IWFS Berkshire Branch -
Annual General Meeting. 2010
19th March 2010, Neville Hall, Waltham St Lawrence
For those who would like see a review of the wide range of food and wine related activities which the were organised last year the 2009/2010 Secretary's Report of the activities of the Branch can be viewed on-line here. The report is also available in downloadable (PDF) form here.The Minutes of the 2009 AGM are available to view on-line here and in downloadable form here
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The Top 100 wines of 2009
Want to know what the the top 100 wines of 2009 are? As far as the Wine Spectator is concerned anyway. Visit their
website
to see videos, the tasting notes (and the prices!)
I can strongly recommend a visit to this website. The videos and
tasting notes for the top 10 are excellent. Just click on the home page and then the Top 100 for 2009
and click on the video or tasting note link for any of the top 10.
The top award went to Columbia Crest CS, Columbia Valley Reserve from Washingto State. This was given a very good 95 points, and at
$25 would be a real bargain if we could get it in the UK. Second place went Spain, in the form of Toro Termes (96points)
from the LVMH owned Numanthia- Termes Bodega. For the rest of the top 10, Italy made a good showing with 4 entries.
In fact, in the next 10, Italian wines did very well with another 4 places. Although, as with last year, none of
the SuperTuscans appeared!.
The First Two IWFS Award Certificates for Wine!
As a result of this excellent visit the IWFS Berkshire Branch has set a new direction for IWFS by gaining agreement from the EAC Committee to present IWFS Award Certificates for exceptional Wine Presentations and Tastings. A report on the award winners and the presentations can be viewed here. (JF)