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Christmas Extravaganzas round off the year
As ever, the Christmas Extravaganza tastings at the Richmond and Teddington Wine Societies were sold out as we spoilt ourselves, and tasted a broad and eclectic range of wines. We kicked off our tastings in typical celebratory style with champagne. A single vineyard...
Teddington Wine Society explores Eastern Europe
We explored a fascinating range of Eastern European wines at TWS in November and tasted a host of grape varieties that many people had never experienced before. When I first started selling wine in 1989, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary were providers of very acceptable...
Argentina’s extreme latitudes and altitudes
Argentina was the focus of the tastings at Richmond, Teddington and on Zoom in October and as usual, the wines of this wonderful South American country did not disappoint. The theme was latitude and altitude, with the focus falling onto principally wines from Salta –...
2022 Medal and Trophy Winners
Every year in September, our tastings at the Richmond and Teddington Wine Societies focus on the Medal Winners from the various competitions that take place in the UK in April. The two main events are the International Wine Challenge (IWC) and Decanter World Wine...
The USA beyond California
Richmond and Teddington Wine Societies enjoyed evenings, some in person, some via Zoom, of wines from the USA. The purpose was to explore the diversity of styles and quality of the major areas outside California. Washington State is the second largest producer of...
Catalonia tasting
Catalonia covers a large area and encompasses a wide range of wine regions and styles so it is impossible to do justice in one tasting. However, we did our best! Cava was our first focus. Penedes is the principal area producing this well known Methode Traditionelle...
Hunter Valley and New South Wales
Our regular tastings on Zoom and live at Richmond and Teddington continued in February and March with a look at New South Wales and the key areas of Hunter Valley, Orange and Riverina. The principal aims of the tasting were to get a deeper insight into high quality...
We kick off the new year with some fabulous Piedmontese wines
We had three terrific tastings over January and February – with both live and Zoom events in Richmond and Teddington. Piedmont was the theme and I was able to indulge in a broad selection of wines that showed some of the classics interspersed with a few varieties and...
A catch up of what we have tasted
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...
Eclectic Antipodean Whites – A Rich Diversity
Our June tastings at the Richmond and Teddington Wine Societies - both live events and on Zoom, focussed on an eclectic range of Antipodean whites that demonstrated a rich diversity of style and inevitably high quality. The aim was to taste a selection of grape...
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