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I was catching up on facebook recently and came across something posted by our former club member Mel Ingalls who now lives in the USA. Apparently, in the town of Indian Hills, Colorado, they have the funniest billboards ever. Here...

Members may recognise Simon’s name. He presented to the club back in April 2018 but has recently moved to a new company in wine and spirit wholesaling, Colab Wine Merchants Limited. This company is interesting in that its 2 principal...

Presenter: Joelle Thomson - Writer, author, etc Our April tasting was a great success and certainly slightly different from other tastings, given the perspective of our presenter and her knowledge of wines in the current market. Having someone of Joelle’s...

Chris Mercer - Decanter - 26 March 2019 This is the second of five Lalique demijohns of the Niepoort 1863. Credit: Lalique A newly released bottle of 156-year-old Niepoort in a Lalique crystal decanter has become the most expense Port...

I had an interesting conversation with one of our members (who shall remain nameless) after last month’s newsletter. I was advised that the lexophiles were ‘Dad jokes’ and we should get back to wine cartoons in this section. So I...

Yet another excellent tasting with Marc Udy from Villa Maria, ably assisted by Kirsty Warbrick,  presenting a range of great wines including some from their Platinum Range. Marc is one of the winemakers from Marlborough.  He was a good speaker...

Editor away (again) As I mentioned last month it is with some regret that (having said it is not to be missed) I will miss it and the AGM next month.  Never mind, I will have 30 days at sea...