Independent Wine Merchant in Teddington

Every year we dust off our tasting technique, and put our noses and palates through their paces on an eclectic selection of wines – the lucky winner will be crowned ‘Blind Wine Tasting Champion of 2010’. As regulars know, absolutely no knowledge is required to do well!

This event has become a stalwart of the calendar and serves to remind everyone that wine is about enjoyment first and foremost. A completely level playing field is created by tasting blind and with the subtle use of multiple choice questions, red herring commentary from Tim and a few easy to guess wines means anyone can be the winner!

We look forward to seeing you there.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Every year we dust off our tasting technique, and put our noses and palates through their paces on an eclectic selection of wines – the lucky winner will be crowned ‘Blind Wine Tasting Champion of 2010’. As regulars know, absolutely no knowledge is required to do well!

This event has become a stalwart of the calendar and serves to remind everyone that wine is about enjoyment first and foremost. A completely level playing field is created by tasting blind and with the subtle use of multiple choice questions, red herring commentary from Tim and a few easy to guess wines means anyone can be the winner!

We look forward to seeing you there.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, Sommeliers’ Wine Awards and Independent Wine Merchant Top 100 are each year judged by panels of wine experts, who taste the wines blind. First winners are chosen for particular regions or grape varieties, these then go into competition for country trophies or even higher accolades.

We will taste Gold and Platinum Medal Winners, Best in Show and discover some truly great value wines.

We look forward to seeing you there.

The Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, Sommeliers’ Wine Awards and Independent Wine Merchant Top 100 are each year judged by panels of wine experts, who taste the wines blind. First winners are chosen for particular regions or grape varieties, these then go into competition for country trophies or even higher accolades.

We will taste Gold and Platinum Medal Winners, Best in Show and discover some truly great value wines.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Old world or new world?

It’s an accepted cliché that anywhere outside mainland Europe is part of the “new world”. But as in Argentina and Chile, Vitis Vinifera grapes were planted in South Africa hundreds of years before the modern wine making traditions that we are familiar with started to develop in the 19^th Century. South Africa’s oldest wine estate, Constantia, was established in 1685, and Vin de Constance was being exported to Europe in the late 1700s. This is a country with a rich wine making past, developed by both French Hugenots and Dutch Boers, and now being handed from the KWV behemoth to a new rainbow generation of independent winemakers.

The majority of winemaking is in the rugged Western Cape, whose mountainous ancient soils are never far from the cooling effects of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. We will taste wines from the major coastal regions including Paarl, Stellenbosch, Franschoek, Elgin/Walker Bay and Constantia in the foothills of Table Mountain. Pinotage is South Africa’s signature red grape, and Chenin Blanc has developed a fabulous reputation here, but we will also taste major international varieties such as Chardonnay (still and sparkling), Cabernet Sauvignon, and of course Muscat in sublime Constantia sweet wine.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Old world or new world?

It’s an accepted cliché that anywhere outside mainland Europe is part of the “new world”. But as in Argentina and Chile, Vitis Vinifera grapes were planted in South Africa hundreds of years before the modern wine making traditions that we are familiar with started to develop in the 19^th Century. South Africa’s oldest wine estate, Constantia, was established in 1685, and Vin de Constance was being exported to Europe in the late 1700s. This is a country with a rich wine making past, developed by both French Hugenots and Dutch Boers, and now being handed from the KWV behemoth to a new rainbow generation of independent winemakers.

The majority of winemaking is in the rugged Western Cape, whose mountainous ancient soils are never far from the cooling effects of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. We will taste wines from the major coastal regions including Paarl, Stellenbosch, Franschoek, Elgin/Walker Bay and Constantia in the foothills of Table Mountain. Pinotage is South Africa’s signature red grape, and Chenin Blanc has developed a fabulous reputation here, but we will also taste major international varieties such as Chardonnay (still and sparkling), Cabernet Sauvignon, and of course Muscat in sublime Constantia sweet wine.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Our Christmas tastings are guaranteed to get the festive season off with a bang. We pull out the stops, tasting fabulous fizz, delicious whites and reds, and of course something fortified. All with a suitably festive meal – and definitely No Crackers!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Our Christmas tastings are guaranteed to get the festive season off with a bang. We pull out the stops, tasting fabulous fizz, delicious whites and reds, and of course something fortified. All with a suitably festive meal – and definitely No Crackers!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Our Christmas tastings are guaranteed to get the festive season off with a bang. We pull out the stops, tasting fabulous fizz, delicious whites and reds, and of course something fortified. All with a suitably festive meal – and definitely No Crackers!

We look forward to seeing you there.