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Christmas starts early at Richmond
Our annual Christmas tasting is always in November, and this year's was an excellent start to the festive season. Just six wines to taste, but all top quality, with an average price of over £60/bottle. Our opening fizz was from Manon Boutillez Guer, who some of us...
Fortified with Food
For one night only in November Teddington Wine Society enjoyed an evening of fortified wines matched with food. A great opportunity to try wines we normally reserve for the start of the end of an evening, which revealed how beautifully gastronomic they are! With our...
Along the 45th Parallel
Our October tastings at Richmond took us on a journey around the world - well, two journeys. Our topic was the 45th Parallel, the 'halfway' point between pole and equator, on which are located some of the worlds top wine producing regions. Led by Fliss who noticed...
2025 Medal Winning Wines
As is customary, our September tastings were of wines that have won top prizes at the Decanter World Wine Awards, International Wine Challenge, Sommelier and Wine Merchant Awards. Companies submit wines into specific categories, and these are tasted by panels of...
An Array of Rosé
Our July tastings were of rosé, a part of the international wine market that is in growth, thanks to the efforts of talented (and commercially savvy) winemakers initially in Provence and now world wide. Not all rosé is pale pink, but we did kick off with some paler...
A Festival of Fizz
Our amazing spring weather was just starting to break as we enjoyed tastings of sparkling wine at Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies. The intention was to cover the major styles of sparkling and to understand why they are different and why we might want to pay...
Wines with Altitude
Our early May tastings of Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies took us up. Setting a challenge to try wines from vineyards of at least 400m altitude (we had to retreat from an initial aim of over 1,000m!), we tasted lovely lineup of aromatic, fresh wines that...
Pinot Noir around the world
In April at Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies we indulged ourselves in an evening celebrating Pinot Noir. Tim explained the history and current challenges of growing this fussy grape variety, that mutates in the vineyard (sometimes into Pinot Blanc!). The...
Australia’s Amazing Diversity
Our February tastings took us to Australia, with a comprehensive tour covering all the key states where wine is made, and many of the most iconic styles. Tasmania is justly famed for its sparkling wine, and the well known producer Arras kicked us off with a...
We start the new year in Tuscany
At Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies we kicked off the new year with a tasting of wines from Tuscany. Kicking off with a blend of Vermentino and Asonica, we found that this home of robust reds is capable of producing some really fabulous whites. The fresh,...
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