CBWS Tasting held on 19/06/25 at Puerto Blanco, Calpe and attended by 60 members and guests. The theme of this month’s wine tasting was food and wine pairing.   It was designed to highlight the harmony between small plates and wines selected by David Reece, the sommelier at the historic favourite venue Restaurante Puerto Blanco in Calpe.    Wine 1 Name and Vintage Bender Paulessen Trocken Riesling (Mosel, Germany)2023 Price per bottle €19.20 Wine 1 Description Colour: a clear, pale straw with faint green tinges. Nose: clean, medium intense with aromas of citrus fruits, green apples, peach and subtle hints of white blossom. There is a slight hint of petrol and an underlaying slate/mineral…

Thursday 15th May 2025 at Maxims, Moraira,  attended by 63 members and guests. A tasting, hosted by Patrick Harrild, of 5 of the sherry styles explaining history, the unusual production, fortification and maturation. Also, how producers contrive to create such a range of wines and styles within styles. Wine 1 Name and Vintage Manzanilla ‘Pipiola’ Bodega Barrera. D.O. Manzanilla Sanlucar de Barrameda. Abv 15%. 100% Palomino  Price per bottle € 5.07    Wine 1 Description Colour: light yellow with  clear rim. Nose: gentle citrus with some salinity. Palate: revealed again some gentle saline and a surprising subtle soft fruit. Finish: a moderate length, residual salinity which people increasingly began to notice when they sought it.…

CBWS Tasting held on 24/04/2025 at Club Nautico, Denia and attended by 61 members and guests An open tasting of five wines presented in a “Pour my Bluff” format where each TRUE wine was presented with two alternative BLUFF wines by a team of three presenters (Tony Salter, Gro Salter and Fergus Fitzpatrick) and the members needed to decide who was presenting the real wine. text Wine 1 Name and Vintage Can Sumoi – Serra de l’Home 2023 Price per bottle €  11.34    Wine 1 Description Very enjoyable still white from Penedes – Cava country.100% Garnaxa – 12.7% made from indigenous yeasts, organic & natural. No oak. Very low touch.With the white fruit…

CBWS Tasting held on 20/03/2025 at Los Amigos, Javea attended by 58 members and  1 guest. Tasting Team members Sandy and Tim Fawle hosted the March Wine Tasting. Tim introduced Nicholas Hammeken Director of Innovation and Founder of Hammeken Cellars. This company has an interesting and innovative approach to the Spanish Wine industry and has 8 Winemakers working in 18 different DO’s, marketing their wines for the producers. They are based in Denia and have achieved very good points in the Spanish Peñin Wine Guide. Wine 1 Name and Vintage ALBADES Malvasía 2024 DO Valencia.                          Guia Peñin 88 Price per bottle €5.15      Wine 1 Description  ALBADES Malvasía 2024 DO Valencia To the north of the…

CBWS Tasting held on 20 February 2025 at Javea Golf Club and attended by 64 members and guests The February Tasting, hosted by Neville and Sara was themed ‘ The Art of Wine Tasting’. Neville welcomed the members and guests and provided a brief introduction to our updated wine scoring sheet. A full explanation of our approach to scoring is given on the Wine Scoring Guidance page of our website. The evening was presented in informative and entertaining style by Steve Sanchis of Bodegas Leopoldo in Ondara. Steve used each of these very different wines to illustrate the methodology and techniques of wine tasting. Wine 1 Name and Vintage Malcorta…

Held at La Senia restaurant at Nou Roma Hotel in Denia on 16 January 2025 This was the first tasting of 2025, held immediately following the AGM, hosted by Neville and Sara Richardson. It was attended by 44 members and guests, numbers being reduced by several health issues on the day. As is traditional, the wines tasted were our highest scoring of the previous year. There was one exception, as only one white (and no rosado) featured in the top ten, Neville chose to include the Ceramic Sauvignon Blanc from the December tasting (which was not scored). Wine 1 Name and Vintage Quintaluna 2021, Vidas y Vinos Ossian, Vino de…