We were fascinated to hear about Lebanon’s wine making history from Faouzi Issa, owner and winemaker of Domaine des Tourelles, during our monthly Alumni Club gathering this March. We had the opportunity to try an array of well-crafted wines made by Faouzi and his team at the Domaine, located in …
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It was a special treat for all of us to have our Alumni Club hosted by legendary winemaker Ernst Loosen this February. Our Alumni Club members had a rare opportunity to try seven Dr. Loosen wines, made with the signature grape of the Mosel, Riesling, while speaking with Ernst Loosen …
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For our final tasting of 2022 our Alumni Wine Club members stepped into the Christmas season with a live zoom call with Chester Osborn, Chief Winemaker and fourth generation family member, of world-renowned d’Arenberg in the McLaren Vale, South Australia.
One of the original wine producing regions in Australia, McLaren Vale boasts stocks …
We were delighted to be back with our Alumni Wine Club after a lovely summer break, to host a Beaujolais wine tasting in October. Joining us for the evening were Caroline Santoyo DipWSET of Inter Beaujolais, wine educator and Beaujolais specialist Cameron Jones DipWSET and two wine producers, Tanguy Hamet …
Read MoreDuring the last days of June, with summer just around the corner, our Enjoy Discovering Wine Alumni Club welcomed warmth and sunshine with wines from Alsace.
Sheltered from oceanic influence by the Vosges mountains, and settled between Germany and France, the Alsace wine region is influenced by both countries in terms …
VDP Alumni Club tasting May 2022
The end of May found our Alumni Wine Club members tasting wines from our final “VDP Series”; a trilogy of tastings where we had the rare chance to try a variety of quality wines from Germany.
Our flight featured wines from the regions of Franken, Nahe, …
VDP Alumni Club tasting March 2022
As an Ambassador for the VDP.Die Prädikatsweingüter, Erica hosted our second VDP tasting event, part of a series focused on quality wines from Germany. The Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter e. V. (VDP) is an association of around 200 German wine producers, whose members produce …
Read MoreTempranillo with Familia Fernández Rivera
For our February Alumni Club meeting we were joined by Jose Saez, Export Director of Familia Fernández Rivera, home of the fabled Tinto Pesquera produced in Ribera del Duero. We enjoyed exploring together the different expressions of Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, La Mancha and Castilla …
The 2022 Alumni events began in January with the first of our VDP tastings – Dia Grigoriou details below in her blog all about the event and the fabulous wines we all had the opportunity to taste.
The VDP Series Weingut Karl Haidle & Maximin Grünhaus
When Erica announced a series focusing …
2021 was a remarkable year for our EDW Alumni cub events. We have been so privileged to meet some amazing wine makers and taste their fascinating wines. Our final event for 2021, our November Madeira wine tasting, saw the year out with a bang! Lesley Adams and Jaqueline Cole from …
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