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March 2022 WineUncorked Newsletter
It’s wine plus chocolate, tea and 1995 in the latest goings on at WineUncorked HQ.
Check out the comprehensive choice of wines that we’ll match to chocolate in the next online tasting event on Thursday 14th April. Bring along three of the wines and three types of choc and see whether it’s dark red wine for dark chocolate and white wine matching for Maltesers – or even Lambrusco for the pink coloured Smarties. There’s still time to book tickets at £14/household.
Tea makes an appearance (well listen) in Paul Kerensa’s history of radio podcast The British Broadcasting Century where I explain how my first forays into tasting events led to me being interviewed by BBC Radio 5 Live. This was in 1995 and the media thought it unusual that someone would run an evening class on tea tasting. Paul’s name might be familiar to you as he also writes comedy for the BBC (including Miranda and Spitting Image), does stand-up comedy and writes children’s books.
Back in the 1990s I was also making my own wine – not from grapes but from hedgerow fruits. These turned out to be particularly tasty and won me some trophies in wine making competitions. And country wine making, as it’s called, didn’t go away when Boots the Chemist stopped selling all the kit but it moved into specialist shops. Like KegThat.com, based up in the Wirral, for whom I’m now writing wine making blog posts. Check out Red please- but which one? where tea meets wine again.
Latest wine reviews
Tesco’s Lateral Chilean £3.89 Cabernet Sauvignon
Cantina Goccia Celi 2020 in a paper bottle
Co-op’s Hungarian Is this it? Pinot Blanc 2020 continues to be great
The Wine Society’s Chilean Koyle Reserva Carmenere gets top rating
Surrealist art is part of The Garden of Italy Selection from Wickhams Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
The Wine Society’s Cremant De Die Brut Poulet et Fils with its funky chicken label
Latest articles
Wines for the WineUncorked Easter online chocolate and wine tasting
A full list of wine suggestions and alternatives to bring along to the online tasting on Thursday 14th April at 7pm. Bring chocolate too! Booking tickets is easy
Lidl Spring Wine Tour starts March 24th
Wine of the Week: Aldi Oregon White Pinot Noir
A British Broadcasting Firsthand Memory
More wine reviews and educational articles follow in our next newsletter. In the meantime let us know what you think of the wines you've been quaffing recently or ask us your wine questions: Email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or find me on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest as @wineuncorkeduk
Cheers!
