by Fliss | Sep 11, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
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...
by Fliss | Aug 8, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
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,...
by Fliss | Jul 11, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
Our July tastings were of Champagne, and we took a different approach to our normal tastings. Tim explained that because Champagne has been so brilliantly marketed by the big houses (Grand Marques), our mental perceptions tend to over-rule our sensory ones, and...
by Fliss | Jun 25, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
A great couple of nights at Richmond Wine Society at the beginning of the month and last night at Teddington. If anyone had any doubts about whether they liked Alsace wines at the start of the evening, nobody left with any. We kicked off each evening with some...
by Tim Syrad | Apr 24, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society, Teddington Wine Society
At Teddington and Richmond Wine Societies we set ourselves the challenge of pitting Burgundy against the rest of the world. Rather than some kind of grudge match, this was a celebration of the two iconic grape varieties of this fabled region, Chardonnay and Pinot...
by Tim Syrad | Mar 28, 2023 | Richmond Wine Society
Richmond Wine Society gathered over two nights to sample the delights of Portugese wines that are off the generally beaten track. Our focus was on regions that are less well known, and because it was Portugal, a bunch of grape varieties that don’t turn up in...
