Under a Fiver (or thereabouts!)

Yes, that’s right – wine under £5 per bottle or maybe very slightly over, AND wine that’s pretty good too! This event was so successful last year that the organiser has been asked to repeat it.

The majority of wines tonight will usually be on sale at around £8-10 or even more but are on special offer at around £5. Consequently they represent excellent value at far less than their usual selling price.

The week before the event, the organiser will scour supermarkets, wine merchants and other suppliers on-line for 10 red and white wines that meet the criteria. If you like any of the wines, they will still be available and on offer for you to buy directly after the event as people did last year.

Because these are going to be wines you’d drink with food, it seems eminently sensible to drink them at this tasting with food! In a complete reversal of our usual format the organiser has therefore come up with a new and novel concept for this event.

Upon arrival you will be able to help yourself from the buffet table to a fish course to accompany the white wines chosen and to test them against. We will then have a short break to discuss them before the reds and then you will be able to replenish your plate with French bread, paté, charcuterie, koftas and cheeses to accompany the red wines.

No supper will obviously follow the tasting because the accompanying food will be the supper. However you can rest assured that there will be ample quantities with which to assuage your hunger pangs during the tasting. To round off the evening a desert and coffee will be provided.