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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...
A fabulous evening of sweet wines
Our latest masterclass focussed on the luxurious world of sweet wines and we tasted through an utterly sumptuous selection of top class wines from around the world – and not a Sauternes to be seen! A delicate, medium sweet Monbazillac from the Dordogne calibrated our...
Richmond and Teddington explore wines from some Mediterranean Islands
Our May tastings were marked by our first live events since last Autumn and there was a palpable sense of excitement as Teddington met at St Marys Parish Hall on Saturday night and Richmond at the Britannia on Monday night. We also held a lively Zoom tasting on Sunday...
Pinot Noir Masterclass
I love Pinot Noir, it is probably my favourite grape variety, so our Masterclass by Zoom, attended by nearly 60 people who all enjoyed 8 wines, distributed in 50ml sample bottles, was an opportunity to indulge in some fantastic examples of what great winemakers around...
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