Wine Tastings: Tasting Room

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Tasting Evenings 2009

SCHEDULED TASTING EVENINGS

We will guide you through the intricacies of tasting wine, with an aim to give you confidence to select wines to suit your palate, whether you are in a restaurant, wanting to start a cellar or just for general consumption.

Wine

Tasting Option 1 - £20 a head
A glass of Sparkling Wine on arrival - a tasting of six wines with a complement of cold meats, cheese and olives.

Tasting Option 2 - £25 a head
A glass of Champagne on arrival - a tasting of eight wines (including one dessert wine) with a complement of cheese, cold meats and olives.

Tasting Option 3 - £40 a head
A glass of Taittinger N.V Champagne on arrival - a tasting of nine classic premier wines accompanied with a hot and cold buffet.

Whisky

Whisky Tasting One - £25 a head

Five Whiskies (one whisky from each of the Lowlands, Islay, Speyside, Highlands and Islands) Served with a selection of cheese, biscuits and oatcakes.

Whisky Tasting Two - £35 a head

Six Single Malt Whiskies (including a whisky from Edradour - Scotlands smallest distillery) Served with a selection of salmon,cheese, biscuits and oatcakes

Each tasting event will be restricted to a maximum of 18 people. Have a look at recent tastings that we have done.

These Tasting events can be purchased as a gift but the recipient will be required to book and confirm the date of the tasting that they wish to attend.

To book a place on any one of these evenings please contact us on telephone number 01225 463 392 or email : info@tastingroom.co.uk

All events will commence at 7.30pm and places are available via prior booking only.

January 2009

Thursday 22nd - £25 a head Tasting Option Two

February 2009

Thursday 12th - Whisky Tasting £25 a head - Five Whiskies (one whisky from each of the Lowlands, Islay, Speyside, Highlands and Islands) Served with a selection of cheese, biscuits and oatcakes.

March 2009

Thursday 12th - £40 a head Tasting Three Option

Thursday 26th - £25 a head Tasting Two Option + members free admittance.

April 2009

Thursday 23rd - £25 a head Tasting Two Option

May 2009

Thursday 14th - Whisky Tasting £25 a head - Five Whiskies (one whisky from each of the Lowlands, Islay, Speyside, Highlands and Islands) Served with a selection of cheese, biscuits and oatcakes.

Thursday 28th - £25 a head Tasting Two Option - members free admittance

June 2009

Thursday 18th - £40 a head Tasting Three Option

July 2009

Tuesday 14th - 5th Anniversay Wine Tasting - 2.00pm till 9.00pm

Tickets £15 a head - wine club members free admittance

July 2009

Thursday 23rd - £25 a head Tasting Two Option / wine club members free admittance

August 2009

Thursday 20th - £25 a head Tasting Two Option

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Pockeridge House Officers Mess Tasting

Officers Wine Tasting Wednesday 24th September.

This was the second time that we have had the opportunity to present a selection of wines to the Officers of Pockeridge House Mess near Bath. The tasting started with the Sparkling Sauvignon from Loire producer Jean-Francois Merieau, which got the evening rolling along quite nicely. Three whites followed including the recently highly rated Sauvignon de Touraine from the same producer, along with the richly honeyed 'Les Douves Blanches' from the Languedoc and a Roero Arneis from North-West Italy.

The selection of reds proved to be a perfect choice with the accompaning terrine - a Cru Beaujolais Julienas from Domaine Gry-Sablon, the wonderfully complex Pic St Loup Languedoc offering ' Esperance' of Fabien Reboul and to round of a perfect night a rich yet subtle Tempranillo of the Valle de Salinas Rouble from Yecla in Spain.

A very enjoyable night for all concerned as is reflected by the following email from one of the satisfied attendee of the night:

Thank You very much indeed for a wonderful Wine Tasting Evening At Pockeridge House Officers' Mess, this last evening. Very enjoyable, informative, relaxed and therefore fun too. With the delicacies too, as you say a chance to try the wines, with food, the chicken and pistachio was a revelation, and developed the wines appeal. Jolly good it was too.

Thank You again, Lis Lamonte

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.

Click here to learn more about the Tasting options available or to find out how we can tailor an event for your Company or wine society.

Forthcoming Cash in the Attic TV Show

An episode of Cash in the Attic, that popular daytime TV show, is being aired on Thursday 19th July at 11.30 am on BBC One. This is going to feature a snippet of Ifor in the Tasting Room.

Customers' Comments on Tastings

Forgive us for blowing our own trumpet, but here are a couple of comments we received in the last week or so:

From a small private tasting a few weeks ago:

"A little late but we would all like to thank you for the wine tasting session you held for us on Sat 24/3/07. We all thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have talked about it many times since. Just this weekend we have eaten out twice with friends and our enthusiasm of the recollection has resulted in your name being passed on. We would not hesitate in recommending or taking part in future tastings."

Then this one from a Hen Party tasting a few days ago:

"I would like to thank you all for getting Kirsty's Hen Weekend off to a very enjoyable start on Friday evening! It was fantastic to learn so much more about wine and it really got us all talking! Everyone had a FABULOUS time and it really was the perfect kick start to our party. Can you please pass on our appreciation to everyone involved.
Many, many thanks once again!"

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