We held our most successful virtual tasting yet with some fabulous Spanish wines. With around 20 screens logged in on Zoom, we ‘visited’ Bodegas Muga in Rioja for our first wine – the brilliant Muga Blanco 2018. This blend of...
Read moreJoseph Drouhin Virtual Burgundy Tasting
Into week 5 of the Virtual Tastings and this week it was the turn of Burgundy – and tasting a couple of wines from the iconic Joseph Drouhin. Two wines from the Laforet range and the two signature grape varieties from the region –...
Read moreItalian Virtual Wine Tasting
Our biggest tasting yet, with 35 people on screen at once for our Italian Virtual Wine Tasting. The canapé competition was fierce, with plenty of contenders for the coveted Canapé of the Week prize – congratulations to Janine Sjoblom for...
Read moreMichel Gassier Virtual Wine Tasting
Another great fun evening with a tasting with the superb wines of Michel Gassier from Costières de Nîmes in Southern France. This is a venue we have visited twice on Tour du Vin’s. With 14 screens joining, we tried two red wines. Firstly...
Read moreBordeaux Virtual Wine Tasting
We held our second formal Virtual Wine Tasting last night – this time the theme was Bordeaux and we selected two wines from Tuilerie du Puy in Entre-Deux-Mers. With 13 screens and 24 people taking part, we enjoy tasting 2 reds. Firstly...
Read moreThe Fladgate Partnership 2018 Vintage Port Release
On 23rd April, Taylor’s, Fonseca and Croft Ports – all members of The Fladgate Partnership – have, by tradition, announced whether they will release a Vintage Port and, if so, which wines they will bottle. The harvest of 2018 has produced...
Read moreSpanish Virtual Wine Tasting
We held our first of 3 virtual wine tastings last night – with Spain being our first port of call. Our tasting of two wines from opposite corners of the country were enjoyed by over 20 participants in the call – and hopefully we...
Read moreChateau Musar Masterclass
We had our second masterclass of the year last night – with the world famous Chateau Musar estate from Lebanon. We were joined by Elliott O’Mara from Chateau Musar UK who gave us an interesting overview of the history of Musar, the...
Read moreLa Rioja Alta Masterclass
Last night we hosted a fabulous La Rioja Alta Boardroom Masterclass. We were lucky enough to have Francisco Corpas, one of the La Rioja Alta Export Directors joining us for the tasting to take us through a fine selection of wines. There were 8...
Read moreChristmas Portfolio Tasting
Last night we hosted our annual portfolio tasting at international law firm Taylor Wessing LLP. 40 members and guests joined up to try our seasonal line up of interesting wines from our list – and highlights included the Tenuta Amadio Asolo...
Read moreCorporate Wine Tasting – Ashfords LLP
Capping off a busy couple of weeks, we held a corporate wine tasting for client Ashfords LLP. This is the third tasting we have held with them, this time with Carter Jonas. The theme was Old World versus New World and we started off with crowd...
Read moreSan Marzano Wine Dinner
We had a very enjoyable wine dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s Union Street Cafe this week for our San Marzano themed wine dinner. Together with Angelo Cotugno, who was representing San Marzano, we had 30 WWC members and guests joining us for the...
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