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Celebrating 90 years . .
Celebrating 90 years . .
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Learning from masters
Learning from masters
Formal but fun
Formal but fun
Buying for quality
Buying for quality
Awarding excellence, applauding service
Awarding excellence, applauding service
Sampling the Best
Sampling the Best
Visiting the wineries
Visiting the wineries
Wine, food and friends
Wine, food and friends

Future Events

Outline programme of future events 2025

 

All meetings are held in the Neville Hall, Waltham St Lawrence unless otherwise described

The aperitif will be served from 6.45pm, with the tasting starting at 7.15pm

A two course supper is provided by Mark Robertson madebymark.net

Members £40 Guests £45. Please pay  by bank transfer by the Sunday before the meeting and let Andrew Johnson know if you are coming andrewmj45@gmail.com

Lloyds Bank
IWFS Berkshire Branch
Sort-code 309536
Account No. 32638760

Friday 12th December

Pippa Hayward (Association of Wine Educators/The Good Wine Shop) The Douro – still wines and ports

Pippa read languages at University, and then trained as a teacher until she married The Chef then turned Sommelier. After the last restaurant went, she did the WSET Diploma and redeployed her teaching skills on a far more enjoyable subject - wine.
Originally famous for Port production, the Douro Valley also makes stunning dry table wines. As fortified wine consumption declines, so the Douro's dry wines are increasingly important to the valley's economy. Our tasting will feature 4 dry table wines and 4 different styles of Port.
Mark will give us a main course of arroz de pato, a hearty and authentic Portuguese rice dish with shredded duck meat and chorizo. Then our second course, served with a port, will be blue cheeses with fig and almond loaf.

 

Sunday 18th January

Lunch by Mark, wines from the Branch cellar

Mark leads this lunchtime meeting,  giving us a smoked haddock tartlet to start, followed by pheasant cooked in wine with winter vegetables then frangipane as dessert. A cheese board will be available. Wines will be chosen from the Branch cellar to complement each course.

20th February

Alessandro Pace: Italnatural Wines [traditional, organic (?) wines from Italy)]

20th March

Andrew Walker Solaris wines: Slovenian whites and Spanish reds

17th April

Katherine Dart, Grape and Nectar: Old World v New World, a comparison of grape varieties

22nd May

Judgement of Paris, in combination with other IWFS branches. A free run of a   a comparison of grape varieties grown around the world

11th or 12th
July

 

21st August

 

16th October

 

20th November

 

11th December