In terms of the World’s largest wine producers, California ranks as 4th. Even in America, 85% of all wine comes from California. Not surprisingly, it’s a region of the USA that doesn’t import many wines, and it doesn’t need to … Read more
Richard Bost made a welcome return to the Club this month to present 6 modern wines from 3 very distinct wineries in Lebanon. Back in the early 1970s, Château Musar was the only Lebanese wine you could find in the … Read more
It is always a pleasure to welcome Angela to the Club and this month’s presentation proved to be as interesting and enjoyable as her previous visits. Rather than focussing on wines from a specific country or region however, Angela had chosen … Read more
Not only did members enjoy several ‘new wave’ wines from Spain this month, we also welcomed Pippa as a new presenter to the Club. Pippa is an AWE, WSET accredited wine educator and we certainly learnt a lot this evening about … Read more
This month the Club were delighted to welcome Juan Manuel Matas, Managing Director of Gourvid Wines, to present “Discover a New Chile”. Gourvid are a small importer specialising in wines from South America, which are produced by independent, family-owned wineries, … Read more
This month’s presentation was brought to us by our favourite pairing of Elliot (ABS Wine Agencies) and Ed (ExCellar in Ashtead). Elliot set the scene by sharing some background facts as well as explaining why, with the exception of the … Read more
Our Christmas event this year was hosted admirably by wine educator Deborah Zbinden, who was also making her debut presentation to the Club. We are already looking forward to welcoming her back in 2019! For our welcome drink, Deborah had chosen Calvet … Read more
The meeting this month marked the second time the Club has run a condensed version of its AGM followed by a truncated presentation and Ploughman’s supper. This format had proved highly successful in 2017 and it proved to work well … Read more
The Club was very pleased to welcome Lits back to present a selection of 6 delicious Greek wines this month, all of which were produced by boutique wineries across the mainland and the islands. In fact, as Lits explained, Greek … Read more
The club’s summer event held in July, our first ever wine tasting with dinner and live entertainment, proved tremendously popular with members and guests alike. In sweltering temperatures, our friends from Ex Cellar in Ashtead and specialist wine importer ABS … Read more