Organising Committee:
Hugh Davis
Peter Smith
Guy Poppy
Stephen Edwards
Dave Blake
Su White
Joy & John Stokes (Treasurer)
Announcements
The evolving programme for 2011-12 is here
Accounts for previous years (which also provide a record of pervious tastings):
Purpose
The growing number of wine enthusiasts now have a wine club which provides a forum for beginners and experts alike. The University of Southampton Staff Club Wine Society welcomes all interested in wine to meet on a regular basis.
The main motivations are:
- to have fun
- a dose of education
- social interaction with other club members
- getting to know new wines
- being able to sample wines which would be too expensive otherwise
We have different kinds of sessions:
- Comparative sessions
- grape varieties: sample wines of different grape varieties
- vintages: sample same wine from different vintages
- regions: same grape variety, different regions/countries
- invited sessions, where wine merchants present their range
- supermarket sessions: bring your own
- whatever the members desire
Wine Club Etiquette:
To cover the cost of acquiring the wines, biscuits etc. we charge a fee of £10 per session. Any profit the club makes is spent bi-annually on subsidising the summer BBQ and the wines for the Christmas dinner.
We control very carefully the number of people attending tastings - based on the number of bottles of each wine we have bought, and in order to keep the cost down. Often tastings are badly over-subscribed, so you need to reserve places - usually fast! So we have an etiquette.
- We require that in order to attend a tasting that you reserve place(s) for named people using the above website
- You will receive a confirmation email
- This email tells you how to cancel the reservation if you need to up till the day before the tasting
- If you have to cancel on the day of the tasting, please try to either send along a replacement or contact me (hcd@ecs.soton.ac.uk, x23669) to allocate a reserve. But we reserve the right to ask you to pay for your places if we are unable to re-allocate.
