New to Sandycove, a specialised wine boutique, The Wine Buff will open to the public. Michael Cussen and Eileen Buckley embark on their first franchise business opportunity opening a franchised Wine Buff boutique specialising in exceptional quality/priced wines sourced directly from artisan vineyards throughout Europe. Managing Director Mike McDonnell said: This is our first location in Co Dublin and our sixteenth outlet in Ireland, we are hugely excited about this fabulous location in Sandycove.

Michael and Eileen are a extremely motivated and highly enthusiastic couple, we are confident their customers will experience the same high levels of customer service and incredible range of quality/priced wines our nationwide customer base has grown to expect from the The Wine Buff franchise brand. Michael and Eileen are customers of the Limerick Wine Buff shop for many years now and they have decided to embark on owning their own Wine Buff Franchise.

We both worked in the coffee business and have looked at various business opportunities, The Wine Buff was always our first choice when looking at a retail business opportunity as we absolutely fell in love with the concept of helping people make informed decisions when purchasing wines, so, having constantly enjoyed our frequent visits to our Wine Buff shop in Limerick, we decided to open one for ourselves said Michael.

Eileen added the south Dublin region was our first choice for location and finding a shop took a few months of intensive searching, we were determined to secure the best location to help ensure growth of our new business, we found that ideal location in Sandycove. Michael and I are looking forward to sharing the fabulously exciting Wine Buff experience with our new customers.