Everyone puts £5 in the kitty to cover the cost of wine. Members take it in turn to buy the wine. We taste between 4 and 6 wines. We bring our own nibbles such as cheese, savoury biscuits etc.

We score each wine and about every 6 months, we taste the wines that have previously scored the highest, if they are still available

The room cost is £2.00 per person

We have a Whatsapp group just in case there is a change in our plans, but all notes are also sent out on email.

In July we tasted wines from Europe, in effect this meant France and Hungary. The Hungarian wine was a Pinot Noir, which apparently is the healthiest wine to drink on account of its thin skin which leads to high production of Resveratrol, an antioxidant. Together with lower levels of sugar and tannins thus making it particularly beneficial for heart health and anti aging. (Source AI)

Unfortunately it was the least preferred wine of the afternoon despite being an expensive wine on our normal scale!

The most preferred was a Languedoc Appellation d'Origine Controlee 2024,Grenache, Syrah and Carignan. It was bought from Sainsbury's Taste the Difference range retailing at £9.50 or £7.12 if you buy 3. This scored 8.23.

The second most preferred was a Malbec from Cahors (Ad'OC) from Tesco Finest range at £9.00 scoring 7.69.

Next month we shall be tasting wines from Italy.

The Group is now closed to new members as we have had 10 new members join us in 2026. If you wish to join the waiting list please send a note to the Organiser via the Groups page.

The Wine Appreciation display at the 40th Anniversary Event at the Wardwick - strange that there's no pictures of the bottles we enjoyed!