WINE SOCIETY MEETING JANUARY 2012

At the wine society meeting held on 9th Jan 2012, all the wines had been purchased while the grapes were still on the vines – unusual what? This was the first time we had experienced anything like that and thanks to Bobby Scully for all her hard work. It was worth taking the risk as all the wines were more than acceptable. The six wines were Verdejo Viura form Spain, Sauvignon Blanc form Chile, Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, Rioja Crianza from Spain, Shiraz from Australia and Minervois from France.

 

The last wine was voted overall favourite of the night and the last white was the runner up.

 

A night well worth doing again if possible.

 

Senga Berriman

Wine Society Meeting October 2011

This meeting saw the return of the Wallaseyans’ very own Bacchus and Dionysus (Bill Rowlands and Gordon Fowler) to present our latest selection of quality and hopeful interesting wines. Judging by the absence of pint glasses full of discarded wine and the level of noise in the room on the night, I suspect we went some way towards pleasing most people.

The choice of wines was a white and a red from 3 countries and all were sourced from Majestic in Chester.

The wines

From Portugal
Planalto Douro White Reserva 2009/10
Crasto Douro Red 2008/2009

From Argentina
Esperanza Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Bellingham Mocca Java Merlot 2010

From South Africa
Porcupine Ridge Viognier Grenache Blanc 2010
Kaiken Malbec Bonarda Limited Selection 2008

All of the wines tasted were a surprise to us and were chosen from on line tasting notes, advices in store and our eye for a good wine.

The end of tasting vote for best white and red resulted in both Argentinian’s being the most popular by a large margin. This only reinforces the improvement in the quality and range of Argentinian wine over the past few years.

Wine Society Meeting 12th September

At the Wine Society meeting held on Monday 12/9/11 all the wines had been purchased from Bookers Wholesale.  The white wines were a Santa Lucia Sauvignon from Chilli, Previata Chardonnay from Italy and a portobello Pinot Grigio also from Italy.  The red wines were an Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon from California, a Santa Lucia Merlot from Chile and a Wolfblass Eaglehawk Shiraz from Australia.

The best white was the Previata from Italy and for the reds the Wolfblass won hands down.

All in all a good boozy night.

Senga Berriman

March 2011 Wine Presentation

March's Wine of the NightEmily Shaw and Sue Baker, Presented the wines in March. They took the idea for this presentation from The Sun Book of Fine Wines and Naked Ladies By Mark Baker, They used the Lymeric edition.

Their choices of wines :-

WHITES

• Cambalala South African Chenin Blanc 2010 ,13% purchased (Aldi)
• Bushland Reserve , Australian Chardonnay 2009, 13% (Aldi)
• Freemans Bay , New Zealand Marlborough Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2010,13.5% (Aldi)

REDS

• Alma Andina, Reserve, Argentinian Malbec 2008, 14% (Times Wine Club)
• Black Stump South Eastern Australia, Durif Shiraz 2010,14% (Times Wine Club)
• Ramon Lopez Murillo, reserve Spanish Rioja, 13.5% (Aldi)

The selection of wines was very successful and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. 

The chosen “Best “ wine of the night Was The Black Stump, followed by, the white wine drinkers choice of Freeman Bay. Sue and Emma really enjoyed presenting to such a captive audience, and they remind us that the presentations can take any format, serious, funny or both. If anyone has any ideas for a presentation, please contact Senga Berriman or ask a committee member who can pass on her telephone number to you.

WINE SOCIETY MEETING 14th FEBRUARY

This months wine society meeting fell on Valentine's Day, and the presenters Tom and Jill Bennett took full advantage with their choice of wines and notes to celebrate this day.The theme was "Love" and they started with a Sparkling Italian Passion cocktail,followed by 2 whites and after the interval a further
three reds.
 
At the end of a most enjoyable evening the members voted the last wine tasted "Viajero Cabernet Sauvignon" Gran Reserva Non Vintage (Chile) as the societies Wine of the Month.