Tutored Tastings
Treat yourself, your family or a client to one of our exclusive tutored tastings. One of our experts will guide you through a range of wines or spirits while educating you on the evening’s topic. From style and regional focusses to cheese and wine pairings, these are unmissable chances to broaden your wine and spirits knowledge.
When is a wine ready to drink?
We provide drinking windows for all our wines. Alongside the drinking windows there is a bottle icon and a maturity stage. Bear in mind that the best time to drink a wine does also depend on your taste.
Not ready
These wines are very young. Whilst they're likely to have lots of intense flavours, their acidity or tannins may make them feel austere. Although it isn't "wrong" to drink these wines now, you are likely to miss out on a lot of complexity by not waiting for them to mature.
Ready - youthful
These wines are likely to have plenty of fruit flavours still and, for red wines, the tannins may well be quite noticeable. For those who prefer younger, fruitier wines, or if serving alongside a robust meal, these will be very enjoyable. If you choose to hold onto these wines, the fruit flavours will evolve into more savoury complexity.
Ready - at best
These wines are likely to have a beautiful balance of fruit, spice and savoury flavours. The acidity and tannins will have softened somewhat, and the wines will show plenty of complexity. For many, this is seen as the ideal time to drink and enjoy these wines. If you choose to hold onto these wines, they will become more savoury but not necessarily more complex.
Ready - mature
These wines are likely to have plenty of complexity, but the fruit flavours will have been almost completely replaced by savoury and spice notes. These wines may have a beautiful texture at this stage of maturity. There is lots to enjoy when drinking wines at this stage. Most of these wines will hold in this window for a few years, though at the very end of this drinking window, wines start to lose complexity and decline.
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Description
With an estimated 1000-plus indigenous grape varieties, the wines of Italy can be baffling even to the well-versed wine-drinker, and downright daunting to the uninitiated. Though tasting every grape variety in a two-hour masterclass is perhaps impossible, join us for a relaxed yet educational evening designed to demystify the country. Just one tasting with us and you’ll be left feeling able to tackle your next Italian wine list with confidence and gusto.
After an apéritif, your host will guide you through a fleet of white and red wines. We’ll cover classic regions such as Veneto, Piedmont and Tuscany alongside lesser-known areas such as Sicily and Sardinia. As ever, to keep you going through the evening, we will provide a delicious selection of Italian olives, cheese and charcuterie, served with freshly baked focaccia.
Wines to be tasted:
Apéritf: 2022 Vermentino, La Magia, Tuscany
2022 Berry Bros. & Rudd Gavi di Gavi by Roberto Sarotto, Piedmont
2020 Mirum, Verdicchio di Matelica, Riserva, La Monacesca, Marche
2020 Muganazzi, Etna Bianco, Graci, Sicily
2021 Ghirada Garaunele A, Barbagia Rosso, Esole, Sardinia
2018 Chianti Classico, Riserva, Badia a Coltibuono, Tuscany
2018 Brunello di Montalcino, La Magia, Tuscany
2021 Le Serre Nuove dell'Ornellaia, Bolgheri, Tuscany
2019 Barbera d'Asti, La Crena, Vietti, Piedmont
2018 Barolo, Ravera, G.D. Vajra, Piedmont
2019 Amarone della Valpolicella, Marion, Marcellise, Veneto
Dress code: smart casual
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