Philglas and Swiggot. Battersea. Thursday, 31-October-2019.
A walk around tasting of champagnes and sparkling wines and from around the world. Some very knowledgeable presenters made it an informative evening. In particular, for me, it highlighted the huge variety of grape varieties used to make sparkling wines. Champagne may use pinot noir, chardonnay and a little pinot meunier but producers of presecco, cava and Tasmanian sparkling have others grapes at their disposal. Our three favourites bottles were:
- Antonij Rupert L'Ormarins MCC Brut NV
- LLopart Brut Reserva Cava 2016
- House of Arras Tasmania 'Grand Vintage' 2008
Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Wandsworth. Saturday , 02-November-2019.
Our third WBF at the wonderful gothic pile that is Royal Victoria Patriotic Building. It was the last night of the festival and beers were running low. Our friends who arrived half an hour after us got in for free because so many barrels had run out!
I focussed on porter and stout as I dislike this current fad for overly sharp pale ales. I started at the back of the catalogue hoping to catch some beers still on offer as I am sure many start on page 1. Even so only half the dark beers were still showing. I had enough to provide a satisfactory tasting but might think about an earlier start next year.
Afterwards we went with our friends for a lovely Italian meal at the family run Dan and Angel, named after the owners two children.
Wine Society Dining Club 277th dinner.
Drapers Hall, London. Tuesday, 05-November-2019.
At the other end of the spectrum from the beer festival is fine claret at a black tie dinner in the elegant surroundings of the Drapers' Hall.
The WSDC proposition is that the members of the main Wine Society buy wines for laying down and some years later consume them when they are ready for drinking.
The theme was "The Three Leovilles". We had an informative introduction to the wines, a lovely meal with superb wines and talked to charming strangers.
Hic!
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