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…
Last night we had a fantastic tasting of three wines from Italy for the latest round of our Virtual Wine Tasting series. With 16 screens on the call, and alongside some fantastic canapes, we started by visiting Sicily and tasting Tasca D’Almerita Bianco Regaleali 2017. Beautiful, fresh, notes of apple and tropical fruits, a real…
Another very enjoyable virtual wine tasting – this time with Waud Wine Club members. We visited Nin Ortiz on our TDV to Spain in 2015 – and the visit to Nin Ortiz in Priorat was one of the most memorable in Tour du Vin history. The fascinating couple of Carles and Ester Nin have a…
Great fun with a virtual Spanish themed wine tasting with one of the AON teams and their clients. With 12 screens on the call, we started with the Pazo de Barrantes Albarino 2018 from North West Spain. (owned by the same family that owns Marques de Murrieta.) This proved very interesting, as many guests thought…
On the hottest day of the year so far, we enjoyed a Southern French virtual tasting. Some of our ‘tasters’ were set up outside, enjoying the rose and their canapes! First up was this year’s best seller – Puech Haut Argali Rose 2019. A beautiful rose that everyone loved. Made from Cinsault and Grenache, this…
We held our most successful virtual tasting yet with some fabulous Spanish wines. With around 20 screens logged in on Zoom, we ‘visited’ Bodegas Muga in Rioja for our first wine – the brilliant Muga Blanco 2018. This blend of Viura, Malvasia and Garnacha Blanca went down very well with our tasters – and at…
Into week 5 of the Virtual Tastings and this week it was the turn of Burgundy – and tasting a couple of wines from the iconic Joseph Drouhin. Two wines from the Laforet range and the two signature grape varieties from the region – Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Joseph Drouhin – Laforêt Chardonnay 2017 Joseph…
Our biggest tasting yet, with 35 people on screen at once for our Italian Virtual Wine Tasting. The canapé competition was fierce, with plenty of contenders for the coveted Canapé of the Week prize – congratulations to Janine Sjoblom for taking the spoils with her fabulous Italian offering. Onto the wines – we had a…
Another great fun evening with a tasting with the superb wines of Michel Gassier from Costières de Nîmes in Southern France. This is a venue we have visited twice on Tour du Vin’s. With 14 screens joining, we tried two red wines. Firstly, the Cotes-Du-Rhone Rouge 2017. A classic blend of Grenache, Mourvedre and Syrah.…
We held our second formal Virtual Wine Tasting last night – this time the theme was Bordeaux and we selected two wines from Tuilerie du Puy in Entre-Deux-Mers. With 13 screens and 24 people taking part, we enjoy tasting 2 reds. Firstly Tuilerie du Puy Tradition Bordeaux Superior 2015, followed by Le Vigneron Inconnu 2014.…
We held our first of 3 virtual wine tastings last night – with Spain being our first port of call. Our tasting of two wines from opposite corners of the country were enjoyed by over 20 participants in the call – and hopefully we struck the right balance between being informative and good fun! First…
We had our second masterclass of the year last night – with the world famous Chateau Musar estate from Lebanon. We were joined by Elliott O’Mara from Chateau Musar UK who gave us an interesting overview of the history of Musar, the family, the estate and the style of the wines – whilst we enjoyed…