PROGRAMME 2025/26
Thursday 16 October 2025 - Tasting 1
Wines of Portugal
Thursday 13 November 2025 - Tasting 2
Wines with altitude
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Thursday 11 December 2025 - Tasting 3
Critically acclaimed wines with Christmas canapes
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Thursday 15 January 2026 - Tasting 4
Wines of Sicily
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Thursday 12 February 2026 - Tasting 5
Members choice
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Thursday 12 March 2026 - Tasting 6
Wines of the Rhone Valley
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Thursday 16 April 2026 - Tasting 7
Italian grapes in the New World blind tasting
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Thursday 14 May 2026 - Tasting 8
Wines of Croatia
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Thursday 11 June 2026 - Tasting 9
Summer rosés
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Second Thursday of the month (unless otherwise noted), 7-9pm.
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The fee to attend a meeting is generally £25 (occasionally £30 for special tastings and £5 for member’s choice evening). You need to confirm by the 1st of the month if you are attending and if you subsequently cancel, the fee is still payable as the wine for the tasting will have been purchased, unless there is someone ready to take your place. We can only accommodate 14 people at a tasting so there may be a waiting list for places available at short notice, if the tasting has been over-subscribed.
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Please bring your own wine glass. You may wish to bring a couple so you can compare wines during the tasting. Also bring a pen and a copy of the advance tasting notes, water and any cheese, biscuits or other nibbles, if you wish.
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The advance tasting sheets include columns to facilitate scoring of the wines. This is optional but most members find it a helpful part of the tasting process. The club uses the 20 point scoring system and details of how to use that in practice are given on the "Wine Scoring Guide" page of this website.
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There will be a £10 annual membership charge to be on the mailing list and receive the full tasting notes and access to the archive. One tasting fee of £25 is also payable in advance together with the annual charge. This will be held to your credit and used to cover your tasting fee for the last tasting you attend in the season (or be refunded in cash, if necessary, or carried over to the next season).​​
