Week-end Tastings 18/19 April

We had two tastings last week-end. First one was on Friday evening for a group of 16 friends and the second, on Saturday evening, was for a dozen friends. I didn't remember my camera on Friday, so the image here is of the Saturday group.

Both sessions were driven by their enthusiasm and questioning, which is always very welcome and encouraged.

Louise Pate's Tasting - 12th April

Louise and 10 other ladies came for a tasting last Saturday afternoon. They started with our Michel Weynand Blanc de Blancs Champagne, then Taittinger Champagne and then Prosecco. Each of them had their fans. Domaine des Escaravaille's Rose came next. The red came from Pierrette Cravero at Domaine Gabelas in St. Chinian. Her new vintage of Cuvee Juliette. This showed wonderful promise. Still pretty firm tannins, but good depth of fruit behind.

Despite a lot of them not having attended a tasting before, the group were extremely keen to learn and discuss which made it very enjoyable for us.

Good luck to Louise and also good luck to the expectant mums-to-be (who 'tasted' a few different soft drinks).

We received the following messages from Louise and Alison (the organiser):

"I just wanted to say a massive Thank You from myself and all the other girls who joined me for a wine tasting at the Tasting Rooms on Saturday 12th April. It was part of my hen weekend and really did make the weekend for us all! We thought it was excellent value for money, very interesting and thoroughly enjoyable. You made us all feel very welcome and able to ask questions and pass comments on the different wines. I’m hoping we will be ordering some wine from you soon and am sure we will be back in the future – possibly with our partners next time! Thank you so much for spending such a long time with us on the day and talking us through each of the wines we tasted. The food was also delicious and there was so much of it! The girls who had non-alcoholic drinks said they all enjoyed the experience, the drinks were lovely and they felt very much part of the whole experience so thank you for including them throughout.

I’m sure we will all be recommending the Tasting Rooms to our friends and family and hope to see you in the future. "

"I just wanted to let you know that we had an amazing time at the Tasting Rooms. All the girls thoroughly enjoyed the wines and the talk you were giving to us. The afternoon was fabulous – great homemade food and wine and lots of interesting tips and information from yourself."

Thank you both for the kind words.

Bath University Wine Society Tasting

Long established wine society booked us for a tasting on Tuesday 8th April. This was held at Bath University and was attended by about 20 members.

The tasting, consisting of nine wines, started with the sparking Ceravolo Brut Cuvee and two of the wines were tasted 'blind'. The star of the evening was the rich Pic St Loup, T'Em T'Em, from the rising star, Fabien Reboul of Chateau Valflaunes.

One of the wines shown blind was the Sancerre Rose 2007 from Paul Prieur. This proved very difficult to guess due to the amazingly expressive floral fruit (pinot noir) on the nose and palate.

Wines of interest were the white Bandol from Alain Pascal (see posting below), white Chateauneuf du Pape from Domaine Cote de l'Ange and the biodynamically produced Cotes-du-Rhone from Daniel Boulle at Domaine les Aphillanthes.

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