Wine Group 3

Wine Group 3

Wine Group Three is a sociable group of amateur wine enthusiasts who enjoy tasting wines in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Each month two of our members choose a theme and share their selection of wines with the group. The group meets at 7:30pm on the third Tuesday of each month but we take a break for July and August. 

We now have vacancies, please email if you are interested in joining us. See the Group Contact panel.

Brief notes on previous tastings may be found below.

 

Group Events

Group Articles

Due the the fact we can't meet as a group, we have worked out how to do a virtual wine tasting so we can all taste the same six wines.

People sometimes ask where do you get wine from, here is a list of suppliers that have been used by presenters in the past. This should not be considered as a recommendation, but the organisiers can probably point you at someone who has used them...

Our hosts this month are Martin and Auriol who have chosen other continents for their wine selection ...

This month our hosts are Bryan and Linda, The theme this month is loosely religious…..very loosely.
Due to it being Lent!...

This month's hosts were Julie and Jerry who (it turns out) went for an uplifting theme of hopefully named wines...

This months virtual hosts were Sue and Peter, they have chosen wines to warm the cockles of our hearts during these conld and damp days...

The theme of this tasting is based on the places we should have visited in 2020, but were prevented in doing so by COVID. Starting with the whites, and finishing with the reds, which are all 14%. Some of the wines come from our cupboard under the stairs.

This month our hosts were Martin and Auriol who looked for good wines under a tenner, this is what they found ...

This month our hosts were Linda and Bryan, who invited us to try something new for January or "Tryanuary", it even had a nod to those wanting a Dry January...

This month our hosts were Graham & Lynn who were hedging their bets for the end of October by chosing wines from Australia and New Zealand...

This month our hosts were Sue and Bim, who had searched online for their wine choices see below...

This month's tasting was expertly hosted by Clive and Susan who had selected from a range of supermarkets...

Our Summer Social  this year hosted by Alison and Mike, were everybody contributed some wine and a plate of food for this popular evening event.

This month we had our regular summer BBQ this year hosted by Sue and Peter, the weather was fine and a great time was had by all.

This month wines from France were presented by Kim and Teresa...

Our hosts were Stuart and Jean who presented wines to put a Spring in your step. These are the wines they chose...

For this meeting Linda and Bryan introduced a frriend from the Wine Society who presented her choice of wines.

This month are hosts were Julie and Jerry who presented a selection of wines from Portugal including some interesting fortified ones...

Sue and Peter were our hosts this month and treated us to wines they experienced whilst on holiday in Southwest France ...

This time our tasting was hosted by Gordon and Gayle, who with emaculate timing (on the same day as the critical Brexit deal vote) presented a selection of Brexit wines for our consideration. Frank views were expressed and votes taken! These were the wines...

An unusual topic this month from John and Tricia, with an eclectic selection of wine from the historic empire...

This month’s meeting was hosted by Sue and Dave who provided a blind tasting but introduced each wine with a dance being played which gave a clue to the country it came from…

This month our presenters were Mike and Alison, originally they had hoped to be able to revisit some wines from our early meetings as this was our 10th anniversary, but they were no longer available. So instead they found some wines from Eastern Europe (Greece, Moldova, Slovenia, Turkey, Romania, Lebanon) ...

This month we had some external presenters Mark and Joanne from  Taste of Sardinia who showed us the variety of wines the island of Sardinia can supply ...

In May our presenters were Kim and Teresa who gave us a Brave New World of wine from places you wouldn't expect that type of wine from...

This months meeting was hosted by Sheila Do and Ann, who presented wines for your summer BBQ...

This month's presentation was prepared by Ronnie and Paul and presented by Paul, the surprise was grapes of the opposite hue to that normally expected from a region. The wines...

This month's hosts were Julie and Jerry (in absentia) who provided a selection of wines from Italy...

This month's tasting was hosted by Martin and Auriol who presented on New Zealand Wines...

This year we held our Christmas Dinner at the Fox in Willian, where we completely filled the conservatory. A good time was had by all.

This month's presentation was given by Gayle and Gordon, who were getting into the festive move with wines for Christmas...

This month's presentation was given by Jean and Stuart, who after extensive field work brought us as selection of wines from the USA...

This month's presentation was given by Susan and Clive who explored English wines ... 

This month's presentation was given by Sue and Bim who presented on wines from grapes grown at high altitudes across the globe.

This month's presentation was given by Graham and Lynn who unusually presented on dog related wines...

This month's presentation was given by Kim and Teresa who brought us more obsure wines from former conflict zones ...

This month's presentation was given by Peter and Sue who brought wines which reflect the spririt of spring ...

This month's meeting was presented by Alison and Mike, on a theme nobody expects...

This month's meeting was presented by Trish and John with a theme relecting the New Year.

Our annual Christmas Dinner was held at the Fox in Willian again this year, and was well attended by members of the group (even some on crutches!).

This month's presentation was given by Martin and Auriol who made a varied selection of wines and tested the group's knowlege. The wines are listed below...

This month's tasting was hosted by Ronnie and Paul, who brought wines for Christmas in good time for the group to go shopping. 

This month's hosts were Julie and Jerry who had selected wines to go with cheese, which was available to try with the wines listed below ...

This months hosts were Kim and Teresa who had selected some wines for summer drinking. Lower alcohol wines that can be enjoyed at lunchtime, at an al fresco picnic or at a BBQ...

This month's presentation was hosted by Barry and Linda who took us on a tour of the wines of northern Italy ...

This month's meeting was hosted by Gordon and Gayle, they took us on a South American odessey...

This month's meeting was hosted by Ann and Sheila and was the first time for both of them, they chose to look at wines that were "Off the beaten track"...

This month's tastings were lead by Clive and Susan, and explored wines that can be bought at the budget supermarkets Aldi and Lidl..