Europe Africa
Celebrating 90 years . .
Celebrating 90 years . .
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Visiting Major Wine Regions
Learning from masters
Learning from masters
Formal but fun
Formal but fun
Buying for quality
Buying for quality
Awarding excellence, applauding service
Awarding excellence, applauding service
Sampling the Best
Sampling the Best
Visiting the wineries
Visiting the wineries
Wine, food and friends
Wine, food and friends

Branch and Regional Events

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All IWFS members are invited to attend our regional events.


October Events

October 06, 2013
Theme Date for your diary
Venue home of Keith & Sheila Ellis
Date Oct 06, 2013
    Our second educational event, a tasting lunch of Pedro Ximenez /Pedro Jimenez . An interesting selection, I say no more. More details will be produced nearer the event.   more info...
October 07, 2013
Theme Supermarket Wines
Venue Aysgarth Court Centre,
Location Aysgarth Court off Highfield Road, Blackpool
Date Oct 07, 2013
Time 7:30
 A selection of wines purchased by members from ten leading supermarkets. Aldi; Asda; Booths; Coop; Lidl; M&S; Morrisons; Sainsburys; Tesco and Waitrose   more info...
October 09, 2013
Theme AGM and POST AGM DINNER
Venue Doubletree Hilton Hotel
Location 2 Bridge Place, Victoria, SW1V 1QA
Date Oct 09, 2013
Time AGM: 6:45 for 7:00
We will be holding the Branch AGM and post-AGM Dinner at the Doubletree (formerly the Hesperia) again this year.  All members are entitled to attend the AGM and we hope that you will take this opportunity to find out more about how the Branch is r... more info...
October 13, 2013
Theme Annual Dinner
Venue The Carlton Hotel
Location Bournmouth
Date Oct 13, 2013
Black Tie more info...
October 15, 2013
Theme Dinner at Yum Sing
Venue Yum Sing
Location Torquay
Date Oct 15, 2013
Time 7.15 pm for 7.45 pm
October 17, 2013
Theme The Ultgimate Tasting
Venue Mezzanine Floor, Hilton Doubletree
Location Victoria, SW1V 1QA
Date Oct 17, 2013
Time 7.00 pm
In our October-December Programme of Events for 1980 where we celebrated our 47th Anniversary with a Grand Dinner, there was a Special Note:  “80 years ago on 17th October 1900, a young man named André Simon married a young lady name... more info...
October 22, 2013
Theme Annual General Meeting
Venue Orles Barn Hotel
Location Wilton - Ross on Wye
Date Oct 22, 2013
Time 11.15
   You are welcome to attend the AGM for which  there is no charge.      If you would like to stay and join us for a light  2 course lunch with wines please forward your cheque £17.50 per person  - payable... more info...
October 25, 2013
Theme Café Spice Namasté
Venue Café Spice Namasté
Location 16 Prescot Street, E18 AZ
Date Oct 25, 2013
Time 7:00 pm
And now for something completely different.           Your organiser recently had a delicious lunch cooked by Cyrus Todiwala OBE of TV fame. We have now been invited to join him and fellow enthusiasts... more info...
October 29, 2013
Theme Luncheon at Hambledon Hall
Date Oct 29, 2013
October 31, 2013
Theme 80th Anniversary of the Society
Venue Alderley Edge Hotel, SK9 7BJ
Location Laurent Perrier Suite
Date Oct 31, 2013
Time 19:30 for 19:45
An anniversary is a time for celebration, and I don't think we could have chosen a better venue for our 80th anniversary gourmet dinner than The Alderley Edge Hotel. Eighty members and guests attended the dinner on 31 October 2013. Our menu included s... more info...
October 31, 2013
Theme ABC - ANYTHING BUT CHARDONNAY
Venue The Lansdowne Club
Location 9 Fitzmaurice Place,W1J 5JD, off Berkeley Square
Date Oct 31, 2013
                          Chardonnay – love it or hate it!  The yuppy ladies’ ‘vino collapso’ in wine bars gave the grape variety a really bad name in the la... more info...