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 …
Read MoreWe 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 MoreVDP 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 …
Prosecco DOC with Neil Phillips aka The Wine Tipster – Blog written by Dia Grigoriou
Our alumni wine club members shared a super bubbly evening last month, hosted by sparkling wine expert Neil Phillips. Neil is an all-around qualified wine, bubbles and horseracing expert who has combined his three life-long passions …
A rare white varietal and mini Fitou vertical with Katie Jones
After a much-needed summer break the EDW Alumni Club gathered again in September resuming our monthly wine tasting rendezvous; this time spent the evening with a familiar face, winemaker Katie Jones of Domaine Jones. Dia Grigoriou shares the evening with …
The June Alumni Club event took us all the way to Orgeon to sample some of the amazing wines produced by Domaine Drouhin. Dia Grigoriou shares the evening with you in her superbly detailed blog below.
This was a wonderful late June EDW gathering! Our guest David Millman, managing director of …
What a treat it was to have our Enjoy Discovering Wine Alumni Club tasting hosted by winemaker Katie Jones of Domaine Jones earlier this week! Based in the Languedoc, France, Katie started her winemaking journey over 10 years ago and shared with us her story of old vines, wild boars, …
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