Introduction to Wine Tasting,?Wednesday 16th September 2020

Enjoy a Champagne reception in the Pickering Cellar before a two-hour session designed to build your confidence in wine tasting. No matter your level of expertise, you will have numerous thoughts and impressions the moment a wine hits your palate. At this event, your host will teach you to trust these instincts, helping you grow in confidence.

Tasting through eight wines from around the world, including wonderful examples from Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Barolo, you will learn to identify acidity, tannin, alcohol and the age of a wine. You will leave a more self-assured taster, equipped to discover which wines you do and don’t like, and – even more importantly – why.

Wines to be tasted:

2018 Pouilly-Fumé, Domaine Seguin, Loire, France
2017 Churton Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand
2017 DeSante, Old Vine Chardonnay, Napa Valley, California, USA
2018 Chablis, Jean-Paul & Benoît Droin, Burgundy, France
2017 Berry Bros. & Rudd Mosel Riesling Kabinett by Selbach-Oster, Germany
2014 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Rouge, Clos des Papes, Paul Avril & Fils, Rhône
2018 Beaujolais-Villages, Alexandre Burgaud, Beaujolais, France
2015 Berry Bros. & Rudd Barolo by Giovanni Rosso, Piedmont, Italy