Posts From November, 2022

The Wines of the Western Loire

Liz Sagues

Describing herself as ‘a journalist with no letters after her name’, (a situation the Wine Club has now remedied) Liz Sagues has in fact written extensively on wine for the Independent, the Sunday Express, Country Life and the acclaimed Hampstead & Highgate Express. She has twice been winner of the Louis Roederer Regional Wine Writer of the Year award (2005 and 2011) and is the author of two books about wine – Sussex by the Glass and A Celebration of English Wine as well as a book about Chichester Harbour (England’s Coastal Gem). She is also a member of the Circle of Wine Writers and a former Committee Member of that organisation.

Liz, however, particularly enjoys the wines of the Loire Valley and believes Muscadet and Loire Moelleux are the most underrated wines today and that Chenin Blanc is a grape to cherish.

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Unravelling the mysteries of Sherry:

Barbadillo's Tim Holt

Tim Holt of Barbadillo treated OWC members and guests to a fascinating and informative master class on the production of sherry, accompanied by a tasting of 9 differing Barbadillo wines.

 

 

 

 

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