Southern French Wine Dinner @ Rendezvous
Enjoy a curated tasting of some fabulous Southern French wines, alongside a stunning gourmet meal at Rendezvous Brasserie in Westerham – one of the finest and most traditional French restaurants in the UK.
Puech Haut Wine Lunch
After over a decade of the Waud Wine Club, it is remarkable that it has taken us this long to host a wine lunch for our Members and Guests….and what a lunch it was! We were pleased to have Jean Bernard Tison, Sales Director from Puech Haut, in the country to talk through the excellent…
Waud Wines Summer Portfolio Tasting
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…
EAGB Summer Party 2022
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…
Super Spanish Corporate Virtual Tasting
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…
Domaine Clavel – Virtual Wine Tasting
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…
La Rioja Alta 904 2011 – Virtual Masterclass Tasting
Last night we had a superb virtual wine tasting masterclass with the fantastic La Rioja Alta 904 2011. With 11 screens dialing in for the tasting, we were pleased to be joined by the very charming and knowledgeable Francisco Corpas, who is the Export Manager at La Rioja Alta. After the welcome, Francisco took us…
Pascal Jolivet Virtual Wine Tasting
Our first 100% white virtual tasting and it was an absolute cracker with the fabulous wines from Pascal Jolivet who is based in the Loire Valley. Two wines were on show, his 2018 Sancerre and his 2018 Pouilly Fume. First up, the Pascal Jolivet Sancerre 2018, which received rave reviews across the board from our…
Guigal versus Brunel de la Gardine Côtes du Rhône
A very interesting virtual wine tasting last night as we returned to France, specifically to Southern Rhône, where our ‘house red’, Brunel de la Gardine Côtes du Rhône 2018, took on Rhône powerhouse, Guigal Côtes du Rhône 2016 in a compare and contrast tasting. Members of the Waud Wine Club have visited both of these…
Pieropan and Tua Rita Tasting
We enjoyed a very interesting tasting last night with two super Italian wines. The first wine was from Soave in Veneto – from the fabulous producer Pieropan. We opened up with the Pieropan Soave Classico 2019 – 85% Garganega, 15% Trebbiano di Soave. This is the freshest and youngest wine in their range – and…
Argentine Virtual Wine Tasting – Caelum
Last night we had a fabulous tasting of the new wines we have imported from Bodega Caelum in Argentina. With 14 screens on the call, we were particularly pleased to have Hernan Pimental with us, who was actually dialling in from Uruguay, who is one of the family owners of the vineyard. Hernan talked us…
Raul Perez – Virtual Wine Tasting
We began our next round of virtual tastings last night, starting with two fabulous wines from Raul Perez from Bierzo in North West Spain. With 15 screens on the call, the canapé of the week competition had some strong contenders with some excellent Spanish delicacies. First up was the Ultreia Godello 2018 – this super…