This week 8 members met to sample wines from America, Spain, Portugal, France and Australia in a “Free Choice” evening. Three of those wines scored exactly the same overall at 13.38. They were a Portuguese Vilarissa Valley Reserva, a Grande Reserva version of the Vilarissa Valley and a Spanish “The Guv’nor VIP”. The Portuguese wines were brought by Talbot and Spanish Guv’nor by Wayne.
Craig very kindly shared a bottle of Port and two boxes of Malteesers with us.
Full details of the wines sampled can be found here…
Friday 12 April saw another member join our society. A very big welcome to Martin in joining our merry group. The five members present, Alan, Neale, Tony, Jim and Martin had such a good time they forgot to take a photograph of the evenings proceedings. Our secretary, Wayne, provided an additional bottle for the five to enjoy and assess.
Full details of the wine sampled can be found here…
This week saw 7 members enjoy wines selected by Edka Wines and very kindly provided by our President, David Llewellyn.
It was without doubt an outstanding selection, scoring what is sure to be the highest scoring evening we have ever had. A massive thank you to Dave for providing the wines so well selected by Edwardo of Edka Wines. The most popular wine of the evening was a Rioja Reserva, a Viña Lanciano, scoring an incredible 15. All of the wines scored very highly and were very popular with the members lucky enough to be at this week’s meeting.
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Full details of the wines sampled can be found here…
The magnificent 7 rode again, enjoying wines from around the world including Switzerland. The most popular wine of the evening, was brought by our Chairman Jim, and it was a Piccini Memoro 13.5% A.B.V. 4 grape variety, costing £8.75 from Italy, scoring a very respectful 13.42. Our secretary is behind the camera. Our next wine evening will be! No wine greater than 13.5% A.B.V.
Enjoying Neale’s themed evening of wines 🍷 for £5 or less. And wow, we were truly enlightened. Wines from Chile 🇨🇱, Spain 🇪🇸, Portugal 🇵🇹, Australia 🇦🇺. The most popular wine of the evening was Porta, provided by our president, David, scoring a respectful 13.14. Port supplied by our Secretary Wayne. Chocolate 🍫 provided by Craig. Latest News! Tony became a full member last night. Voted in unanimously by all present. Welcome, Tony. The next meeting will be a free choice on 16 February 2024.
The wines were scored. Craig – 11.43%. Ian – 11.57%. Jim – 11.71%. Stuart – 12.43%. Wayne – 12.71%. Tony – 12.86%. David – 13.14%
The famous 5 attended the 2nd wine Society or 2024. Enjoying wines from the U.S.A. 🇺🇸, Portugal 🇵🇹, Argentina 🇦🇷, South Africa 🇿🇦, and Italy 🇮🇹. The most popular wine of the evening was a Feuerheerd’s Anchor Wine from Portugal, brought by Neale. The next meeting on the 2nd of February will be a themed evening – a wine for £5 or less. The fifth member present was Tony – behind the camera.
The details of the wines sampled can be found here…
The first wine Society meeting of 2024 saw 6 members flying the flag. With a themed night chosen by Alan, our treasurer, which was an Australian night. The only problem being that Alan brought a bottle from South Africa – even worse there was a map of Africa on the bottle. The most popular wine of the evening was a Jacob Creek Shiraz. 14.5%. Scoring a very creditable 14. But this was a double first ! The same wine, the same year, was provided by Jim and Neale. A bottle of Port was kindly provided by our Secretary, Wayne, to help welcome the new year.
At this week’s meeting we welcomed Martin as a guest to the society. We enjoyed wines from all over Europe including Slovenia and wines from Australia and South Africa. The most popular wine of the evening was a Portuguese Baia De Troia Castello, Douro courtesy of Alan scoring a very creditable 14 overall.
The details of all the wines sampled can be found here …
The beginning of the evening wishing a speedy recovery to our Secretary Wayne.
The evening saw six members enjoying wines from Italy, Chile, Portugal and Spain. 3 of the seven wines sampled were Italian, two Primitivo and a Negroamaro. Although absent from the evenings frivolities, Wayne kindly provided a Spanish Gran Reserva Rioja which was greatly appreciated and enjoyed scoring a respectable 11.4 overall. The most popular wine of the evening was a Christian Patat Reserve Negroamaro courtesy of our somelier Stuart, scoring a very respectable 13.83.
This week’s meeting saw us celebrate our Secretary’s (Wayne) upcoming birthday and commiserate with him that he will not be available to attend further meetings for a month or two. Wayne, kindly cooked a curry rice and chips meal for us all which was accompanied by popadoms and a glass of Rosé. Our three time guest, Daryl, joined the society as an Associate Member. We look forward to sharing more wine with you !
We sampled wines from all over Europe, Australia and North and South America. Two wines proved to be the most popular. A, F. Stephen Miller Merlot from California, courtesy of our new member Daryl and an Apothic Cabernet Suavignon with a hint of Zinfandel also a Californian wine, this time courtesy of Talbot. Both wines scored a 12.5 overall. The evening concluded with a glass of Port kindly supplied by Stuart.
Our President, Dave, has been instrumental in putting together an audio CD to raise money for charity. Details of which can be found here.
More details of the wines sampled during the evening can be found here.
Details for the wines sampled since September 2022 can be found here.
