by Fliss | Sep 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every year thousands of wines are entered into the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), the International Wine Challenge (IWC), the Sommelier Wine Awards (SWA) and the International Wine and Spirits Challenge (IWSC). Companies submit wines into specific categories, and...
by Fliss | Jul 21, 2026 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
At Teddington and Richmond in July we challenged both French fizz and ourselves. Not to declare any winners, but to contrast styles and refresh ourselves on the quality of modern sparkling wine making. All the wines we tasted were made by the ‘traditional...
by Fliss | Jun 30, 2026 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
At Richmond and Teddington Wine Societies this June we took the chance to explore the wine growing regions that surround the Adriatic, allowing us to explore a number of grape varieties that we rarely encounter. Greece provided us with three wines: at Teddington we...
by Fliss | May 28, 2026 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
Our May tastings at Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies were of wines from the glorious northwest of Spain. As you would expect Albariño featured, with two lovely wines from the DO Rias Baixas, then we went deeper into the region where the Godello grape...
by Fliss | Apr 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
At Richmond in March and Teddington in April our topic was the Veneto. A large region in North Eastern Italy, the Veneto is home to many famous wines, and the most famous of these were our focus. We kicked off with Prosecco, and it was very reassuring to see that...
