THE HEDONIST

Daily Newsletter of the Harrogate Medical Wine Society, focused on wine, food & travel

Sunday 12 May 2023

Last updated at 7 am

Global Cabernet Sauvignon Masters 2024

Warwick Estate Blue Lady Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 won a gold medal at the above competition. At present, the 2019 vintage is available to the Society from Fells at £21.22 per bottle.

Warwick Trilogy 2018: Single bottles are available from Stock

HMWS May Raffle

Tickets at £1 each are on sale for the May raffle. The draw will be at the Spring Lunch.

Bisser Sparkling Brut, Kolonist Wine, Odesa region, Bessarabia. – (£30) – 1 bottle
Haut de Gamme by Kolonist Wine (£29) – 1 bottle

Tony Stanier – 5 tickets

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EVENTS CALENDAR

Sunday May 19, 2024: Capensis Tasting Lunch (Fully subscribed)
Thursday June 27, 2024: Wines Of Galicia (9 places left)
Friday 5 July 2024: HMWS Wine Tour Of Galicia (With Artnatura of Galicia & Miles Away of Porto. Fully subscribed)
Thursday 1 August 2024: HMWS tasting “Alto Adige – Wines Of Elena Walch” – (14 places available)
Tuesday 3 – 17 September 2024: Tour of Azores. (With Melo Travel, Azores. 2 interested)
October 2024: Greek Islands Wine Tour (With Odyssey Tours, Greece. 6 interested)
October/November 2024: Grand Champagne Tour (6 interested)
Sunday 3 November 2024: Tasting lunch with Portuguese fine wines – (9 interested)
January/February 2025: Tour of Sri Lanka (4 interested)
May 2025: Wine & Culture Tour Of Albania (With Neophron Tours, Bulgaria. 2 interested)

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Current Wine Offers & Orders

Wine Collection: Fridays 10 am to 12 noon and 4 pm to 6.30 pm by appointment.

Jeroboams

May Fine Wine List has arrived. Details on request

Fells April – May Offers

7. Te Mata new releases
6. Premium France
5. Chryseia 2021 & Post Scriptum 2022 – details on request
4. Seifried Aotea/Riedel Glasses Offer
3. Barbadillo
2. South Africa
1. Aromatic Whites

HMWS Stock wines

Warwick Trilogy 2018 added to Stock

Click here to see the offers

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LINKS TO ARTICLES ON WINE, FOOD & TRAVEL

Australian Riesling: An underrated, pristine joy

The first instalment of Ken Gargett’s definitive two-part overview of the great white grape variety’s past, present, and future in Australia. – (World Of Fine Wine. 12/5). Click here.

Grosset’s Springvale vines in Clare Valley, South Australia.

Bordeaux 2023 Field notes: The endless appeal of Sauternes

In his latest dispatch from the Bordeaux 2023 en primeur tastings, Simon Field MW reflects on the evolving challenges and enduring rewards of Sauternes.

– (World of Fine Wine, 11/5). Click here