Croughton Wine Appreciation Group
May 2014
Events 13/14
May 10th: Pick of the Bunch
July 5th:Bordeaux Blends
Sept 27th: Independent Vignerons of France
Dec 6th:God Jul
Feb 7th: Bluffers Guide
Mar 28th: Wines of Austria
Review
Part 1 – Review of 13/14
Part 2 – 6 years in review
Part 3 - The top 5 from 13/14
Part ONE
A World of Wine
Italy
France
Australia
NZ
Spain
South Africa
Argentina
Austria
USA
Favourite Countries 13-14
4
3.8
3.6
3.4
3.2
3
2.8
2.6
2.4
2.2
2
Italy
Spain
France
Austria
USA
Australia
Argentina
South Africa
NZ
Event of the Year
Wines of Austria
Bluffers Guide......
God Jul
Score Ave
£ per point
Vignerons of France
Bordeaux Blends......
Pick of the Bunch
2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9
3
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9
4
Team vs Group
Average Score
£s per Point
Team Group
Team Group
3.20
76.03 81.61
3.21
Value for Money?
18
16
14
12
£
10
White
Sweet
Red
8
6
4
2
0
2
2.5
3
3.5
Points
4
4.5
End of Part ONE
Part TWO
Red vs White
3.4
3.3
3.2
Red
White
3.1
3
2.9
2.8
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
Do more £s = more Points
Something
11
went wrong!
3.35
3.3
10.5
3.25
3.2
10
3.15
3.1
9.5
3.05
9
3
2.95
8.5
2.9
2.85
8
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
Ave Score
Ave Cost
Wine Consumed
285 bottles
£2696.83
All Time Favourite Region
Argentina
Best and Worst
£ per point
Pounds per point
Position of the Year
5
4.5
Score
4
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
13-14
3.5
3
2.5
2
1
2
3
4
5
W ine Number
6
7
8
9
End of Part Two
Part THREE
2011-12
Top 5 from 2013-14
254
France
Semillon – Chateau Simon
Sweet
4.13
11.09
Woburn Wine
Company
280
Austria
Sämling – Stammhaus Dreisiebner
Rose
4.1
11.2
Austrian
Wines Direct
246
France
Grenache Noir - Mauray
Sweet
4.09
10.99
Waitrose
285
Austria
Sämling - Angerhof-Tschida
Sweet
3.95
11.59
Austrian
Wines Direct
238
NZ
Riesling – Villa Maria
White
3.85
9.99
Los Haroldos Chardonnay
Waitrose
Top 5 from 2013-14
254
France
Semillon – Chateau Simon
Sweet
4.13
11.09
Woburn Wine
Company
280
Austria
Sämling – Stammhaus Dreisiebner
Rose
4.1
11.2
Austrian
Wines Direct
246
France
Grenache Noir - Mauray
Sweet
4.09
10.99
Waitrose
285
Austria
Sämling - Angerhof-Tschida
Sweet
3.95
11.59
Austrian
Wines Direct
238
NZ
Riesling – Villa Maria
White
3.85
9.99
Los Haroldos Chardonnay
Waitrose
Top 5 from 2013-14
254
France
Semillon – Chateau Simon
Sweet
4.13
11.09
Woburn Wine
Company
280
Austria
Sämling – Stammhaus Dreisiebner
Rose
4.1
11.2
Austrian
Wines Direct
246
France
Grenache Noir - Mauray
Sweet
4.09
10.99
Waitrose
285
Austria
Sämling - Angerhof-Tschida
Sweet
3.95
11.59
Austrian
Wines Direct
238
NZ
Riesling – Villa Maria
White
3.85
9.99
Los Haroldos Chardonnay
Waitrose
Top 5 from 2013-14
254
France
Semillon – Chateau Simon
Sweet
4.13
11.09
Woburn Wine
Company
280
Austria
Sämling – Stammhaus Dreisiebner
Rose
4.1
11.2
Austrian
Wines Direct
246
France
Grenache Noir - Mauray
Sweet
4.09
10.99
Waitrose
285
Austria
Sämling - Angerhof-Tschida
Sweet
3.95
11.59
Austrian
Wines Direct
238
NZ
Riesling – Villa Maria
White
3.85
9.99
Los Haroldos Chardonnay
Waitrose
Top 5 from 2013-14
254
France
Semillon – Chateau Simon
Sweet
4.13
11.09
Woburn Wine
Company
280
Austria
Sämling – Stammhaus Dreisiebner
Rose
4.1
11.2
Austrian
Wines Direct
246
France
Grenache Noir - Mauray
Sweet
4.09
10.99
Waitrose
285
Austria
Sämling - Angerhof-Tschida
Sweet
3.95
11.59
Austrian
Wines Direct
238
NZ
Riesling – Villa Maria
White
3.85
9.99
Los Haroldos Chardonnay
Waitrose
Question
What if we did a one off event:
‘Wines you can’t afford’?
Say we charge £10 (members) and spend
about £250 on wine.
7 wines – Ave price about £18 per bottle!
Would you come? (Show of hands please)
End of the Review
Thank you all for helping to taste all these wines…..hic!