
| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Leader: |
Pam O'Neill
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| Group email: | Wine Tasting group wine@u3aoliva.org |
| When: | Monthly evenings 4th Thursday or Friday of the month (depending on venue that month), from 7.30pm |
| Venue: | Sabores Restaurant |
| Cost: | 16€ for tapas, share the cost of the wine |
This group is for people who like to talk about wine, research it, do comparisons, have blind tastings, discuss the merits (or not) of different Denominacion de Origins, visit a few Bodegas and vineyards and of course taste it and appreciate it. We also hold a "Bring Your Favourite Wine Evening" and members might want to organise a look at their favourite D.O.s.
We are not out to get intoxicated (honest) as in tasting we will share one bottle of wine between eight people, but there will be six bottles tried in an evening.
We typically meet at restaurants for tapas and of course, you will have to buy the first drink (perhaps water etc). We will then share the cost of the wine.
Our October 2025 tasting pitted Rioja against Ribera del Duero - ending with a strong presence for the Ribera del Dueros! And in November 2025 we tasted our member's favourite wines. We've also had a Lidl vs Aldi face off too!
Our next meeting is on Friday 29th of May at restaurant Sabores. We are going to do a major detour next week as all the wines are not part of the system of Regulating wine called Denominacion of Origen. This does not mean that we are tasting table wine, but instead are tasting rebel bodegas that do not want to be subjected to rules of grape varieties and production methods.