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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This week the society held its Annual General Meeting to agree and update the rules and appoint a new Secretary for next year. Due to pressing work commitments our current secretary Wayne is stepping down. He has done a fantastic job for a number of years, organising the members and the meetings, particularly during the COVID-19 period. During the restrictions Wayne prepared and sanitised the meeting room, made sure it was well ventilated and thereby provided a safe environment for our meetings to continue in compliance with the restrictions in place at that time. Thank you for all your hard work. You will be sorely missed as Secretary.

Neale was elected our new secretary, commencing his duties in 2025. Thank you for volunteering Neale.

After the A.G.M. we sampled some excellent wines. We had 9 members and 1 guest in attendance, Anthony. Due to the numbers present we paired up so that each pairing brought the same wine, to allow us to sample a sufficient amount of the wine to fairly asses it. The theme for the evening chosen by our President Jim, was wines under 13.5% ABV. Of the 5 wines sampled the most popular of the evening was a Alkànie, Pinot Noir from Moldova scoring a very respectable 13.7 overall brought by the pairing of Lewis and his guest Anthony. The evening finished with a glass of Port courtesy of our Treasurer, Alan.

Click here to see full details of the wines sampled.

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The Infamous 6 drink again.

A primativo/zinfandel evening chosen by Craig. The Cock-up of the evening was our Secretary Wayne bringing a cab sav wine from Chile 🇨🇱 🥲. Weird moment of the night was Neale announcing he cooked his wine for 1 minute in an 800w microwave 🤔. The favourite wine of the evening was Neale’s Zinfandel of U.S.A from Lodi. 14.5% A.B.V costing £5.60. Scoring a very respectful 14.5. Craig kindly brought the Maltesers & Port enjoyed by all attending the evening. Thank you Craig.

Paul became our latest member and we are looking forward to sampling many more wines with him!

Full details of the wines sampled can be found here…

The society’s meeting on Friday 13th turned out to be lucky for the 8 members present, enjoying red wines from France, Italy, Argentina, Chile, Australia and Spain. However, the evening started informally with a Blush wine courtesy of our newest member Lewis. The most popular wine of the evening was a Malbec from Argentina “The Wanderer” brought by Craig who also kindly supplied a bottle of Cockburn’s Special Reserve Port and the now obligatory Maltesers for all to enjoy. The next meeting will be themed one with the theme being selected by Craig.

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

To see a full list of the wines sampled since 23 September 2022 to the present date click here…

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This week saw 3 members, a second time guest and a third time guest enjoy wines from Italy, France, Spain, Chile and Greece. Our guest Lewis became our latest member to join the society. Before we started the serious business of sampling wine, we shared a chilled white Rioja courtesy of our Scribe, to cleanse and prepare our palates. The most popular wine of the evening was a Spanish Pata Negra Toro which scored a very respectable 14 overall, brought by our guest Paul. The Greek wine was, unfortunately the least popular with an 11.2 overall. The evening concluded with a French Bordeaux courtesy of our Pourer, Stuart.

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

A full list of the wines sampled since 23 September 2022 to the present day can be found here…

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This week’s meeting saw five members and two guests including our first time guest Paul and second time guest Lewis, enjoy wines from all over the world, including Italy, Australia, France and Moldova. The most popular wine of the evening was a wine from Australia, brought by our treasurer Alan, a “B. Ink”. Not to be confused with a Barossa Ink. The B. Ink from South East Australia scored a very creditable 13.29 overall. Our next meeting will be another “Free Choice” evening.

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

A list of the wines sampled from from 23 September to the present day can be found here…

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As the title suggests, this week we had a themed meeting with all of the wines originating from South Africa. However, the evening started with a visit to our Scribes home for a cold drink in his garden in the warm sunny weather. Well that was the plan until it started raining and we beat a hasty retreat indoors. A big thank you to Mrs T for hosting the societies pre-meeting, meeting. The most popular wine of the evening was a Kruger Merlot from the Stellenbosch region of South Africa brought by our Chief Pourer Stuart, scoring a very creditable 14:67. The full list of wines sampled can be found here…

This week’s meeting saw first time guest Lewis join us to sample the wine and the society proceedings. The evening concluded with a glass of Port courtesy of our Scribe, Talbot.

Hiding from the rain.

A very enjoyable South African themed evening!

A list of the wines sampled from from 23 September to the present day can be found here…

This week we enjoyed an Indian Takeaway arranged, collected and delivered by our Secretary, Wayne. Our Scribe, Talbot, provided Rose to accompany the food. A fantastic start to the evening before starting the serious task of sampling the members selected wines. Due to the large number of members attending we partnered up with a fellow member, both providing the same wine, so that we could enjoy a suitable portion of each wine to fully assess it.

We sampled wines from Portugal, Spain, Chile, the U.S.A. and Australia. The most popular wine of the evening being a Spanish red, a “Mucho Mas”, courtesy of our Chairman, Jim.

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

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