Following on from the most expensive time of the year, but not kow-towing to dry January, the welcome theme for January’s village wine club was the January Sales! Interesting wines, significantly discounted by big retailers, were carefully selected by enthusiastic committee members looking out for a bargain!
We had a good range of wines from a light Spanish sparkling Cava to some contrasting whites including a WHITE Rioja (Kevin!), a refreshing dry Muscadet and an exotic fruity Australian Chardonnay. Very drinkable and good value reds comprised a New Zealand Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon, a fruity Zinfandel, a meaty Chianti Classico and a classy Barossa Shiraz. All wines had at least a 25% discount on normal prices and are at time of writing still available! For more detail of the wines, please see the Upton Wine Club website at http://www.uptonwineclub.com/or follow us on twitter @UptonWine
In other news, would anyone be interested in having a go at designing the first Upton Wine Club logo? Any entries would be very welcome and the prize for the winner will be your own T shirt with the newly designed logo on the front. It will be an excellent addition to your wardrobe and very good for showing off around the village when the summer comes.
Meanwhile, coming up is our very popular food and wine pairing meeting. Please put Wednesday 20th February in your diary and don’t forget to book! We would love to see you there. It was great to see some new faces this month; we hope very much to see you again next time for some great wines and hopefully delicious food. All welcome as ever.
Any enquiries about Wine Club, please contact Ian at ian.langley@yahoo.co.uk
Ros