The Gold Medal Winners

                      The Olympic Gold Medals Table invariably featuresAustralia,Canada,England,France,Germany,Japan,Spain, andUSA. Following the Olympic theme in this Programme we have selected fine, mature and unusual wines from these participating countries.Greecehas been included as it was the birthplace of The Games andIndiabecause we simply wanted to include a winner from the lower end of the table!

 This very interesting tutored tasting will be conducted by Jeffrey Benson who has provided many of the wines from his own cellar.

 Our ten wines tonight are as follows:

 SPARKLING WINE 

ENGLAND - Chapel Down Brut 

WHITE WINES

JAPAN  -  2010 Grace Koshu Hishijama Private Reserve

FRANCE - 1985 Pouilly Fume ‘Baron de L’ 

GERMANY - 1976 Deidesheimer Kalkoffen Riesling Auslese 

RED WINES

INDIA - 2010 Sula Dindori Shiraz Reserve

CANADA - 2006 Pelée Island Pinot Noir Reserve 

SPAIN - 2005 Mayor de Ondarre Rioja Reserva

USA -  2007 Paul Dolan Organic Zinfandel

GREECE -  2006 Gaia Estate Nemea 

AUSTRALIA - 1993 Rosemount Show Reserve Cabernet 

The tasting will be accompanied by Ham, Cheese, Salad and French bread