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Organic, Biodynamic and Natural Wines
Two great evenings at Teddington and Richmond allowed us to explore the for some appealing, for others contentious, topic of Organic and Biodynamic wines, with a couple of Natural wines (which do not have to be either organic or biodynamic) thrown in for fun. I was...
South American update
Having spent 6 weeks in South America, escorting seven groups on tours to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, Tim was full of news from this exciting continent. Uruguay was a bit of a star of the show, with the single vineyard Albariño from Bodegas Garzon tasting superb,...
New Zealand beyond Sauvignon Blanc
Our March tastings at Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies took us to New Zealand, where Fliss had been visiting wineries in January, looking at possibilities for a return tour in a couple of years (Tim last took groups there in 2014). I shared a few statistics,...
From Lazio to Puglia, we visit (mostly) Southern Italy
Over two nights at Teddington and Richmond Fliss led an exploration of ten wines from regions in Italy that don't get the attention they deserve. Tim being in South America the mice were able to play and we tasted a great lineup of ten wines. It's tempting to...
We start the year asking is there is more to Spanish reds than Tempranillo
The 2024 calendar of events kicked off in Teddington and Richmond over the past week, with the focus being on Spanish reds other than Tempranillo. This gave everyone a chance to explore some lesser known grape varieties and regions of Spain that are often in the...
A Christmas Extravaganza rounds off our year at Richmond
A year of great tastings came to a close with our annual Christmas Extravaganza. English Sparkling, top Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, some seriously good whites from Austria and Burgundy, Agiorgitiko from Nemea in Greece, Barolo Riserva and the superb 2003 Vintage...
Teddington Wine Society explores Portugal – A Land of Discovery
The penultimate Teddington Wine Society gathering of 2023 took us to Portugal, specifically the wines of some lesser known regions, and it was a huge success. Our first two whites were from a fairly well known area - Vinho Verde (which Tim pronounced very cautiously...
October tastings at Teddington and Richmond
In October Teddington Wine Society enjoyed a tasting of wines from Sancerre and Chablis. As in our August Richmond tasting, the wines showed brilliantly the quality and complexity that the Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay varieties achieve in their 'spiritual...
Medal Winners 2023 tastings
We had a fantastic turn out for our annual medal fest. The wines we tasted had been judged top winners in the Decanter World Wine Awards, the International Wine Challenge and the Wine Merchants Top 100, competitions that are judged by expert tasters, with suppliers...
RWS and TWS taste Sancerre and Chablis
Two iconic French white wines were our focus for our August tastings. Sancerre, at the eastern end of the Loire Valley, is around a hundred kilometres from Chablis, the most northerly of the Burgundy appellations. They share a famous soil - Kimmeridgian clay,...
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