How do we taste and rate the wines?
Each month a guest presenter will give a talk about a particular wine and region. Where possible we try to provide maps and other information to help you understand more about the location of vineyards and their relation to climatic elements (Sea, rivers, mountains, daylight etc..
We provide a scoresheet with the name and some details of the wines. There is a space for you to write your thoughts on how the wine looks (colour profile); the primary and secondary aromas; the taste (tannins, acidity, fruit profile etc) and then a space to score the wine (0-7) (0=dishwater; 7= Something heavenly).
The tasting is conducted around tables where you can discuss your thoughts and listen to others before you make your judgement. There is no testing of your knowledge, as the Society is about increasing knowledge of all.
At the end of the evening, hands are raised to indicate where consensus exists on the overall score of the wine – this is a very imprecise science!
Importantly, we do not know how much the wine costs until the presenter announces this after the scoring of the wine is completed. As you might expect, there are many surprises in this part of the evening.
It is often the case that you may be able to buy or order the wine you really love from the presenter on the evening (sometimes with a discount!).
Just a reminder to visitors to our pages that we score out of 7, so 5’s and 6’s are really rather good!!