Ep 15: Going Green for St. Patrick's Day

<p>When it comes to holidays, few are as fun and filled with libations as St. Patrick’s Day. Celebrated annually on March 17th, this Irish holiday gets a lot of love here in the US, so we thought we’d chat with our favorite Irish import. He’ll talk to us about shamrocks and snakes, teach us what a “pratie” is, then taste wine that pairs to the boiled bacon, cabbage and Sheppard’s pie he ate grewing up.</p><p>My guest today is Tomas O’Grady, a farmer’s son from the west of Ireland who now lives with his family in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Tomas is the founder and Executive Director of <a href="https://www.enrichla.org/">Enrich LA</a>, a non-profit organization whose mission is to create an organic regenerative garden in every Los Angeles schoolyard. While urban farming is not exactly viticulture, he has serious terroir cred—and as a bonus, he’s a hardcore wine enthusiast. I’m honored to have him join us for this episode to taste wines I’ve selected for the perfect St. Patrick’s Day feast.</p><p>With Tomas we pour three fantastic wines made from organic grapes: from Italy, the gorgeous <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/wine/2020-strabiordante-organic-vermentino-sicilia-igt">2020 StraBIOdante Organic Vermentino</a>, from Alamansa, Spain, <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/wine/2019-puente-de-la-vega-racies-organic-garnacha">2019 Puente de la Vega Racies Garnacha Tintorera</a>, and from Austria, <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/wine/2017-villa-haas-zweigelt">2017 Villa Haas Zweigelt</a>. To shop for these wines and more, browse our <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/collections/ecofriendly-wines">organic</a>, our <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/collections/vegan-wines">vegan</a> and our <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/collections/sustainable-wine">sustainable</a> collections online.</p><p>Sniff Sip Repeat is brought to you by <a href="https://wineinsiders.com/">Wine Insiders</a>, leaders in online wine. Wine Insiders makes buying great wine easy. Founded in 1982 as a club for California wine enthu