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Selected Wine Tastings from BacchusDo you live in West Sussex, in the Petworth, Midhurst, Wisborough Green area, or near locality. If so why not register to join us for regular wine tastings and wine information updates? We meet at our cosy cellars near Balls Cross and have informal tastings and share experiences of wine from across the World. There is usually plenty of choice and it's very informal. I can also arrange tastings at your home or at a venue of your choice. Clubs and associations will find us very flexible. Currently we are planning informal dinners with associated wine tasting experience at the wonderful, unspoilt country pub, The Stag in Balls Cross. Let us know if you are interested. Roger Gillett SIGN UP for Email notices of special offers.
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I would like to welcome our existing friends and new customers to our updated web site. We are wine enthusiasts who know the best way to storing wine. We do not keep masses of wine paraphernalia but just the major range of CAVE4wine storage bins, light weight racking and cellar cooling systems. Soon we will be extending our selected range of special wines as well! Russian Nectar, March 2010Several years ago a pal who seemed to spend most of his life flying around the world, gave me a bottle wine with the comment 'you won't have this one in your cellar'. He was right! It was Russian and in the cellar it rested until a couple of weeks ago; the occasion was my birthday and looking for something different I reached for this oddity with an unpronounceable name and a wax sealed cork. It certainly had the appearance of a dessert wine and once the wax and miserable 3/4 inch cork were removed it proved to be just that. Just a little taster was tried with the pudding, it was delicious; this left a good 4/5ths of the bottle which I took sleeved to a friend's lunch party the following week. Bread and butter pudding was one of the desserts so the wine was carefully poured into eight glasses, next was the 'wow' factor as the table tasted the wine and then an inquest to what the wine was and where it might have come from. Nobody got it right but all enjoyed this 'Russian nectar' - Kokyp : Maccahapa 1967 Renaissance of The Loire October 2009The late Autumn sunshine saw us bowling down one of those splendidly deserted French roads, sentineled by whispering poplars, on the way to a short break near Amboise on the Loire.
Obviously, as we were staying with friends, we used the opportunity to go out for a rather special meal, and at my suggestion they allowed me to choose the wine for each course from the Loire region. There were one or two who frowned at this decision but they kindly relented and allowed me to be their guide. Austrian ReportCustomers cannot be wrong. Recently we supplied an Austrian Pinot Blanc wine from Familie Prielier to just four clients who requested we look for something special. They all repeated their order and told their friends. Now we have seven customers all waiting for the 2008 vintage. It is a beautifully made wine, with well balanced fruit and acidity, an exciting alternative. A further ten cases have been ordered in March 2010. Contact Roger Gillet for more information and a tasting by clicking here. Previous ArticlesPlease click here to see all our previous articles. |
