Qualified with the highly regarded WSET Diploma in Wine; Anna is an enthusiastic Wine Educator with a personable and friendly approach. She is a member of the Association of Wine Educators (AWE) and also holds both Spanish Wine Scholar Guild … Read more
2022 Presenter Title January 10 Chris Bocking (Laithwaites) What’s Hot in Oz? February 14 Keith Grainger The Magic of Veneto March 14 Nina Cerullo Wines of the Medoc April 11 Pippa Hayward Discovering Grenache May 09 Abbie Bennington Chile – … Read more
2023 Presenter Title January 09 Chris Bocking (Laithwaite’s) The Cape Winelands February 13 Keith Grainger The Bordeaux Illusion March 13 Nina Cerullo Wine and Food Matching April 17 Anna Midcalf The Wines of Sicily May 15 Abbie Bennington California. I … Read more
To celebrate Christmas and set the tone for a happier New Year, members and guests enjoyed a fully catered four-course meal, including a main course of Coq au Vin prepared, cooked and served by Dave Squires and his catering team. … Read more
Lits asked members to forget any pre-conceptions of insipid wines tasted on summer holidays many moons ago – the wines from the Mediterranean islands are now hot stuff, stunning both experts and amateurs. And so it proved to be, when … Read more
Following our AGM, Simon Rolfe, co-founder of Sea Change Wine presented six of his highly regarded, ethically sourced and eco-friendly wines. Sea Change is part of an established family wine business; their mission is to raise funds to protect our … Read more
Our eagerly awaited return to the Barn Hall couldn’t have started in better hands. After a glass of crémant to celebrate the occasion, members settled down to enjoy their first fact-to-face professional presentation in eighteen months. Angela Bawtree is one … Read more
Once more we held a garden meeting, but as the Covid restrictions were relaxing, we now arranged meetings of up to eight in a garden – which gave us the opportunity of trying four wines (still not the six that … Read more
Our garden meeting for July attracted 33 members, who enjoyed wines to remind them of holidays in Spain. Unfortunately, nobody took a picture, so here is one of several club members enjoying a real picnic in Spain. We drank three … Read more
We invite our members to share with us, and you, discoveries and opportunities that they would like to share with other members. Some of these will only apply for a short period of time, so we shall try to update … Read more