Lunchtime day 2 was a visit to Aloxe Corton. (once Charles had given us the correct address!) Michael and Fiona Ragg who are the owners and winemakers at Mischief and Mayhem gave us an excellent tasting before lunch. We then took a fantastic...
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Day 2 took up to Cote de Nuits in the north end of Burgundy. Drouhin Laroze in Gevrey Chambertain was our first port of call where we had a tour of the winery, cellars and finally a tasting of some select wines in their range. Drouhin Laroze are...
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After the tasting in Chablis, we head due South to Chateau de Vault de Lugny. The tourists enjoyed a champagne reception, followed by a gourmet meal. A very nice way to end the first day on tour.
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One of the highlights of the TDV was visiting Chablis. Domaine Laroche was in a completely different style to the gigantic Champagne de Castelnau site we had been at a few hours earlier. Etienne Madelin looked after us superbly and we were...
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First stop on the TDV this year was in Reims to Champagne de Castelnau. Champagne de Castelnau is in fact the Waud Wine Club house champagne and has sold incredibly well since we added it to our list at the end of 2013. Champagne de Castelnau is...
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To top off a very busy week within the club, we had 50 members out at Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen for a wine tasting and dinner. Fresh off the back of the London Wine Fair at Olympia, we were lucky to have Mark Levesson Gower...
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Charles Waud, Jeremy Waud, Stephen Waud and Richard Kelly had a fantastic day at the London Wine Fair on Monday 2nd June at the Olympia Exhibition Centre. We were there primarily researching wines for our next two taster cases later this year...
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On the 1st of May, the Waud Wine Club held a very successful tasting for Chesterton Financial Planning at their new offices in Loughborough. It was a Mediterranean tasting with themed rooms – France, Italy and Spain. There was an extensive...
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I was lucky enough to take part in a Classic Port Grape varieties and vintage ports tasting from the 90s this week at Church House, just behind Westminster Abbey. We were guided by David Guimaraens, the Technical Director of Fladgate Partnership...
Read moreThis weekend coming, a small group of Waud Wine Club members are getting together for an epic wine battle between France and the New world. Each person has been given a french or new world style – and they have been drawn into individual...
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We were invited to show some of our Mediterranean wines at a private tasting at Jones Lang LaSalle, Warwick Street for the Federation of Corporate Real Estate. (FEDCRE) This was an intimate tasting where we tried Champagne de Castelnau Brut...
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The Club started 2014 off with a bang after a very enjoyable evening at Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant in Southwark – Union Street Cafe. 56 members and guests took part in a wine tasting of Spanish wines (and a sparkling rose from Mas...
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