Wine Appreciation

If you want to see what's been going on in the last couple of years do have a look at the archive pages

 

We will continue with a regular fixture of 3pm on the last Monday of the month. The location will be either in a members home or the Cafe of the Community centre. We plan to go to other locations for visits to tastings and vineyards, to be advised.

2025
27-Jan	Alison and John Hurst	2 Field Close
24-Feb	Michael Furminger	3 The Terrace
31-Mar	Pat Stearn	Community Centre
28-Apr	Helen Mills	6 Grenville Meadows
26-May	Keith Southgate	Community Centre (provisional)
30-Jun	Nicola Tipton	Community Centre
28-Jul	Judy Dixon	Community Centre
25-Aug	Jill Fletcher	Community Centre
29-Sep	Jenny MacDonald	20 Pendour Park
27-Oct	Christine Walton	6 Old Orchard
24-Nov	Sue and Carl Watts	Community Centre

 

2024

November Meeting

November we met at the Community Centre and enjoyed a range of wines personally imported by Sue and Carl. The choices were made were from their recent trip to France. The prices paid in France for this quality wine were very reasonable, all being at the 10 euro mark.

The wines were all very good, the group liked the Brouilly (a cru Beaujolais) best closely followed by the Saint Véran an elegant white. The Coteaux de L’Aubance turned out to be a sweet wine, not in favour with the group and the Haut Medoc Bordeaux was nice but might have needed another year to mellow

 

October Meeting

October we met at Christine's house and enjoyed a range of wines from Sainsbury. The choices were made based on the unusual bottles .

 

The choice ranged from an AI selected white blend through to a solid red in a dumpy bottle. The prices did seem high but to me the best was the Spanish Albarino white in the blue bottle at £16.

September meeting

September we met in the Community Centre with Jill as the host. The choice this month all came from Penhaligans. All the choices proved to be popular and good value.

 

A grand day out to Wadebridge wines

A September special trip to Wadebridge wines. A group took the Lerryn bus to have a wine tasting event in Wadebridge. Wadebridge wins offered a open event to taste wines from their collection and enjoy music, food and fun in their premises. The wines on offer were popular over the last 50 years.

My favourite was a Cabernet Sauvignon / Tannat blend from Uruguay. A delightful red. Since there were 18 other wines on offer everybody settled on a favourite be pink, white red or fizz.

Our thanks go to Wadebridge wines who hosted a great event and to the LAMA bus for getting use ther and home again.

August 2024 Meeting

A Fine August Bank Holiday afternoon outside the Community Centre for our wine tasting. It was an all-white wine occasion with a selection chosen from Laithwaites Wine club – a special offer selection from Australia, France and Georgia. All at an offer price of £8 – hard to beat.

The Sauvignon Blanc was perfect for a barbie, light and refreshing. I preferred the French Chenin Blanc for its aromatic taste. The surprise was the Mtsvane from Georgia – really quite complex and interesting wine. As a group the favourite was the Sauvignon Blanc, I preferred the Chenin Blanc.

 

 

 

June Meeting

We didn't have a May meeting as numbers were too low, however the June meeting made up for it with a good turn out. The event Nicola was the host and selected some fine wine from Penhaligan's and from Sainsbury. The New Zealand pink and white went down very well and we finished off with the Beaujolais which again want a great find.

 

 

April  2024 Meeting

Michael Hosted at home. A good turn out of 11 people all seemed to enjoy the event

Château Moulin-Borie, Listrac-Médoc, Bordeaux, France 2016

St-Julien second-growth Château Ducru-Beaucaillou, has real pedigree. It's getting a little dry, so not one for long ageing, but delivers elegant polished leather, smoky oak and spiced black raspberry fruit notes.

Ravenswood Zinfandel 2020/21, Lodi

Surviving prohibition by a legal loophole, Lodi boasts some of America's most ancient Zinfandel vines. Old vines craft the juiciest grapes. So it's no surprise that this pumps with black-fruit flavour of Blackberry, Black cherry,  chocolate and spice

Primitivo di Manduria wine 2022

A rich and opulent wine with vibrant flavours of ripe cherries and plums combined with subtle overtones of cocoa and vanilla. This wine has a velvety texture, softened by the warmth of the Primitivo grapes; brambly fruits on the palate and a persistent sweetness on the finish.

Wrong Turn, Fernão Pires, Western Cape, South Africa 2022

Portuguese grape that found its way to South Africa 36 years ago. A seemingly wrong turn, as the label suggests, but these now heritage vines have produced a weighty, textured mouthful of floral, honeyed yellow fruit, balanced by lemony acidity. Supple and juicy and with a creamy finish.

 

Sauvignon Blanc - New Zealand Wine 2023

The grapes for this Squealing Pig Sauvignon Blanc were sourced from Marlborough, New Zealand. The wine was cool fermented and left on lees to develop an aromatic texture. Bursting with flavour, this wine is perfectly crisp and refreshing with tropical fruit flavours or pineapple, passion fruit and citrus.

The favourite white was the Wrong Turn and in the reds the favourite was the Primitivo. Both were the least expensive , which just goes to show.... Available at Aldi

March  2024 Meeting

Victoria hosted the March Meeting in the Community Centre.

Four wines  (one white and three reds) were sampled  by 10 members  of the group. 

All four wines, some of which were discounted, cost about £10 each.

 

 

 

 

 

February 2024 Meeting

The theme at Alison and John's home was Romania. All the wines came from Wadebridge wine and were around the £10 mark. It was an enjoyable afternoon. The wine was mostly not too bad but I wouldn't rush out to buy them! But that me.

 

   

January 2024 Meeting

We met at Jenny's home to enjoy an selection with a Spanish feel. The pink wine seemed to be the most favoured however most were enjoyed by the group.

 

 

and a chat