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4 places left for the Wine Trip May 6-10 2025
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Newsletter AGM and Tasting January 2025
Dear members I hope that you are well on with your preparations for the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, so that all that you need to do is relax and enjoy time with family and friends, and of course enjoy several glasses of your specially chosen favourite wines. December has been a busy month for the CBWS committee, including; – our quarterly committee meeting. – preparation for our January Annual General Meeting and for 2025 activities. – the successful 5 December tasting at A Bordo in Javea, enjoyed by 76 of our members, tasting wines which supported the wine growers who were badly affected by the Valencian floods. The…
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Wine trip 2025 to the DO Rioja
Tuesday 6th – Saturday 10th May (4 nights) Last 4 places available Our trip next May is going to be very special and we will be spending 4 nights in the prestigious DO of La Rioja – the first ever DO in Spain. We will be staying in an excellent 4* hotel in Logroño which is the capital of the region of Rioja. As this location is further from home and we believe some members may wish to extend their stay or visit other areas we have decided members will make their own way to Logrono. But don’t worry – as soon as you arrive you can park up (either…
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Tasting December 2024
Held on 05/12/24 at A Bordo, Javea Port and attended by 75 members. This was the last of our 10 tastings for 2024, traditionally the President’s evening, hosted by Neville and Sara. The wines were supplied by Blasco in Teulada. At the suggestion of Jose Blasco, they were all from the regions and wineries badly affected by the recent Valencian floods. Neville presented the wines and Sara ran four ‘spot prize’ competitions to create the festive/party atmosphere. Prices below were heavily discounted by Jose and are only available until 31 December 2024. Wine 1 Name and Vintage Murviedro Cañada La Torre 100% Malvasia, DOP Valencia,2022, 13% alcohol Price per bottle €11.75 Wine 1 Description Grown on sandy/silty…
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Newsletter December Tasting 2024
Dear Members I am sending out my December newsletter very early because it contains details of our next tasting which by popular demand is at the much earlier time in the month, on Thursday 5 December. The November Tasting, hosted by Paul and Helen Nicholls, has been sold out for some time. A report on that event will be available shortly after the event takes place on 21 November. It will be available here A quick update on member numbers: we have now reached our maximum limit of 150 members and so we have started a waiting list. Members will recently have received an email from the Wine Trip Team,…
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Tasting November 2024
CBWS Tasting held on 21/11/24 at Costa Marco and attended by 54 members and guests Helen and Paul Nicholls presented the first ever “Regional Grape Challenge Trophy”. An educational evening of fun, good wine and what turned out to be, an extremely interesting and enjoyable evening. Blind tasting of five bottles of a single grape variety wine, from different regions of Spain. Members, working by table, were asked to first identify the grape variety by taste alone and what region of Spain it came from. Then followed a description of the wine with an indication of the characteristics of the region the wine originated. Members were asked if their original thoughts from before the description…
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Trip Report October 2024
And now what actually happened: This year’s Autumn Wine Trip took us to the neighbouring DO’s of Jumilla and Yecla in the Region of Murcia, famous for their fruity and full bodied Monastrell wines. Our first visit on this trip was to Almazara Deortega, a family run olive oil mill producing ecological oils from different varieties of olives grown on their estate. We were welcomed by the enthusiastic staff who talked us through their organic approach to olive oil production. They use the cold press method following harvesting of the olives grown around the estate. We were then guided through a tasting of the oils with local bread to compare the…
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Booking Request for next wine trip
Please read our T&C’s below before clicking here to request your places Terms and Conditions for Costa Blanca Wine Society (CBWS) Wine Trips Booking and Paying 1. Members will be notified of trips by email and on our website including details of how to book and whether a deposit or full amount is needed – reservations are only confirmed once the required payment has been received. 2. Payment can only be made by Bank Transfer from a Spanish account. If it made from a non Spanish account you will be liable for any bank charges Cancellation Policy 3. Any cancellation notification must be made to the Wine Trip Team by…
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Newsletter November 2024
Dear members It’s been yet another busy month for CBWS, which has included; – our October ‘away trip’ to Yecla and Jumilla, enjoyed by 29 members. Thanks to Sandy and Tim, Shirley and John for organising a great event. (For details, click here.) – a very productive Tasting Team meeting. We have now substantially planned our 2025 programme of tasting meetings. (For details, click here.) – a continuation of our highly successful new member recruitment programme. We started the year with 110 members and now have 135, plus a further 8 in the process of joining. The Committee has decided to set a maximum on our number of members at…
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Tasting Report October 2024
Tasting at Las Rotas linking wine and music and presented by Patrick Harrild with 72 members and guests present. The wines were all from DO Navarra with music played by professional guitarist Miguel Diaz Wine 1 Name and Vintage Bodegas Caudalia UMEA Garnacha DO Navarra 2023 13% Price per bottle €7.50 Wine 1 Description A dry rosado, light but with zingy fruity energy Wine 2 Name and Vintage Ozu by Otazu 100% Chardonnay DO Navarra 2023 13% Price per bottle €9.50 Wine 2 Description A light lemony coloured clear wine with hints of citrus and pineapple. Wine 3 Name and Vintage Vina Zorzal Garnacha 2022 13.5% Price per bottle €6.90 Wine…