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...
Along the 45th Parallel

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...
An Array of Rosé

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...