“What is better than to sit at the table at the end of the day and drink wine with friends, or substitutes for friends” James Joyce
Programme
All meetings are held in the Function room of the Vine Pub, Hannington, Hampshire, starting at 8 pm unless otherwise stated
2008/2009
O8/05 2008 Sophie Rudge Fortified Wine Sherry
12/06/2008 Alan Gale of AG Wines
10/07/2008 cancelled
23/08/2008 Outing to Bothy Vineyard near Abingdon
Coach will leave the village green at 13.15
11/09/2008 Fiona Bacon of Chateau Musar Lebanese Wines
09/10/2008 Geoff Ponter of Amordivino (UK) Limited
Wines from the top to the toe of Italy
13/11/2008 Henry Laithwaite of HJH Wines
11/12/2008 Damian Cooper of Constellation Europe Limited
08/01/2009 Champagne versus Sparkling Wine
Can you tell the difference?
12/03/2009 Daniel Orsolini of Orso Wines Rhone Wines
09/04/2009 AGM
2007/2008
10/05/07 Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile Ltd
A Range of Chilean Wines
14/06/07 Daniel Orsolini of Orso Wine Agencies Limited
Fine Wines of Languedoc
12/07/07 Sophie Rudge of Winetraders (UK) Limited
Italian Wines
11/08/07 Wickham Vineyard visit
Coach leaving the green at 1 pm
13/09/07 Peretti Communications Limited
Vintage Champagne
11/10/07 Simon Taylor of Stoner, Vine & Sun Wine Merchants
Languedoc-Roussillon
08/11/07 Codorniu UK Limited
Sparkling Cava & Wine
12/12/07 Nick Room, Waitrose Wine Buyer
Grape Varieties from different Continents
10/01/08 Nigel Gibbes of Stratford Wine Agency
South African Wines
13/03/08 Mark Bedord of Caviste, Wine Merchants
The New France - A look at the response that young
winemakers have made to the threat of the New
World
11/04/08 A.G.M.
Looking back over the year
