Extract from Groups Guide

The new Wine Tasting group was launched in March 2023 with 10 members having signed up. An initial meeting was held where the roles were delegated to 4 of the members, with Chris Smith leading.

Chris’s report:

We held our first wine tasting on the 11^th May with seven members attending.  A jolly time was had by all, as we tasted four white and three red wines from Italy, accompanied by information about each of them. 

We had a break after tasting the white wines, and sampled a variety of cheeses and then continued with the red wines.  The favourite white wine was Pecorino at £7 per bottle form the Tesco Finest range and the worst (only suitable for coking) was the Soave Superior wine at £6 per bottle from Asda.  It was a unanimous decision that the Montepulciana d’Abruzzo was the favourite red wine.  This can only be purchased via Naked Wines at £9.50.  However, if you were to go to the National u3a page and click on the “click and save” icon, under the “News” heading you can get a 9% discount upon subscribing to Naked Wines.

We also had a short discussion on where to go for our first group visit.  Thank you to Carol for doing such an excellent job in researching local vineyards and wine merchants.