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As the Summer draws to a close please join us as we head south to the warm and fertile valleys of Chile for our next tasting. Chile has many natural advantages for organic farming. Its numerous valleys are flanked by the Andes to the east and the Pacific to the west. It also has the […]

According to the Wine Society …….“If you were to try one new wine every evening, it would take you eight years to taste your way across the wine regions of France!” While we’re not working to quite that timescale for our next tasting we do plan to offer a few more wines than usual. France

This month Nick Forth will be presenting a range of Italian wines made from grapes that are little-known outside the regions where they are grown, including nascetta, pignolo and pelaverga. While they may be new to many of us, they have recently received plaudits from luminaries such as Jancis Robinson, leading sommeliers and in Decanter

Our tasting this month takes us to much warmer and sunnier climes though, with a look at the wines of Brazil in the company of Nicholas Corfe of Go Brazil wines. Nicholas presented to us just over 3 years ago and the wines were delicious and very well received. A lot has happened in the

Alsace presented by Christos Ioannou

David Carter will be looking at Grenache (or is it Garnacha, or Cannonau, or ….?) and sharing with us a range of wines from around the world to show its versatility and what lovely wines it makes. He sums it up neatly below. It’s a grape that comes in three shades, Blanc, Gris and Noir.

This month we are happy to welcome back Will Parker with a selection of lovely Ports. Port? But Christmas has passed!! True enough, but Port is for all the year, not just for Christmas, and Will has some great examples for us, including vintages going back to 1980. It’s a fantastic range and a great

Details on attending CWC tastings can be found on our About CWC wine tastings page.

This month’s tasting takes us to the Pacific coast of North America. It was here, in 1912, that one of our producers imported a Chardonnay clone from Burgundy that became the source material for 80% of American Chardonnay plantings today. Years later, Joseph Drouhin brought a Burgundian perspective to the pioneering Willamette Valley in Oregon,

The name Côtes du Rhône conjures up the sensation of warm balmy days on sunlit hillsides as the cicadas sing, and Van Gogh evenings under clear starry skies, all washed down with a fruity red wine tingling with peppery spice. While we can’t promise the cicadas or starry skies we can provide the sunshine in

Doug Harrison will present some wines from Beaujolais To tempt your tastebuds, the proposed line-up of wines is below. There will also be a selection of delicious ‘nibbles’ to accompany the wines. Crémant de Bourgogne Brut NV Beaujolais Blanc Crémant de Bourgogne Brut Rosé NV Beaujolais-Villages Rosé Cuvée Lisa Beaujolais-Villages Rouge Régnié Saint-Amour Les Pierres

For our next tasting on Monday 20th June, we aim to get you in the mood for summer with a selection of sparkling wines to titillate your tastebuds.There will be a Champagne, some Crémants from other parts of France, a Cava from Spain, an Italian Prosecco and something from England or Wales. From further afield,

 Sicily is an island with a wine-growing tradition dating back centuries, millennia in fact. In recent years it has become a hot bed of innovation, research and creativity which has resulted in some fantastic wines being produced in a range of styles and at prices to suit everyone. Etna and its volcanic soils has become a focus for much of