2011 is set to be a bumper year for us, with bigger, better, more exciting and interesting events planned already and scores more in the pipeline!
January is normally a month for taking a step back and recovering from the previous year and the festive period - not the case this year! We are kicking off 2011 with a couple of very special events.The first event of 2011 is the ever-popular and now sold out dinner at The George of Stamford, Lincolnshire – it’s become an annual fixture! After a Champagne reception, guests will be treated to a tasty, specially designed four-course meal in the beautiful, oak-panelled restaurant of this historic coaching inn, all carefully matched with a selection of eclectic wines from our range:
Weingut Felsner Grüner Veltliner 2009 Kremstal
Domaine Les Escondudes 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC
Finca Valpiedra 2001 (magums), Rioja Reserva DOC
Jackson Triggs Vidal Icewine 2007, Ontario
The first tasting of the year (and one that I am particularly excited about, as I’m organising it) is at STEAM Museum of the Great Western Railway on Tuesday 25th January in Swindon, Wiltshire. We will be joined by several producers including Sam Lockyer from Stonewall Estate in New Zealand and Libby Woolcock from our very own Le Chai au Quai in Castillon-La-Bataille, Bordeaux. I’m very pleased to be able to say that Will Laithwaite will also be attending the evening, bringing along his excellent creation, Abingdon Bridge beer from Loose Cannon Brewery, for guests to sample. Tickets are still available, so if you fancy a glass of Champagne on the atmospheric pre-War station platform (think Brief Encounter) and sampling 30 wines in a very relaxed and informal atmosphere, surrounded by history, then please do buy your tickets now.
The office will be busy in January with two supplier tastings for staff planned, including an extra special visit from Edouard Moueix. His family are regarded by many in the wine industry as Bordeaux royalty and are associated with some of the best Châteaux on the Right Bank.
Keep watching this space and I hope to see you all at an event soon!
Will
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