December 2021 – Special Christmas Event with Heather Dougherty November 2021 – A Mediterranean Island wine ‘cruise’ with Lits Philippou October 2021 – AGM followed by Simon Rolfe of Sea Change Wines September 2021 – Exploring Climate with Angela Bawtree … Read more
Nina’s company, Wine Workshop, provides wine education and consultation for the trade and public. Nina has been educating in the wine trade since 2001, teaching everything from ‘An Introduction to Wine’, to WSET qualifications, to advanced masterclasses in various … Read more
Continuing our “Summer Holiday” theme, this meeting sampled the wines of Italy. They were supplied by VineKing, an established off-licence with stores in Reigate, Weybridge and East Molesey. Despite the difficulties, reported throughout the trade, of keeping stock levels as … Read more
May meeting – garden meeting – France with LaithwaitesFor our first garden meeting of 2021, the theme was “holidays in France” Three wines were made available for us to try in our group of six. The weather did not really … Read more
April meeting – Discover the Wines of the Rhone Valley with Heather Dougherty./ Again, the restrictions on indoor meetings meant that we had to use Zoom from our own homes to hear Heather Dougherty’s presentation on the wines of the … Read more
Our first Zoom meeting with a presenter, a “virtual wine tour of the Loire valley” was enjoyed by 26 members, who had bought their own Loire wine to enjoy as Lits Philippou gave us first a thorough oenological view of … Read more
Our February meeting was a light hearted Zoom meeting with the primary purpose of renewing old friendships. 22 members and 3 guests Zoomed in, and all seemed to be enjoying themselves, some (including Kevin, our Zoom master) showing considerable Zoom … Read more
Angela Bawtree is a WSET® Certified Educator, who provides both formal and informal wine education programmes and events. Having completed her wine education at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust in 2005 with a Level 5 Honours Diploma in Wine … Read more
As a Welsh grammar school girl I’d always juggled working my holidays in hospitality and studying languages through University. Just as I’d decided I should really train to teach Italian and French, I met my future husband – a chef. I … Read more
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