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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,...
Our 2024 Christmas Extravaganzas
Richmond and Teddington Wine Societies rounded off the year with our customary Christmas tastings, which I always style as 'Extravaganzas' because they are! We taste wines of superb quality, often medal and trophy winners, and explore styles that should take most...
Teddington Wine Society explores top class South African wines
A lucky group of us had a spectacular tasting at Teddington Wine Society in November. Our topic was South Africa, a wonderful wine country that produces loads of great value wines - according to David Cartwright of Seckford Agencies, a major importer of South African...
The Rhone Valley
Our October tastings took us to the Rhone Valley, home to some VERY BIG WINES. A bit daunting for Fliss, who's a bit of an alcohol wimp, but Tim was out of the country. I felt it was necessary to remind people about the high alcohol levels, and to approach with...
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