For our January event, we covered the Annual General Meeting of the Socuiey interspersed with a blind tasing of wines chosen by David Rossell and David Flanders (officially Co-Chairs of the Society)

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The business of the AGM was carried out promptly to allow the exploration of the wines (with cryptic clues from the Chairman) and hopefully their identification.

In each case we were looking for the grape variety, the area of production and an estimated price (+/-£3)

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After a welcome wine - a Rose Cava from the Co-Op at £8.25 we asked to identify the following wines:

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1. Mosel Reisling 2023 (Trier in Germany) £11.95
A wine having mouthwatering acidity with finesse and floral aromatics.

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2 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc 2024 (Marlborough, New Zealand) £19.00
A classic, crystaling Sauvignon Blanc with fantastic tension. Mouth-watering lemon, apple and goosberry fruits

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3. Bogle Chardonnay 2023 (Califorina USA) £15.50
Full-bodied, rich buttery flavours. Featuring ripe pear, apple, vanilla, tropical fruit and notes of oak spice.

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4. Domaine Depuy de Lome Bandol Rose 2024 (Provence, France) £14.95
Peachy citrus fruits with hints of berry skin and cut flowers, this is fresh, complexand invigorating all at once
Blend of Mourvedre, Grenach, Syrah and Carignan

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5. Touraine Les Guiniers 2023 (Loire Valley, France) £11.50
A deep coloured, juicy old-vine cuvee with spicy red and black fruit flavours. Produced from the Gamyay grape, is normally serverd cooler (which was done)

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6. Wine Society Exhibition Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (Margaret River, Western Australia) £14.95
Single grape variety, deep garnet in colou. Ripe blackberry and fresh blackcurrant jam plus some bright redcurrant, strawberry and goji fruit.
The palate exhibits a silken berry puree with fresh fruit acid and a soft powdery tannin finish.

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7. Wine Society's Duro Red, 2023 (Douro river, Portugal) £15.50 
The grape variety is Touriga Nacional
On the nose, mocha, dark bramble fruits and violets. Tastes of blackberried, damsons and sloes with hints of black petter and cinnamon

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8. Anthemis 2019 from Samos, Greece £12.50 (50cl bottle)
White muscat grape producing a deep yellow/orange wine. Sweet and luscious with beguiling hone, fig, barley sugar and caramelised ornge flavours. 
Ideal with dessert, blue cheese (or indeed on its own)

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Awarding 3 marks for each wine, the most accurate member was Andy Finklaire - his prise, a bottle of Hunter's MiruMiru Marlborough Brut (NV)

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All the wines were sourced from the Wine Society

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We would also like to thank Maggie Scholefield for providing the half time buffet. 

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