tasting2020-2025

This hot hot summer is starting to cool off, Summer holidays will, all too soon, be over. But to brighten your spirits, there is the prospect of upcoming Charlemagne tastings. Anticipated meeting dates (at the usual venue) areOctober 20th November 17th December TBAIn the pipeline: tastings from Ealing Wine Cellars, Czech wines, Northern Portugal and […]

Monday 16 June Start: 8pmUpstairs at The Forester, 2 Leighton Road, W13 9EP End of term is approaching and summer holidays beckon, so it’s time to go a little bit more off piste with what is becoming an annual summer event, a “walkaround” food and wine matching tasting. For those of you unfamiliar with the

There are often preconceived ideas about American wine but our May tasting with Ally Wines offers a chance to discover what is happening “off the beaten path” away from the bigger producers.     American Jennifer Williams-Bulkeley is passionate about finding rare and beautiful, small production wines from the most exciting winemaking areas in the

17th March 2025 Join us on March 17th for some delicious dry Riesling and juicy Pinot Noir wines from Germany.. More than 100 years ago, the term “Hock” was associated with German Riesling wines of the highest quality. Beloved of Queen Victoria, they were sold at a much higher price than the famous red wines

17th February 2025We’ll be back at The Forester with a tasting in our more usual format. If you remember those heady days in the 1980’s when you could buy a half decent bottle of Bulgarian Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, from any wine shop to take to a party, for around £4, you may have wondered,

Monday 20th January 2025 For our January tasting we are trying something new, with an evening at Bobo Social, a new restaurant in Filmworks Walk in Ealing Broadway, near the new cinema. It’s easily accessible by bus and tube, and of course on foot, and it’s on the ground floor so there are no stairs

Christmas heralds a time for tradition and what could be more traditional than a bottle or several of delicious claret?  Two great rivers of France, the Garonne and the Dordogne join together in Bordeaux to become the Gironde.  There are great differences between the wines from the Right Bank (Dordogne) and the Left Bank (Garonne).

This month we welcome our old friend Christos Ioannou with some delicious wines from Greece. The Greek wine scene has undergone a complete revolution in the last 25 years as dozens of quality-focused wineries have started up. The renaissance in Greece’s wine industry has been a joy to behold, and the world is only just starting

Monday 21st October: David Carter. An eclectic selection of classic wines from classic producers and classic regions.October’s tasting features an eclectic selection of classic wines from classic producers and classic regions.   Currently in the starting blocks representing France are a Blanc de Blancs Champagne from Amyot, a grower in the Côte des Bar and

This month we are joined by Will Parker, who many of you will know from his days at Waitrose in West Ealing or from the many tastings he’s done since then. He is extremely knowledgeable, full of stories and always very entertaining, and what better way to start a new season than looking at the

The summer break Thank you to everyone who attended last night’s walk-around tasting. We enjoyed some lovely wines and a fine spread of foods to accompany them which David put together. It was great to see you all. We’re off now to enjoy July and August, hopefully in the sunshine. We will return in September

With summer on the horizon (perhaps!), our June tasting will aspire to reflect those holiday memories of sitting in the hills among the fruit groves, or relaxing by the shore of the Mediterranean with a nice glass of something refreshing and a full plate of local delicacies. As the sun glints off the shimmering waters