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Tasting March 2023
CBWS Tasting held on 16/03/2023 at Los Amigos, Javea,and attended by 52 members and guests A South American wine tasting hosted by Gillian Ashworth and Hugh Epsom, and assisted by Tim Fawle. The wines included a great Chilean Carménére, an Argentinian Torrontés, and a couple of Malbecs, all from well-established Chilean and Argentinian bodegas from the Valle del Maule in Chile, and the Valle de Uco, Mendoza and Tupungato in Argentina. Santa Digna Sauvignon Blanc 2021, Miguel Torres An excellent Sauvignon Blanc from vines grown in the Valle del Maule in Chile. It exhibits a fresh pale gold color and a harmony of aromas reminiscent of ripe tropical fruits, on a background of apples and…
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AGM January 2023 Minutes
Costa Blanca Wine Society Minutes of the meeting held on January 19th 2023 at Restaurante La Senia, Denia The meeting was called to order by President Tim Fawle at 18.00. 31 Members attended. Rod & Mary Anderton. Hilary Blackwell-Landis Kathy & Andrew Johnson Alan & Rosemary Murdoch Phil & Eliza Fraser Anders & Tone Kongsgaard Neville & Sara Richardson There were no matters arising from the Minutes of the previous AGM and so these were approved unaltered. Helen Granville (Membership Secretary) reported that we had 131 Members at the start of 2022. During the year sadly four members died. Twenty-two members didn’t renew their membership either due to ill health or…
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Past Presidents
Year Name 1992 – 1993 Anton Massell 1994 Peter Baker 1995 Gunter Vahldieck 1996 Ferdinand Welter 1997 Sandra Bond 1998 Antonio Jimenez Clar 1999 Roger Massart 2000 Heinz Fischbacher 2001 Anton Massel 2002 Roger Massart 2003 Tim Ladd 2004 Rod Anderson 2005 Gaby Ferenczy 2006 Tim Ladd 2007 Gaby Ferenczy 2008-2009 Tim Fawle 2010 Rod Anderson 2011 Steve Collins 2012 Keith Pacey 2013 Andrew Johnson 2014 Gordon Sellars 2015 Tim Fawle 2016-2017 John Sloggie 2018 Paul Nicholls 2019 Maureen Holliday 2020-2023 Tim Fawle 2024- Neville Richardson
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Wine Trip May 2022
CBWS October Wine Trip May 2022 DO Montsant We first visited the DO of Montsant in 2009 and discovered some excellent wines growing in stunningly beautiful scenery. Montsant is the youngest DO in Spain having been founded in 2001. It was carved out of the DO of Tarragona and is in a horseshoe shape and almost totally surrounds the DO of Priorat. It produces high quality wines, mostly reds, with wines approaching the quality of Priorat, but at slightly lower prices. In the last 20 years this region has really developed with new, progressive bodegas and now consists of over 60 bodegas in the DO. 45% of the wine produced is exported to…
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Trip Report May 2023
DO Calatayud and Borja May 2023 It is 12 years since we last visited Calatayud and the Wine Society has never organized a visit to Campo de Borja. Calatayud is a city in Aragón, some 90 kms west of Zaragoza and the second largest city in the Province. The city was founded on the site of a Celt-Iberian settlement by the Romans but the modern town was founded by the Moors around the Ayyub castle around 716 AD. The name Calatayud comes from the Arabic Qal’at ‘Ayyub – Ayyub’s Fort. The cultivation of vines in this region goes back to the second century BC. During the Muslim occupation wine production was ceased but began again…
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Wine Trips since 2000
Year DO Bodegas Visited Other visits 2024 Autumn DO Yecla and DO Jumilla CastanoDelampaLuzon Deortega Olive Oils 2024 Do Costers del Segre Clos MontblancLagraveraRaimatCastell de RemeiVinya Els Vilars Balaguer town 2023 DO Calatayud & Camo de Borja San AlejandroAragonesasBorsaoBrecaRaices Monasteria de Piedra 2022 DO Montsant Joan D’AngueraCeller MasroigJosep Grau (tasted wines over lunch)Mas de l’AbundanciaBodega Acustic Lead Mine 2021 No trip (COVID) 2020 Planned trip to Mallorca cancelled (COVID19) 2019 Autumn DO Utiel Requena MustiguilloPago de Tharsys Vera de Estenas Rio Jucar boat trip 2019 DO Somantano Anadas (Care) (en route)AlodiaSommosViñas del VeroLalanne Alquezar VillageDO Regulador 2018 DO Rueda and Toro Viñas El Regajal, DO Madrid (en route)Hermanos del VilarMocénRejadoradaTeso la…
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Newsletter March 2023
At our February meeting 51 Members and guests enjoyed a very interesting tasting organised by Tasting Team members, Neville and Sara Richardson at the restaurant in Javea Golf Club. Neville introduced Gonzalo Lainez who is a distributor of unique Spanish wines. Gonzalo presented wines from the region of Castilla y Leon, between the DO’s of Ribera de Duero and Rioja. All those present enjoyed Gonzalo’s amusing style of presentation as well as the informative introduction to these delicious wines. Members certainly enjoyed them as they have ordered a total of 48 cases The restaurant team provided excellent service and we received very positive comments about this venue, so we will plan…
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Tasting February 2023
On Thursday evening at Javea Golf Club, we had an excellent tasting evening, attended by 51 members and guests, a really impressive turnout for this time of year. It was hosted by Sara and Neville Richardson. The wines were presented by Gonzalo Lainez, export manager for Principe de Viana Group, who own and distribute many excellent Spanish wines. He was supported by Jose Blasco, owner of Bodegas Blasco in Teulada. A fuller report on the evening will follow in the monthly newsletter. We tasted five wines. All of the wines tasted were from the Clunia label. Whilst this producer is based in the lesser known wine region of Castillo y Leon, it…
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Wines Tasted 2023
Wines Tasted 2023
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Wines Tasted 2022
Wines Tasted 2022