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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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Next Trip May 2025
It is anticipated that the next wine trip will run from Tuesday 6th May for 4 nights. Your wine trip team are currently working on the programme and expect to make an announcement with details at the beginning of November
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Trip Report October 2024
The report for this trip is in preparation and should appear here very soon. Please come back.
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Newsletter October 2024
Dear members I hope that you all had a great summer. Those of us in the Costa Blanca are enjoying the more moderate temperatures, the less busy restaurants and dodging the rain showers whilst comforting ourselves with the phrase ‘we need the rain really’. At our first Tasting after the summer we were very lucky to avoid the downpour at this outdoor event at Montesanco. 56 members and guests enjoyed a different type of event at this new and exciting project at the heart of our region in Teulada. The tour around the vineyard, the outdoor seating next to the beautifully restored winery and the excellent wines created a great…
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Tasting Report September 2024
TASTING REPORT SEPTEMBER 2024 – MONTESANCO TEULADA Our latest tasting was held on 19 September at the superb setting of Montesanco winery in Teulada, hosted by Neville and Sara Richardson. As part of our plan to vary the locations and types of events to which our members and guests are invited, this was a very different tasting. An excellent selection of Montesanco wines both from their Teulada vineyard and their Requena vineyards was presented by Maria, the owner. Originally numbers for this event were restricted to 50, however as it was very quickly oversubscribed, Maria was gently persuaded to accept 56 of us. The event was al fresco and rather than…
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Newsletter August 2024
Dear members I hope that, wherever in the world you are, you are enjoying our summer break. It already seems a long time since our highly enjoyable pre summer event at Puerto Blanco. Hopefully some of you will have seen the very positive write up in the last ever edition of the Costa Blanca News.For those of you who have remained in Spain I hope that you are coping well with the heat and busy restaurants and beaches. It won’t be long now before the temperatures and humidity start to fall and, dare I say it, we have peace and quiet and our homes back when our family/relatives/ friends return…
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Tasting report June 2024
CBWS Tasting held on 20 June 2024 attended by 54 members and guests. The June Tasting was held at the popular and beautiful setting of Puerto Blanco in Calpe, hosted by Neville and Sara. The wines from Rioja were presented by Gonzalo Lainez (export manager of Grupo Principe de Viana) and supplied by Bodegas Blasco in Teulada. Members were offered the opportunity to buy the wines at substantial discounts. (Prices shown in brackets below were available if members, in total, purchased 25 or more 6 bottle cases.) Wine 1 Name and Vintage Rioja Vega Garnacha Rose 2023 Price per bottle €6.78 (€5.76) Wine 1 Description A delicate pale salmon pink…
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Newsletter June 2024
Dear members The May Tasting dinner attended by 46 members, including 3 new members and 8 guests, represented all change for Costa Blanca Wine Society; new presenters, new Bodega and new venue. Fergus and Joan Fitzpatrick who are new members of our Tasting Team hosted the event at Real Club Nautico Denia, a really impressive new venue which we are likely to go back to in future years. The wines were presented by Julian Bodin and Antonio Lopez from Bodegas San Isidro in Jumilla. The wines tasted (described in more detail {here}) demonstrated the flexibility of the Monastrell grape, including a crisp delicate rosado, two full flavoured, fruit-forward reds, through to…