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Wine Tasting Events

Upcoming wine tasting events:

Champagne Tarlant: Winemaker Tasting With Benoit Tarlant (Victoria Park); We are delighted to welcome the dynamic young Champagne superstar Benoit Tarlant to Victoria Park to present a selection of his stunning wines, including the famed Zero (no added sugar), the 1998 and 2000 vintages and the amazing prestige Cuvee Louis. Light food will also be served. Whopping discounts (up to 20% on orders of sealed cases) will be available on the evening. For loads more information on this fantastic grower see www.tarlant.com and www.facebook.com/tarlant

How Wines Age: (Victoria Park); This tasting makes a great follow-on from our introductory "How to Taste Wine" and "HTTW2" sessions. We will try 5 pairs of wine, probably a pair of sparkling, a pair of whites, and 3 pairs of reds, at differing price levels from everyday to luxury, and with differing age gaps. We'll discuss how we feel the wines change at look at some of the theoretical background to those impressions. A more detailed list will follow, and as usual light food will be served, with plenty of E5 Bakehouse bread as we're doing 10 wines!

Vignobles Brumont Winemaker Dinner: at The Empress, Lauriston Road; For this very special event we move across the road from our Lauriston Road shop to commandeer space at the Empress, to enjoy a fabulous 3-course dinner accompanying a range of stunning wines from the Brumont portfolio in Southwest France, which includes the twin flagships Chateau Bouscasse and Chateau Montus, We are delighted to welcome Fabrice Dubosc, winemaker for Vignobles Brumont who will introduce his stunning, powerful red Madirans, elegant dry whites and unctious, marmalade-rich sweet wine. We'll serve an aperitif, a red and white with a pork terrine starter, another red and white with a lamb main course, then the awesome £100-per-bottle Madiran La Tyre, and delicious sweet Pacherenc de Vic-Bilh with pannacotta and orange. This evening is sure to sell out so make sure you get in fast!

Supper Club with Sven Wassmer: Canapes, five courses, petits fours plus wine to match (Victoria Park); MAXIMUM GROUP SIZE FOUR PEOPLE. Sven Wassmer is a talented young Swiss whose career started in Zurich at the prestigious 2 Michelin star restaurant, Mesa. He then worked for 2 years under the top Swiss Chef Andreas Caminada whose restaurant was placed at no.23 on the S. Pelligrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants List and awarded 3 Michelin Stars. He is now Sous Chef at local east London restaurant Viajante. This special dinner features five courses bookended by canapes and petit fours, with wines (or possibly other beverages) carefully chosen to match the dishes. The provisional, outline menu is 1] Cod with cucumber and yoghurt 2] Langoustine with tomato and pine 3] Potato creme brulee 4] Beef with lemon and leek hearts 5] Something chocolatey. Oooooh.

Sample wines from our Enomatic™ tasting machines. Highlights:

2010 Chateau Haut Rian Rose: £0.00; Shame we don't see more Bordeaux rose, as the results can be quite appealing. A fruity...

2010 Douro Tinto: £0.00; Consistently one of our bestsellers. Has the dark spicy fruit flavours of Port but at 13...

2011 Falanghina Campi Flegrei: £0.00; Lovely rich fruit salad of a wine with the body to stand up to quite rich dishes. From...

2010 Vin de pays des Côtes de Brian "Sous Les Cailloux de Grillons": £0.00; From a natural wine producing Minervois-based estate. Fresh spicy fruit, unoaked. Blend...

2009 Gemtree Moonstone: £0.00; Wow! We're totally impressed by this lithe and penetrating drop - so are you lot to judge...

2009 Cuvaison Pinot Noir Carneros: £0.00; Raspberry, light cinnamon...quite a juicy style with decent acidity to back up the weight...

2010 Faugeres "Clos Fantine": £0.00; (Sulphur-free) A natural non-sulphur wine that really takes one to the source: schist...

2009 Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos: £0.00; Grand Cru from our well-loved Chablis producers.The slow-unravelling nose displays...