24/01/2025

Groomsport has reopened!!

Helen's Bay remains closed due to fallen trees!

Stay safe out there folks, please be careful if you do decide to venture out!

23/01/2025

❗❗ Folks, a few updates for you in light of the red weather warning for tomorrow❗❗

Both Helen's Bay & Groomsport shops will be closed tomorrow until at least 3pm, this will depend on the storm by this time & we will give updates if we do open or not!

We have also decided for everyone's safety travelling to our Battle of the Drams tasting tomorrow night to POSTPONE the evening, we will release a rescheduled date very very soon, please keep an eye out for it! 👀
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The safety of all our customers is our main priority, please be careful if you have to travel tomorrow, this looks like a serious one!!

15/01/2025

Bored of January yet?!
Why not treat yourself and join us for an epic whiskey night!
Battle of the Drams is back with a new line up - 4 Distilleries, 8 whiskeys in a blind tasting!
Will The Copeland Distillery come out on top for a second year in a row?
Or will we have a new winner 🏆 only you can decide 🙈

Tilt & Pour are hooking us up with a beer to kickstart the evening too and of course we will have The Guillemot Deli providing the cheese & charcuterie for the evening! 🍺🧀

When: Friday 24th January
Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop
Time: 7.3pm
Cost: £50pp

There's only a few tickets left for this, you really don't want to miss our biggest whiskey tasting of the year!!!

10/01/2025

A sneak peak of who will be battling it out at this year's Battle of the Drams!!
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You REALLY don't want to miss out on our first & finest tasting of the year!!
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When: Friday 24th January 7.30pm
Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop
Cost: £50pp

Call to book!!

08/01/2025

Still some tickets remaining for Battle of the Drams 2025 - give us a call to secure yours! Don’t miss out on the first and finest whiskey tasting of the year!

Call 02891450114

⚔️ Battle of the Drams ⚔️ is back with a new line up and new whiskeys 🥃🥃

4 Distilleries, 8 whiskeys tasted absolutely blind...Who will win? 👀

Copeland will return to defend their title - can they be defeated... It's up to you!!

Our friends at are going to be hooking us up with a beer to kickstart the evening too!🍺

When: Friday 24th January
Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop
Time: 7.30pm
To Book: Call 02891450114
Cost: £50pp

As always we will have
Providing us with cheese & charcuterie 🧀

Instagram: dramsontherocks

03/01/2025

⚔️ Battle of the Drams ⚔️ is back with a new line up and new whiskeys 🥃🥃

4 Distilleries, 8 whiskeys tasted absolutely blind...Who will win? 👀

Copeland will return to defend their title - can they be defeated... It's up to you!!

Our friends at are going to be hooking us up with a beer to kickstart the evening too!🍺

When: Friday 24th January
Where: Courtyard Tasting Room, Groomsport Shop
Time: 7.30pm
To Book: Call 02891450114
Cost: £50pp

As always we will have
Providing us with cheese & charcuterie 🧀

Instagram: dramsontherocks

24/12/2024

That’s Christmas for another year! And what an awesome year it was! Thanks to all of our lovely customers for making the job a very enjoyable one…it’s a long aul’ haul for us but we got there & in good fashion!

We hope you’ve all enjoyed the craic with us & have got the great quality booze you deserve for the festive period! That really is why we enjoy doing it!! Cin cin!! 🍷

Have a very merry Christmas from all of us in Groomsport & Helen’s Bay! ❤️

21/12/2024

We are humbled to announce that we now have in stock the very final brew from one of our nearest and dearest local breweries - Ards Brewing Co. We have all 5 lines and they are going fast. This really is your last opportunity to grab a slice of local brewing history. ❤️

19/12/2024

Our phone lines are currently down in both Groomsport & Helen's Bay but we're fully open for business, for all your Christmas drinks!! 🎅🏻🥂🍷🍻🥃