“The juice sommelier will be with you shortly,” says Ashford Castle’s restaurant manager Robert Bowe as he seats me by a window in the dining room. A juice sommelier? Bowe stands by the tableside wearing a full face visor and points at the crisp linen napkin. Then the cheery juice sommelier arrives wearing an Ashford face mask and wheeling a cart of brightly coloured bottles sitting on a mountain of ice. The “covid gift pack” with its surgical mask, hand sanitiser and gloves is tastefully presented in a glossy Ashford bag.

Source: The Irish Times July 02, 2020 17:57 UTC