by Fliss | Feb 14, 2023 | General, Fliss's blog
Last week I attended the first event run by WSET for their Diploma Alumni. The Wine and Spirit Education Trust is the leading organisation in wine education, world wide. Its qualifications take students from novice to tertiary education level in wine, spirits and...
by Fliss | Jan 31, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
Both Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies explored some innovative wines coming out of South Africa in January. Though categorised ‘New World’ South Africa has made wine for centuries but in the last few decades there has been huge investment in vineyards and...
by Fliss | Jan 5, 2022 | General, Fine Wine Tastings and Dinners, Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
Christmas Extravaganzas, Chile, Henschke Masterclass, Medal Winners, a Festival of Fizz, Top Class Riesling, Rosé and fine Austrian wines. It has been a while since I added to the blog so I have summarised below all the tastings since my last posting. We maintained a...
by Fliss | Apr 25, 2021 | Fine Wine Tastings and Dinners
On Monday 19th April over 30 of us gathered, via Zoom once more, for a tasting of fabulous Alsace wine. We had suggested recipes which many people had prepared, so for many of us it was a great opportunity to try the wines of this incredible region with the fusion of...
by Fliss | Mar 23, 2021 | Fine Wine Tastings and Dinners
On Monday 22nd March Tim conducted a Masterclass tasting of 10 wines from Château Musar, with over 50 people tasting and sharing recollections of wines they had tasted before. A number revealed they even had some vintages in their cellar, bought for prices that look...
