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Tasting April 2023
CBWS Tasting held on 20/04/2023 The Food and Lounge Bar in Denia Marina and attended by 51 members and guests This wine tasting was designed to pair 5 small food dishes to 5 specific wines. As a result of the positive feedback we received last year when hosting a similar format, at this same venue, we decided to repeat this style once again, but with different wines and food pairings. The evening was prepared and presented by Gordon and Caryl Sellars Again in response to some members feedback, we presented lighter wines and they comprised 3 whites, a red and an interesting sherry to accompany the desert course. Raimat Chardonnay…
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Past Presidents
Year Name 2024- Neville Richardson 2020-2023 Tim Fawle 2019 Maureen Holliday 2018 Paul Nicholls 2016-2017 John Sloggie 2015 Tim Fawle 2014 Gordon Sellars 2013 Andrew Johnson 2012 Keith Pacey 2011 Steve Collins 2010 Rod Anderson 2008-2009 Tim Fawle 2007 Gaby Ferenczy 2006 Tim Ladd 2005 Gaby Ferenczy 2004 Rod Anderson 2003 Tim Ladd 2002 Roger Massart 2001 Anton Massel 2000 Heinz Fischbacher 1999 Roger Massart 1998 Antonio Jimenez Clar 1997 Sandra Bond 1996 Ferdinand Welter 1995 Gunter Vahldieck 1994 Peter Baker 1992 – 1993 Anton Massell
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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 2025Autumn DO Valencia, Terres dels Alforins Celler del RoureBodega el AngostoCasa los Frailes 2025 DO Rioja Sierra CantabriaOlarraAltanzaEguren AgarteYsios Vinanco Wine Museum 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 Autumn No trip 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…