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If you are mildly obsessive about your wine, enjoy drinking it, and learning about new varieties from around the world, and how they are made, then you will enjoy our Club, its monthly tastings, events, and all it has to offer.
Importantly, our programme of monthly tastings and presentations are led by wine trade professionals and WSET qualified wine educators. The common bond is their love of all things wine, an impressive knowledge of wine and wine making – and an ability to inform, entertain and amuse!
However, The Club is not all about serious learning. There is most definitely a social side – meetings are friendly, inclusive and informal. New friendships are made and old established ones maintained.
Added to all this is the ambience of Bookham’s Grade II listed Old Barn Hall where we meet. It maybe over 100 years old but it has been superbly maintained and modernised, providing first class facilities, including a full screen and projection set-up, and a modern kitchen with a wine cooler – perfect for our needs!
See below for our next wine tastings and click here to see our Programme for 2025.
Our next events
Premium and Boutique wines from South Africa – presented by Preet Sahota MD of Edgmond Wines
Monday 8th September at 8.00pm
We are pleased to welcome to our wine club for the first time, Preet Sahota. He will be presenting to you some interesting wines from South Africa. They truly offer some of the most exciting wines in the Southern Hemisphere. For this tasting, you will be trying wines from a combination of old vines, single vineyards and eclectic grape varieties. Whether they be from established vineyards in Stellenbosch or totally new appellations, this tasting will be sure to surprise and delight.
AGM followed by a “Fun Quiz” with Lits Philippou as Quiz Master
Monday 13th October at 7.30pm
Our AGM starts at the earlier time of 7.30 pm and should take around 30 minutes. The agenda, chairman’s report, financial statements and the minutes from last year’s AGM will be available in the members area of the Club’s website in advance of the AGM. The draft update to the Constitution is already on the website. Please review these documents.
The AGM will be followed by a “Fun Quiz” with Lits Philippou as quiz master for the evening. It will not be too serious and there will be wine to taste as part of the quiz. It should be another great evening.
The Battle of the Pyrenees – presented by Pippa Haywood member of the AWE
Monday 10th November at 8.00pm
The Pyrenees separate two remarkable wine regions. To the north, lie the wines of The Roussillon with its mountainous interior and pretty coast. To the south, Catalunya with the steep hills of Priorat and Montsant and the Penedes mountains.
The two share not just the ancient history of Cathar culture but also two grapes varieties that flourish each side of the divide: Grenache /Garnacha and Carignan/Carinena in all their colours -red, white and gris.
Ancient terraces on Schist, Limestone and Slate are home to these varieties – many of them very old bush vines. Whites tend to be fresh, creamy and spicy – reds dominated by red fruit and peppery spices. These old vines deliver not just intensity but elegance and fine silky texture as well. Some distinctly different and delicious wines.
To learn more about the Club’s history, its past presentations and how it is promoting the world of wine, and bringing so many aspects of it to our members, we invite you to take a tour around our website. But, if this still leaves your questions unanswered, please contact the Club through our Membership Secretary: membership@bookhamwineclub.org.uk