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Vintage Port is a type of fortified wine made from grapes grown in the Douro Valley region of Portugal. It is known for its rich, intense aromas, high alcohol content, and ability to age for many years. The production of Vintage Port is a unique process, as only the best grapes from a specific year […]

A chance to get your nice cars out and drive down to France’s wine country for a few days. Loire is the intended destination where we will take in the main sub appellations.

A three day and three night tour of an incredibly exciting region in Northern Spain – Ribera del Duero.

We were delighted to hold this exclusive sell out event on Tuesday 27th September at Langan’s Brasserie, Mayfair, London. We were joined by the highly knowledgeable and jovial Filippo Frullini, Sales Director at Bibi Graetz, who explained the history and uniqueness of the fabulous wines from their stunning Tuscan estates in Italy. We learnt that production started […]

We held our first Waud Wines Summer Portfolio tasting for a number of years last night at the iconic members wine club – 67 Pall Mall. We welcomed an intimate group to try 30 wines from our 600+ strong wine list – and we were pleased to pre-launch our new Members’ Selection Red and White […]

We were very pleased to be invited back to host The Executives’ Association of Great Britain’s Summer Party at Gordon Ramsay’s The Narrow in Limehouse.  With 40 EAGB Members and Guests, we enjoyed an Old World versus New World tasting, where we tried magnums of Rathfinny Classic Cuvvee 2016 on arrival – this is our […]

Last night we hosted a fabulous private dinner with Chateau Musar in The Marlborough Room at 67 Pall Mall for 14 guests. Following a fizz reception in the Members’ Lounge, where we enjoyed our crowd pleasing Mas de Daumas Gassac Rose Frizant 2020, we moved to our dining room for the evening where we were […]

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Our first Tour du Vin of 2022 was to Galicia in North West Spain – and what a fabulous trip it was. We had a party of seasoned Waud Wine Club tourists on the trip – as we embarked on a 3 day trip across the appellations of Bierzo, Valdeorras, Ribeiro and Rias Baixas. After […]

33 members and guests of the Waud Wine Club enjoyed a fantastic ‘Dine with Bordeaux’ themed evening at the excellent Ranmore restaurant at Reigate Heath Golf Club. We had designed a rock star menu with celebrity chef, Tony Tobin, that was carefully matched with four of our favourite wines from Bordeaux. After a reception thirst […]

Today we are announcing our annual En Primeur offer for the superb 2020 Jaboulet wines from the Rhône Valley in France. You will see our two crowd favourites listed below – also available in larger formats too. These wines have a worldwide cult following – and can be enjoyed for many years to come. For […]

Waud Wines are ecstatic to have confirmed our come back event as a special ‘Dine with Bordeaux Wine Dinner’ at Ranmore at Reigate Heath in March. Ranmore’s Celebrity Chef, Tony Tobin, of Ready Steady Cook fame, has created the attached menu around our special selection of wines that includes the iconic Pontet Canet, Château Suduiraut […]

This morning marked the annual release of the iconic Tenuta San Guido wines from Tuscany in Italy – and many of you will be familiar with their top gun wine – Sassicaia. This is the legendary Italian wine estate, with wines that are wanted all over the world. Sassicaia is the most famous Italian red […]

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The world of wine got aboard the ‘organic bus’ many years ago following its regulation in 1991 and this was not just neat marketing, there was a strong wave (now a tidal wave) of feeling that this was the correct way to grow vines. The aim was to produce wines in a more sympathetic way […]

Moving up the organic scale to Biodynamic production is a big leap of faith, commitment, and investment for wine growers. Yet again the ‘Old World’ of wine producers in Spain, France and Italy have been at the forefront of this revolution. Simplistically, Biodynamic wine production involves a close following of the solar influences upon our […]

We held another Corporate Virtual Wine tasting this week, this time with a team from Linklaters and their clients UBS that were dialling in from Switzerland and Luxembourg. Since Brexit, shipping small parcels of wine around Europe from the UK has been impossible, so we were pleased to work with the team at La Rioja […]

We have returned from a fabulous 4 days in Italy with 16 Waud Wine Club tourists for our Sicily Tour du Vin. Following a successful English Wine Tour in July, it was great to return to business as usual with an overseas tour to Italy. We flew into Catania Airport on Wednesday, picked up the […]

Chateauneuf du Pape is undoubtedly one of the most famous wine regions in the world – and is of course then up there as one of the best in Southern Rhône, France. Chateau Beaucastel is a prestigious Chateau in the Chateauneuf region – and it was a treat to visit there with some Waud Wine […]

Tuscany has to be up there as the favourite of all the countries and regions that we have visited on the Waud Wine Club Tour du Vin. It has a stunning climate, amazing culture, great history and most importantly, an incredibly diverse range of wines for many wine lovers to participate in. Tuscany is now […]

Costers del Segre may sound like a Spanish holiday resort, but, in fact, is a fantastic wine region based in the North East of Spain. Within spitting distance of Barcelona, this is a wine region that I suspect will surprise most experienced oenophiles. A classic old-world wine region, with the red wines created from classic […]

Domaine Louis Cheze has been on the Waud Wines list of Old World wines for ten years now. Based in Northern Rhone, France, in the small village of Limony, Domaine Louis Cheze has been growing red wine, white wine and rose wines since the 1970s. They have plots in the famous appellations of A.O.P. Condrieu, […]

Another very enjoyable tasting last week, returning to Southern France to Domaine Clavel in Languedoc. Based just north of Montpellier, there is a fine selection of wines from the fabulous appellation of Pic Saint Loup. A family of four all working together in the vineyard – Domaine Clavel is a lovely story for Pierre and […]