Our California tasting – my notes
Monday 11 December 2017

When we published pictures of our California fundraising wine tasting a week ago, I promised I would share my tasting notes, and here they are.
It was such a pleasure to have the opportunity to taste top-quality California wine on our side of the Atlantic, and we owe a great deal to the importers and producers who made this possible by donating their wines.
The range of wines now being made in the state is so, so much wider than it used to be. I found it particularly interesting to see examples of both the traditional California full-throttle Chardonnays and...
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