FORTHCOMING TASTINGS:
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A WINE DINNER WITH NORRIS YOUNG, WINEMAKER AT MAGPIE ESTATE
DATE: Thursday, September 23, 2010
TIME: 19:00
PRICE: £25.00
VENUE: THE GALLERY RESTAURANT, CITY COLLEGE, WHITECROSS S
We are very lucky to have a return visit by Norris Young, wine maker at Magpie Estate in the Barossa Valley, Australia. This will be good fun, and he will be showing new vintages of his great wines. We are happy to support City College who will be matching food to the wine. The price includes a glass of each wine with dinner.
PLACES AVAILABLE: 28
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CHARITY TASTING AT THE HANOVER COMMUNITY CENTRE
DATE: Saturday, September 25, 2010
TIME: 19:00
PRICE: £15.00
VENUE: HANOVER COMMUNITY CENTRE, SOUTHOVER STREET
Come to another legendary tasting at the Hanover Community Centre, there will be wine, food, merriment and all profits will be split between Marie Curie and Martletts. This is a chance for you to get ahead of the game before we promote it to a wider audience. Bookings must be made in advance through our website. A theme will be decided later but this will be a good fun evening as always, with wine tasting and surprises!
PLACES AVAILABLE: 20
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A TASTE OF ITALY - THE DEEP SOUTH
DATE: Friday, October 15, 2010
TIME: 19:30
PRICE: £20.00
Chopper Harris makes his return. After his success with the Coast to Coast Italian tasting late last year, Chops will reappear in October and present a fine range of southern Italian wines. We’ll try some lovely aromatic whites, as well as the big spicy reds, oft found in this part of Italy.
PLACES AVAILABLE: 4
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A TASTE OF SHERRY (THE BEST VALUE DRINK AROUND)
DATE: Friday, September 10, 2010
TIME: 19:30
PRICE: £17.50
Come and try a range of styles and producers, we'll go from the bone dry, refreshing Manzanilla, all the way through to a sumptuous Pedro Ximenez. Moorish foods will match food to the different styles.
PLACES AVAILABLE: 13
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THE LEGENDARY RHONE PRODUCER CHAPOUTIER
DATE: Friday, October 22, 2010
TIME: 19:30
PRICE: £20.00
Whites, reds and sweet wines will be on show, from southern and northern Rhone, with a couple of his Languedoc wines thrown in too. From the great value Luberon Blanc to the very rare white Hermitage, we will work our way through a fine set of wines.
PLACES AVAILABLE: 14
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VINTAGE PORT - 1985
DATE: Friday, December 10, 2010
TIME: 19:30
PRICE: £40.00
Come and understand one, potentially great, vintage for Port - 1985. We will line up as many Port housesas we can fit in, including top notch producers Taylors and Fonseca. This tasting will be accompanied by a decent cheese board.
PLACES AVAILABLE: 2
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All tastings take place in the shop on Fridays at 7.30, unless otherwise stated.
A light buffet is provided. Bookings are only taken with full payment .
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