by Tim Syrad | Jan 8, 2017 | Fine Wine Tastings and Dinners, Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
We are updating the website and Facebook page with all of the events we are running at Richmond, Teddington and St Margarets this year and it is a fabulous line up of topics. We will celebrate the Old World, the New World and the Newest of the New World – our...
by Tim Syrad | Jun 22, 2016 | Fine Wine Tastings and Dinners
Last night 40 of us enjoyed an evening of exploration at Le Salon Privé in St Margarets. Our destination was Burgundy, and the objective was to compare and contrast, and enjoy, some wines from the fascinating region. We didn’t venture to the Mâconnais, but the...
by Tim Syrad | Apr 12, 2016 | Teddington Wine Society
There was a phenomenal turnout of over 50 people for Teddington Wine Society’s tasting of Portuguese wines last Friday. Excited by the prospect of an eclectic, wide ranging tasting of indigenous grapes and an exploration of some of the lesser known valleys and...
by Tim Syrad | Apr 12, 2016 | Fine Wine Tastings and Dinners
Over February, March and April we have completed our Bordeaux trilogy: the Left Bank comprising the Medoc, Margaux, Pauillac and similar famous communes; the Right bank – Saint Emilion & Pomerol; and Graves which also incorporated Sauternes. It is impossible to...
by Tim Syrad | Mar 24, 2016 | Richmond Wine Society
Portuguese wines were the focus for the RWS tasting last night at the Britannia in a wide ranging and boisterous evening! Easter holiday mood was clearly in the air or was it the influence of fortified wine? It is impossible to do justice to such an important wine...