Category: Meetings

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.

Details of the wines sampled can be found here…

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.

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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.

The 6 sex God’s met last night for an Italian themed evening. Enjoying wines from around Italy 🇮🇹. The most popular wine (Pillastro – Primitivo) was supplied by our chairman, Jim, scoring a very respectable 14.17. Fantastic hand stretched pizzas 🍕 were supplied by Farina Pizzeria.

Details of the wines sampled can be found here …

At this weeks meeting we undertook an experiment on the virtues of decanting wine. The opinion on the benefits of decanting wine have always been a contentious topic. Courtesy of our President, Dave Llewellyn, we put it to the test with two bottles of Wollemi Shiraz from South Eastern Australia. The first bottle had been decanted an hour or two before being sampled, the second was opened immediately before being drunk

The decanted wine scored a very respectable 14 overall and the wine that had not been decanted scored 12.5. The decanted bottle of Wollemi was the most popular wine of the evening. The comments on aroma and taste were very much in favour of the decanted wine. See the details here …

To further our enjoyment of the evening our President read out one of his many poignant and amusing poems. This one was about “The Age You Feel” and can be enjoyed here:

This weeks meeting saw 5 members enjoying wines from Spain, France, Italy and Australia. Followed by glass of Port, with a choice of Ruby or Tawny. The most popular wine of the evening was an Australian Koolibura Shiraz from the Barossa Valley, courtesy of Craig, which scored an outstanding 15. The French Merlot, a Reserver Pierre, courtesy of Stuart, surprised everyone. Nobody assessed it as be a French wine and it scored a very creditable 13.2.

Another fantastic evening for the Society. We celebrated Talbot’s birthday with some excellent wine and port. Wayne provided an outstanding cheese board and birthday cake for the members to help celebrate.

We enjoyed wines from Europe, Australia and South Africa. The most popular wine of the evening was a Hardy’s Stamp, cabernet shiraz courtesy of our President Dave which scored a very respectable 13.67. It was also a wine of excellent value, with an average price of £5.00

Stuart and Tony kindly provided additional bottles of wine for the members present at the meeting to sample and enjoy. A full and detailed list of the wines can be found here…

This weeks meeting enjoyed the literary talents of our President, Dave Llewellyn. Between each bottle sampled by the six members and one guest, Dave read out one of his own poems. They were entertaining and meaningful.

There was a good selection of wines from Europe and South Africa. The most popular wine of the evening was a Collezione Cinquanta from Italy courtesy of Craig, which scored a well deserved 13.71. The evening concluded with a glass of Port. Our six members were joined by a first time guest, Stuart Keyte. Full details of the evenings wines can be found here …

This weeks meeting saw us enjoy a themed evening with wines from the American continent. Seven members in attendance with our first time guest visit from Stuart John. The two most popular wines of the evening were a Casillero del Diablo Concha y Toro being a blend of Syrah and Malbec, courtesy of Dave Llewellyn and The Wanderer Malbec courtesy of the guest wine on behalf of Stuart John. Both wines scored a very respectable 13.38