Tastings & Presentations
Our Presentations are varied; new & old world.
Wine Tastings & Presentation Evenings
Speakers
Our speakers range across Masters of Wine, buyers from The Wine Society, presenters from top-drawer wine merchants such as Berry Brothers and Corney & Barrow, some excellent local wine retailers and presenters from the Association of Wine Educators.
We have even had a well-known newspaper wine writer address us!
Tasting & Presentation Notes
If you are not a SWTG member, please complete our
Membership Form in order to attend a Tasting.
2026 - all Presentations & Wine Tasting starts at 7:30pm
26th January - Languedoc-Roussillon
Simon Taylor
Stone Vine and Sun
20th March - U.S.A
AGM and then
Jamie Smith AWE*
*AWE - Association of Wine Educators
AGM (7:15pm start)
15th May - The Loire
Anthony Stockbridge AWE*
*AWE - Association of Wine Educators
25th September - Food and Wine Matching
Rebecca Mitchell AWE*
*AWE - Association of Wine Educators
27th November - Spain
Harriet Kininmonth
Buyer, The Wine Society
DATES FOR 2027 - PRESENTATIONS TBC
All Fridays: January 22nd, March 19th, May 21st,
September 16th, November 19th
For Use By Members Only - Request Attendance to a Tasting & Presentation
PAYMENT for TASTING & PRESENTATION EVENT:
If possible please pay by BACS to our account, details are in the Newsletter sent to you recently. If not, then we accept cheques sent to S. Armstrong,
Richmond House, 2 Chamberlain Street, Wells, BA5 2PF. The cost is £40 per person.
PLEASE NOTE that if a place at this event is not available, you will be informed and bank details requested to arrange a refund.
Wine Style Differences
Old World wines come from cooler regions, so grapes are not fully ripened, producing wines that tend to be lighter-bodied, and lower alcohol, exhibiting more herb, earth, mineral and floral components. They are subtle, less fruity with more structure, higher acidity and tannins than New World wines.
New World wines come from warmer regions, so the grapes are more ripened, producing wines that tend to have more sugar and more alcohol. They are full-bodied with lower acidity and fruit-forward. Often, they are oak-influenced.
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