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This week saw 9 members enjoy 10 wines. The additional wine courtesy of Lewis who was on holiday with his family celebrating his birthday. Happy birthday Lewis and thank you for the wine! The meeting had a theme of wines from South Africa or South America. All of the wines sampled scored well with the most popular wine of the evening being a Diablo Black from the Maule Valley in Chile brought by Wayne who chose the theme for the meeting. The Diablo Black scored an excellent 13.33 overall. The evening concluded with a glass of Port courtesy of Craig. Wayne also organised a curry for us all to start the evening from our local takeaway “The Hungry Elephant.” Thank you Wayne.

Another excellent evening of great wines and great company.

A full list of the wines sampled can be found here …

This week 5 members gathered to enjoy wines from Portugal, Spain, France and South Africa. The most popular wine of the evening was a 2018 French Montages St. Emilion with a blend of Merlot and Cabernet Franc grapes, courtesy of Wayne, scoring a fabulous 14 overall. First time pourer, Lewis, did a grand job with Neale recording the comments and scores.

A full list of wine sampled can be found here ….

The Bank Holiday weekend society meeting delivered an Italian themed evening chosen by our Chairman, Jim. A mix of wines from all over the wine producing regions of Italy including Sicily and Tuscany received a mixed reception. The most popular wine of the evening was a Barbera D’asti courtesy of Tony, scoring 12.38 overall. The evening was concluded with a glass of Port courtesy of Jim. A grand way to start a Bank Holiday weekend !

A full list of the wines sampled can be found here…

Just in case you are wondering where number 8 is… Neale is behind the camera.

This week we enjoyed a selection of 7 wines courtesy of our President. One from his very own cellar and the remaining 6 specially selected from the very fine wines at Edka Wines by the proprietor. The most popular wine of the evening was a D12 Spanish, Rioja Crianza scoring a well deserved 13.5. In total there were 4 Spanish, 2 South African and one Portuguese wine. All of the wines scored well and were very much appreciated by the members. We also enjoyed a now traditional accompaniment of Maltesers, along with a Malteser Easter Egg to help celebrate the Easter weekend.

Full details of the wines sampled can be found here …

This week’s meeting saw six members enjoy a “free choice” meeting with wines from Italy, Chile, South Africa, U.S.A. and Australia. The most popular wine of the evening was an Italian Negramaro from the Puglia region produced by Santodeno and brought by our Chairman, Jim. It scored a very impressive 14 overall, closely followed by a Californian Zinfandel courtesy of Tony scoring 13.67. Full details of the wines sampled can be found here…

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This week’s meeting saw seven members enjoy seven wines, leaving the Village a little before eleven o’clock.

We enjoyed wines from Spain, South Africa and Australia, with the two most popular wines of the evening being a South African Cabernet Sauvignon and a Spanish Rioja, courtesy of Jim and Paul respectively. Both scoring 12.86. The evening was rounded off with an excellent “Windsor” Port, kindly provided by Craig and there were Maltesers a plenty with several members supplying the Society’s favourite chocolate.

To see a full detailed list of the wines sampled click here …

Our latest meeting saw us meeting in the home of our Chairman, Jim, on the occasion of his birthday. Due to works at the Ponthir Village Hall we were unable to meet there, so Jim stepped in to save the day!

A great evening was had by all and we are very grateful for Jim’s hospitality and his good wife for putting up with us.

Some excellent wines were sampled and Jim kindly provided a fine Port to finish the evening’s frivolities. The wines sampled can be viewed here …

Just four members for our meeting on Friday 7th February – Quality members though and quality wines.

View the wines sampled on the night here …

Six of our members attended our first meeting of 2025 to enjoy great company and some great wines ! Our next meeting will be on Friday 24 January, which will be a themed meeting, chosen by Tony, who brought the most popular wine of the evening. The theme is, wines of Sicily.

See the full details of the wines sampled here …

Last night saw the societies last meeting for 2024. We had a full house with 11 of our subscribing members in attendance. As is our custom when we have 8 or more in attendance we paired up the attendees, with each pair bringing the exact same wine. Though someone did manage to bring the exact same wine but one bottle was a 2021 vintage and the other a 2022.

We enjoyed wines from Italy, Chile, Spain, Portugal and Australia. The most popular wine of the evening was an Italian Millefiori Appassimento Veneto, scoring a very creditable 14.1, courtesy of the Jim and Lewis pairing. The evening was finished with a glass of Port brought by our Scribe to celebrate the arrival of a grandson and our families in general as we approach the festive season. Our next meeting will be on Friday 10th January 2025 when the theme will be wines from the southern hemisphere.

A complete list of the wines sampled can be found here …

A complete list of of the wines sampled since September 2022 to the present day can be found here …

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