Islands and Sunshine £65pp
Coming into June and starting to think about summer holidays, it seemed a good time to indulge into the ‘Mediterranean’ and the stunning wines that exist that some you may have heard of and not have tried, as well as some new wines to learn about. One consistent theme is that the varied topography and often ancient soils curate truly delicious drinkable interesting wines that do not kill the bank balance and are full of a wealth of history, intrigue and fascinating stories.
Wine has always been part of life, culture, and cuisine for thousands of years in the mediterranean, long life too! We will taste wines from the windswept vineyards of Provence to the volcanic islands of Sicily, limestone hills of Greece and terraced slopes of Slovenia.
We will cruise around the Mediterranean – Miraval has a white wine, not just Rose from Brad Pitt! Lebanon but white? Sauvignon Vert - a delicious wine from the icon that is Marjan Simcic in Slovenia on the border of Italy, the vineyards in Italy and the winery in Slovenia!
Some of my favourite wines and such great value for money…Plakota from Cyprus – Bordeaux in a glass without the price tag. Malagousia, a wine everyone needs to know about, as is Grimalda from Croatia - one of Mhairi’s all-time favourites.
What is better than to know more about the wines before going to relax in that beautiful Mediterranean sunshine…
Lots to talk about – do come and taste with us.
What you’ll be tasting…
Aperitif
2023 Blanc de Mando, Les Filles d'Amalia, Valencia, Spain
White
2019 Cotes de Provence Blanc, Miraval, Provence, France
2023 Assyrtico, Chateau Oumsiyat, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon
2021 Sauvignon Vert, ‘Opoka’, Marjan Simcic, Brda, Slovenia
2022 Malagousia, Single Vineyard, Ktima Gerovassiliou, Epanomi, Greece
Red
2021 Dão Tinto, Prunus, Dão, Portugal
2020 Etna Rosso, ‘Archineri’, Pietradolce, Sicily, Italy
2020 Grimalda, Matosevic, Istria, Croatia
2018 Plakota, Vouni Panayia, Paphos, Cyprus