Bold bad boy from the town of Mullingar

Saturday's New York Times has an interesting story about J.P. Donleavy, author of The Ginger Man and many other novels, now nearly 80 and a resident of Mullingar for the last 30 years. It notes that despite cultivating an image as a recluse, he has a high profile in the Dublin art world, including a recent opening at the Molesworth Gallery devoted to his work. There's a funny picture from the reception, with him talking to Shane MacGowan. But Shane is clearly drinking white wine, in contrast to another picture we'd linked to a while back, of him with Pete Doherty, where Guinness was the beverage of choice. So does Shane choose his drink based on the tone of the evening, or was it an artsy reception with no pints?