A Bristol skipper has jumped on board an ambitious new idea, which mixes French
wine with the only surviving wooden schooner of its kind.

The elegant schooner Kathleen & May, laden with another consignment of Fair Wind Wine from France, is arrived in Dublin from Brittany last month

The elegant schooner "kathleen & May" was one of a number of this Tall Ship Fleet that graced the Dublin Dockland Quays for this year's 2009 Maritime Festival. It had a green message in its cargo of Wine in Bottles, called Fair Wind Wine.

How green is wine?

Kathleen and May is calling to Dublin with a commercial cargo of Fair Wind Wine from France and will stay for the festival. There will be wine tasting onboard and also an opportunity to "wine and dine" at competitive prices.

Last June, wine supplier Fair Wind Wines made its first-ever delivery of 35 pallets of wine onto the jetty at Berth No 4, Sir John Rodgerson's Quay, Dublin. But no ordinary wine delivery this.There hadn't been a wine delivery like it for nearly 110 years. For FWW doesn't just deliver by standard freighter but by tall sailing ship-in this case, the 109-year-old Kathleen & May.While 14 of those first pallets were destined for Gibeys and O'Briens Wines, the rest headed out into the independent off-trade and the company returned to Sir John Ridgerson's Quay to deliver another 30 pallets for distribution to independent off-licences last October.

Last June, wine supplier Fair Wind Wines made its first-ever delivery of 35 pallets of wine onto the jetty at Berth No 4, Sir John Rodgerson's Quay, Dublin. But no ordinary wine delivery this.There hadn't been a wine delivery like it for nearly 110 years. For FWW doesn't just deliver by standard freighter but by tall sailing ship-in this case, the 109-year-old Kathleen & May.While 14 of those first pallets were destined for Gibeys and O'Briens Wines, the rest headed out into the independent off-trade and the company returned to Sir John Ridgerson's Quay to deliver another 30 pallets for distribution to independent off-licences last October.

Fair Wind Wine has made a bit of a splash with its wine shippments sailing right up into Dublin docks. Another cargo delivery took place again recently. Part Nolan speaks to FWW's Chief Executive Frederic Albert about the philosophy and profits behind the sail of the century.

Sara Kavanagh and Fair Wind Wine's Frederic Albert celebrate the company'sfirst anniversary on the Kathleen & May Tall Ship. The Irish-based firm is the first to ship wine from France solely on wind power.