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Newsletter AGM and Tasting January 2025
Dear members I hope that you are well on with your preparations for the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, so that all that you need to do is relax and enjoy time with family and friends, and of course enjoy several glasses of your specially chosen favourite wines. December has been a busy month for the CBWS committee, including;…
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Wine trip 2025 to the DO Rioja
Tuesday 6th – Saturday 10th May (4 nights) Watch here for the report coming soon on this very successful trip. Our trip next May is going to be very special and we will be spending 4 nights in the prestigious DO of La Rioja – the first ever DO in Spain. We will be staying in an excellent 4* hotel…
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Tasting December 2024
Held on 05/12/24 at A Bordo, Javea Port and attended by 75 members. This was the last of our 10 tastings for 2024, traditionally the President’s evening, hosted by Neville and Sara. The wines were supplied by Blasco in Teulada. At the suggestion of Jose Blasco, they were all from the regions and wineries badly affected by the recent Valencian floods.…
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Newsletter December Tasting 2024
Dear Members I am sending out my December newsletter very early because it contains details of our next tasting which by popular demand is at the much earlier time in the month, on Thursday 5 December. The November Tasting, hosted by Paul and Helen Nicholls, has been sold out for some time. A report on that event will be available…
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Tasting November 2024
CBWS Tasting held on 21/11/24 at Costa Marco and attended by 54 members and guests Helen and Paul Nicholls presented the first ever “Regional Grape Challenge Trophy”. An educational evening of fun, good wine and what turned out to be, an extremely interesting and enjoyable evening. Blind tasting of five bottles of a single grape variety wine, from different regions of Spain. Members, working by…
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Trip Report October 2024
And now what actually happened: This year’s Autumn Wine Trip took us to the neighbouring DO’s of Jumilla and Yecla in the Region of Murcia, famous for their fruity and full bodied Monastrell wines. Our first visit on this trip was to Almazara Deortega, a family run olive oil mill producing ecological oils from different varieties of olives grown on their…
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Booking Request for next wine trip
Please read our Terms and Conditions before clicking here (or the link at the bottom of the page) to request your places. Terms and Conditions for Costa Blanca Wine Society (CBWS) Wine Trips Booking and Paying 1. Members will be notified of trips by email and on our website including details of how to book and whether a deposit or…
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Newsletter November 2024
Dear members It’s been yet another busy month for CBWS, which has included; – our October ‘away trip’ to Yecla and Jumilla, enjoyed by 29 members. Thanks to Sandy and Tim, Shirley and John for organising a great event. (For details, click here.) – a very productive Tasting Team meeting. We have now substantially planned our 2025 programme of tasting…
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Tasting Report October 2024
Tasting at Las Rotas linking wine and music and presented by Patrick Harrild with 72 members and guests present. The wines were all from DO Navarra with music played by professional guitarist Miguel Diaz Wine 1 Name and Vintage Bodegas Caudalia UMEA Garnacha DO Navarra 2023 13% Price per bottle €7.50 Wine 1 Description A dry rosado, light but with…