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May 31st 2024
New Vintages Tasting
We are back!
In the world of wine we delight in the New Vintages as they arrive and this is the time of the year they start to appear signalling the arrival of Spring. All the winemakers hard work and careful preparation is laid bare to the scrutiny of the paying public!
Paul will be showing New vintages of his personal favourites and will be making a few comparisons in what is termed vertical tastings. Identical wines of consecutive vintages, this will show how nature affects the natural product of wine. Click here to secure your tickets.
June 19th 2024
Something exciting this way comes. Possibly talking to the other side of the World?
18th July 2024
Karl Walton will be introducing the wine maker.....
14th August 2024
Master of wine Mike Best will introduce......
19th September 2024
Conrado Herrero will be presenting an evening dedicated to our favourite Rioja producer Bodegas Ontañón.
We love Ontañón and sell many of their wines, join us in a delectation of vinous splendour.
24th October 2024
Graham Wharmby introduces 3rd Floor wines from across the old world
22nd November 2024
Christmas Portfolio Tasting
This is the date to save, choices to be made for the Christmas holiday period.
What to drink with family, what to give as gifts and what to share with someone very special!
12th December 2024
As the year rolls to a close join us in a tasting where we sample the best of the year.
2023 tastings
Christmas Portfolio Tasting
Friday 1st December 2023 7pm
Last year was such a success with the three rooms in the Manor house, this year there will be four.
Tickets available now: Christmas Tasting Night: Friday 1st December 2023
Jolly Good Claret
Thursday 23rd November 7pm at Howbery Park Manor House
Karl Walton with colleagues from Maison Ginestet will be presenting 8 wines for your delectation.
Tickets here: Jolly Good Claret: Thursday 23rd November Tasting at Howbery Park 7pm
Château Calvimont Blanc, AOP Graves 2018
Château Dallau , AOP Bordeaux Supérieur 2018
Château Calvimont Rouge, AOP Graves 2019
Château Carcanieux, AOP Crus Bourgeois du Médoc 2015
Château Castelbruck Cuvée Bruyères, AOP Margaux 2020
Château Mangot L'Autre Mangot, AOP Saint-Emilion 2020
Seigneurs d'Aiguilhe, AOP Castillon-Côtes de Bordeaux 2016
Sauternes, Ginestet Classique
October 19th Tasting: Wines from Waterkloof, South Africa.
This will be presented by Louis Boutinot, longtime global evangelist for this industry-leading, enviro-conscious and very classy winery.
Waterkloof is an independent, organic and regenerative wine estate owned by former sommelier, wine importer and French wine producer Paul Boutinot.
This stellar estate, situated a stones-throw from Cape Town and its wild, windswept Atlantic Ocean coastline, has somehow managed to attain the largest number of features of any wine producer, not only in Decanter's Weekday Wine Section (Decanter is the UK's most subscribed hard-copy wine publication), but also in Jancis Robinson MW's 'Wine of The Week' page on the UK's most subscribed wine website jancisrobinson.com (Jancis is Financial Times wine writer and a wine advisor for The Royal Family).
Louis Boutinot (Paul's son) will be here with stories and insight a plenty, all served alongside a selection of fine, distinctive, food-friendly wines handcrafted in tiny quantities by talented young winemaker Nadia Langenegger and her team at Waterkloof.
1) Circumstance Cape Coral Rosé 2022
2) Circumstance Sauvignon Blanc 2022
3) Waterkloof Sauvignon Blanc 2022
4) Circle of Life White 2022
5) Circle of Life Red 2020
6) Circumstance Mourvèdre 2018
7) Circumstance Syrah 2018 and 2019
8) Waterkloof Boreas 2020
Musing on Malbec 28th September
Whether from Argentina, France, Chile, South Africa or Australia Malbec seems to be a perennial favourite. Here we will look at the grape in all its native glory. Comparing country, soil type and manufacturing method and prove does it really have to be oaked and from Mendoza Argentina?
8 Malbecs from around the World to be tasted. Now all that remains is to pick 8 from the 34 we sell!
£15 a ticket, £10 refundable against orders placed on the night (minimum £100 value). 7pm Thursday 28th September in the De Mornay Room, Howbery Park Manor House.
Buy tickets here: September 28th Tasting at Howbery Park - Musing on Malbec
Northern Spain 23rd August
The wines of Northern Spain, showcased by our very own product manager and salesman in chief, Paul Fritz-Johnson, and based on highlights from his wine trip last year and all the pics he took.
Regions sampled will include Rioja, Rias Baixas, Utiel Requena, Rueda and Menade.
A selection of wines in the Boutinot portfolio from the Languedoc and the Rhone, South of France, presented by the wine maker John Sanderson.
Howbery Park, The Manor House, Thursday 13th July 7pm.
South of France 13th July
John is one of the illustrious winemaking team at our chief partner in wine, Boutinot, responsible for French own production. As such, his manor covers large chunks of southern French geography and some of the very best drinking at civilised prices.
He will be leading us through a small but well founded sample of their range and will leave no doubt of the wide ranging potential of this most significant region.
This tutored tasting led by John Sanderson will comprise 8 wines, and the cost will be £15 a head. Space is limited so book your place quickly on this link:
1.
Rosé Côtes du Rhone, Les Cerisiers
2. Côtes du Rhône Blanc, 'La Fleur Solitaire'
3. Viognier, Domaine de Vedilhan
4. Macon-Charnay-les-Macon, Genetie
5. Gamay, Uva Non Grata
6. Malbec, Les Volets, Limoux
7. Cairanne, Côtes du Rhone, La Côte Sauvage
8. 'Les Six', Cairanne Côtes du Rhône