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This post was written by Vandy on February 4, 2010
Wine tasting review
Peter Topping very kindly sent us his impressions of our wine tasting event:
“Went along to the wine tasting session at Masseys which launched the wineclub.
Noted oenophile and Whittlesford resident Noel Young was in attendance to guide a crowd of us through a range of bottles, from the everyday drinkable to some very fine examples. Prices were between £5.95 and £11.95.
With each bottle opened we left a cold January evening in Cambridgeshire further behind, sampling a crisp South African chenin blanc, a balanced fruity Viognier, a lush New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, and a complex Chardonnay from the Margaret River area of Western Australia.
A pause for nibbles laid on by Marc and then on to the reds: a Sicilian, a light Pinot Noir (for summer evenings!) a deep intense plummy Malbec from Argentina and a dark cherry Spanish number. We learnt about partial wild yeast fermentation, French Oak barriques, and discussed cork, metal and plastic stoppers and whether you should keep opened reds in the fridge (yes! said Noel).
Very enjoyable, learnt something and I’ll definitely be ordering.”
Thanks very much, Peter. We had a great evening too – we’ll be holding more wine tastings later in the year.
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This post was written by Marc on January 31, 2010
Garden to conserve wildlife
For those who couldn’t make the event – here’s the report on Chris Gibson’s latest talk in Whittlesford – on gardening to conserve wildlife.
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This post was written by Vandy on January 30, 2010
Valentine’s Jazz evening for William Westley
Don’t delay – get your tickets today.
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This post was written by Marc on January 29, 2010
The next Climate Change talk
The second in the series of climate change talks in Whittlesford took place on Sunday 6th December. Mary Sutcliffe very kindly sent us a copy of the talk which focused on buildings and what we can do to help manage our output.
The next Environmental talk will be at William Westley School on Sunday 10th January 2010 at 6:30 p.m. It will be on ‘Gardening with wild life in mind – not planting’ and the speaker will be Dr Gibson.
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This post was written by Marc on December 16, 2009
