Busy Week for the Tasting Room

Last week was great. We did four tastings, all very different, on top of a busy trade and retail week.

We had our second visit to the local Officers' Mess on Wednesday evening, a Members' Languedoc Tasting on Thursday evening and then two birthday party tastings, one on Friday and one on Saturday.

The photo shows the Saturday tasting celebrating Ruth's birthday.

Ifor looked after Ben's birthday party on the Friday. Very nice to welcome back some of his guests to the Tasting Room, as they had previously been for one of our Malt Whisky tastings. Charles was host to Ruth's party, again seeing a few familiar faces from a previous tasting given by Ifor. So many happy returns to you!

We at the Tasting Room have said on many occasions that we are blessed with the people who come here. They are always a really nice lot and our groups last week were certainly no exception, so thank you for choosing us to host your events.

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Until the next round, Cheers!

Saturday 6th September Tasting

We've had a busy August with every week-end booked with tastings.

Will's been on a wine-search trip (more about that next month) and I've been on holiday, so it was mostly down to Ifor to give the tastings.

We received the following snippet in a recent letter regarding one of them:

"Just a quick note to say many thanks for our tasting on Saturday. We had a great time and the wine selection was brilliant, once again.

Ifor - your knowledge is second to none, and we're all getting better at finding wines we actually like!....."

Well, (my) holidays are over, the kids are back at school and it's still lousy weather so we were really pleased in welcoming Andrea and her friends (and Mum) to the Tasting Room last Saturday to brighten us all up.

Most of them had never been to a wine tasting before but it emerged that a few had been to visit vineyards either in this country or in France. This was a great mix of knowledge as it fired more questions and discussions during the afternoon. The rose from Grande Cassagne in the Costieres de Nimes tasted well, not too strawberryish and with a depth nearer to a light red. The Cotes du Rhone Villages Vieilles Vignes from Les Aphillanthes proved popular with its smooth rich and slightly spicy flavours and long-lasting warming finish. Gorgeous for this gloomy wet and windy weather. Some of the ladies even conceded that "dessert" wines can be really delicious after tasting our popular Jurancon from Clos Thou, especially with the blue cheese.

Andrea, thanks for choosing the Tasting Room for your celebration, I hope that your evening out after you left us was great fun. Good luck for the 27th September and way beyond!

Cheers

Charles