{"id":4223,"date":"2026-04-20T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2026-04-20T15:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:07:04","slug":"tasting-report-april-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/tasting-report-april-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting Report April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CBWS Tasting held on 16\/04\/2026 at The Club Nautico in Denia and attended by 73 members and guests. Tony Salter introduced the tasting format which was \u201cMy Favourite Wine\u201d. Each of five presenters from the membership would present a wine and explain why they had chosen it. There would be a show of
hands at the end to decide which was the favourite wine of the audience. Tony then introduced each of the presenters as the wines were served.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wine 1 Name and Vintage<\/td>Quintaluna \u2013 Bodega Ossian Vides y Vinos – 2023 V.T. Castilla y Le\u00f3n<\/strong>
100% Verdejo \u2013 13.5%<\/td><\/tr>
Price per bottle<\/td>\u20ac15.40<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 1 Description<\/td>Gro Salter presented this wine after talking about a few \u201cfavourite\u201d wines she remembered and then saying how nice it was to have a generous glass of \u201cVino Blanco\u201d anywhere in Spain which was very
often a Verdejo.<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 2 Name and Vintage<\/td>The Ned Sauvignon \u2013 2024 Marlborough \u2013 New Zealand<\/strong>
100% Sauvignon Blanc<\/td><\/tr>
Price per bottle<\/td>\u20ac19.99<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 2 Description<\/td>Chrissie Thomas presented The Ned and discussed her love for Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and her visits to the region and its
wineries.<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 3 Name and Vintage<\/td>Capilla del Pueyo – Bodega Pirineos \u2013 2024
D.O. Somontano<\/strong>
Chardonnay \/ Gew\u00fcrztraminer<\/td><\/tr>
Price per bottle<\/td>\u20ac3.99<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 3 Description<\/td>Roelof Winter presented this wine which was one of his \u201chouse\u201d wines. He and his wife love the Gewurztraminer grape which is hard to find in Spain and love the fact that this wine is dry \u2013 and very good value.<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 4 Name and Vintage<\/td>Pago de Otazu – 2022
Navarra \u2013 V.P. Pago de Otazu<\/strong>
35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 31% Tempranillo \u2013 14%<\/td><\/tr>
Price per bottle<\/td>\u20ac20<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 4 Description<\/td>Patrick Harrild presented this wine (which he also presented at his \u201cWine with Music\u201d tasting some years and told the story about being invited to the vineyard because he was a musician and each parcel of vines was named after a composer.<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 5 Name and Vintage<\/td>Por Ti \u2013 Bodega Luzon – 2021
D.O. Jumilla<\/strong>
80% Monastrell \/ 20% Cabernet Sauvignon \u2013 15%<\/td><\/tr>
Price per bottle<\/td>\u20ac22.90<\/td><\/tr>
Wine 5 Description<\/td>Sylvie Cusden presented Por Ti talking about her memories of first tasting it on a wine trip and learning the story of how the wine maker made it to celebrate his daughter who he \u201cnever expected and would never deserve\u201d. She also explained that the tear on the bottle would turn blue when the wine is at its ideal serving temperature of 18
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Tony brought the evening to a close by running a show of hands to decide the most popular wine. It was a close run thing between Por Ti, Pago de Otazu and The Ned, but Por Ti was the winner and Sylvie was presented with a bottle of Pago de Otazu as a prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CBWS Tasting held on 16\/04\/2026 at The Club Nautico in Denia and attended by 73 members and guests. Tony Salter introduced the tasting format which was \u201cMy Favourite Wine\u201d. Each of five presenters from the membership would present a wine and explain why they had chosen it. There would be a show ofhands at the end to decide which was the favourite wine of the audience. Tony then introduced each of the presenters as the wines were served. Wine 1 Name and Vintage Quintaluna \u2013 Bodega Ossian Vides y Vinos – 2023 V.T. Castilla y Le\u00f3n100% Verdejo \u2013 13.5% Price per bottle \u20ac15.40 Wine 1 Description Gro Salter presented this wine after talking about a few \u201cfavourite\u201d wines she remembered and then saying how nice it was to have a generous glass of \u201cVino Blanco\u201d anywhere in Spain which was veryoften a Verdejo. Wine 2 Name and Vintage The Ned Sauvignon \u2013 2024 Marlborough \u2013 New Zealand100% Sauvignon Blanc Price per bottle \u20ac19.99 Wine 2 Description Chrissie Thomas presented The Ned and discussed her love for Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc and her visits to the region and itswineries. Wine 3 Name and Vintage Capilla del Pueyo – Bodega Pirineos \u2013 2024D.O. SomontanoChardonnay \/ Gew\u00fcrztraminer Price per bottle \u20ac3.99 Wine 3 Description Roelof Winter presented this wine which was one of his \u201chouse\u201d wines. He and his wife love the Gewurztraminer grape which is hard to find in Spain and love the fact that this wine is dry \u2013 and very good value. Wine 4 Name and Vintage Pago de Otazu – 2022Navarra \u2013 V.P. Pago de Otazu35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 34% Merlot, 31% Tempranillo \u2013 14% Price per bottle \u20ac20 Wine 4 Description Patrick Harrild presented this wine (which he also presented at his \u201cWine with Music\u201d tasting some years and told the story about being invited to the vineyard because he was a musician and each parcel of vines was named after a composer. Wine 5 Name and Vintage Por Ti \u2013 Bodega Luzon – 2021D.O. Jumilla80% Monastrell \/ 20% Cabernet Sauvignon \u2013 15% Price per bottle \u20ac22.90 Wine 5 Description Sylvie Cusden presented Por Ti talking about her memories of first tasting it on a wine trip and learning the story of how the wine maker made it to celebrate his daughter who he \u201cnever expected and would never deserve\u201d. She also explained that the tear on the bottle would turn blue when the wine is at its ideal serving temperature of 18degrees. Tony brought the evening to a close by running a show of hands to decide the most popular wine. It was a close run thing between Por Ti, Pago de Otazu and The Ned, but Por Ti was the winner and Sylvie was presented with a bottle of Pago de Otazu as a prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","category-tastings-2026"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4243,"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4223\/revisions\/4243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costablancawinesociety.com\/CBWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}