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Tuesday 18th June 6.30pm
BODEGAS BERONIA, RIOJA
Presented by Matias Calleja from Beronia
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£20.00 per person, payable in advance. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Bodegas Beronia is situated in Ollauri, in the Rioja Alta. The winery is named after the 'Berones', a group of people who inhabited the land in the third century BC, and it has been owned by the Gonzalez Byass family since 1982. Winemaker Matias Calleja will take us through a great range of impressive wines, lovingly handcrafted and matured to the constant sound of Gregorian chant music. A must for lovers of fine Rioja!
Thursday 20th June 6.30pm
TERRA D’ALTER – PORTUGUESE TASTING
Presented by Peter Bright.
£15 per ticket, payable in advance.
The Oxford Wine Company, 165 Botley Road, OX2 0PB
Contact Lee Isaacs at lee@oxfordwine.co.uk or 01865 249500
Terra de Alter is made up of two of Portugal’s most experienced agricultural firms and Pink Living, a company belonging to well known oenologist Peter Bright. A native Aussie, Peter has an extensive CV in the field of production and international marketing of wine. Terra de Alter’s aim is to introduce premium quality Alentejo wine into the international market. The vineyards cover extensive plains and gentle hills always providing intense exposure to sunlight. It is this amount of sunlight that is the key to producing the intense concentration of flavour that these wines display. Peter is one of the world’s first ‘flying winemakers’ and we are excited to have him in the store to show 6 of his very impressive wines. Places are limited and will be in high demand, so we recommend early booking.
Tuesday 9th July 6.30pm
THEO’S TASTY TUESDAY
Presented by Theo Sloot
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£5.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Please book in advance. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Theo’s Tasty Tuesdays take place once a month at The Oxford Wine Cafe. These are informal, relaxed and humorous events during which we will taste three or four wines together, discuss the relative merits of each of them and decide if we think any of the wines might become part of the changing by the glass selection at the Café. Upcoming themes will be announced via email. 15% discount on the night - if you buy 12 bottles or more you are eligible to become a member of the Café Society.
Tuesday 23rd July 6.30pm
DOMAINE MOULIN TOUCHAIS, COTEAUX DE LAYON
Presented by Richard Kelly MW
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£20.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
On the banks of the river Layon in the beautiful Loire Valley exists one of the world's largest and oldest single wine stocks. Miles of underground cellars contain a rare collection dating back to the 1800's. Remarkable bottles, many over a century old are occasionally uncorked and more often than not the experience is incredible. These are the sweet Chenin Blanc wines of Moulin Touchais. Since 1787, the Moulin Touchais cellars together with the surrounding vineyards have been owned and managed by eight generations of the Touchais family. The vineyards are amongst the most famous in the Anjou area, lying in the heart of the Coteaux du Layon region.
This very rare and special tasting of six different vintages of Coteaux du Layon (including the superb 1984) will be presented by Richard Kelly MW, who has worked closely with the domaine for many years. These are exceptional wines that despite their age possess outstanding freshness and typically fine, beautifully balanced acidity which lingers wonderfully on the palate. A rare and very special treat!
Tuesday 13th August 6.30pm
THEO’S TASTY TUESDAY
Presented by Theo Sloot
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£5.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Theo’s Tasty Tuesdays take place once a month at The Oxford Wine Cafe. These are informal, relaxed and humorous events during which we will taste three or four wines together, discuss the relative merits of each of them and decide if we think any of the wines might become part of the changing by the glass selection at the Café. Upcoming themes will be announced via email. 15% discount on the night - if you buy 12 bottles or more you are eligible to become a member of the Café Society.
Wednesday 11th September 6.30pm
THE WINES OF VINA MORANDE – CHILE’S FINEST
Presented by Ricardo Baettig
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£20.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Viña Morandé was founded in 1996 and is located 38 miles from Santiago. The company produces wine from four different regions, their best wines coming notably from the cool climate Casablanca Valley. Winemaker Ricardo Baettig aims for elegance and drinkability in his wines – perhaps partly the result of having lived in Italy for eight years and worked extensively as a wine consultant there.
It is in the Casablanca Valley that Morande really excel and Café regulars will be aware of the wonderful and popular Morande Gran Reserva Pinot Noir from there which is the leading Pinot coming out of Chile at the moment. This is one of Chile’s best producers, making both whites and reds that really sing with fruit and aromatics – a tasting not to be missed!
Tuesday 17th September 6.30pm
THEO’S TASTY TUESDAY
Presented by Theo Sloot
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£5.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Theo’s Tasty Tuesdays take place once a month at The Oxford Wine Cafe. These are informal, relaxed and humorous events during which we will taste three or four wines together, discuss the relative merits of each of them and decide if we think any of the wines might become part of the changing by the glass selection at the Café. Upcoming themes will be announced via email. 15% discount on the night - if you buy 12 bottles or more you are eligible to become a member of the Café Society.
Friday 27th September 2013 6-9pm
THE ANNUAL COTSWOLDS WINE FAIR
The Assembly Room at The Corn Hall, 26 Market Place, Cirencester GL7 2NY (access via glass door on left just inside Corn Hall Arcade)
Tickets in advance from our Cirencester shop or buy your tickets on the door on the day - £10 per person refundable on purchases of 12 bottles or more.
Contact Nikki Jarrett at our Cirencester shop for further information:01285 659792 or nikki@oxfordwine.co.uk
Our immensely popular Wine Fair format returns to Cirencester with around 50 wines to taste from all over the world presented by our suppliers and producers. The wines are presented for you on separate tables – just go round and taste wines from £5 to £35 in any order you like!
The Assembly Room is the perfect venue with a grand spacious main room and even a beautiful roof garden laid to grass - a great place to relax with a glass of wine. Great fun, great value – what better way to spend Friday night? Invite your friends along and make an evening of it.
15% discount on all wines ordered on the night and your entry money back if you buy 12 bottles!
Tuesday 1st October 6.30pm
THE WINES OF VIRGINIA
Presented by Chris Parker
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£20.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Those of you who came to the Virginian Mini Fair at the Café in May will know that this new emerging wine region is already making absolutely superb wines. The Oxford Wine Company is the UK’s leading specialist in this area and has helped introduce Virginian wines to the UK market where they are now getting rave reviews from wine journalists. Chris Parker from New Horizon Wines is the Virginian specialist who lives there and has made it his mission to export these excellent wines to the world. He will be showing a wide range of top Virginian wines at this very special tasting.
Tuesday 15th October 6.30pm
THEO’S TASTY TUESDAY
Presented by Theo Sloot
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£5.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Theo’s Tasty Tuesdays take place once a month at The Oxford Wine Cafe. These are informal, relaxed and humorous events during which we will taste three or four wines together, discuss the relative merits of each of them and decide if we think any of the wines might become part of the changing by the glass selection at the Café. Upcoming themes will be announced via email. 15% discount on the night - if you buy 12 bottles or more you are eligible to become a member of the Café Society.
Tuesday 22nd October 2013 6.30pm
DOMAINES BARON ROTHSCHILD DINNER TASTING
Presented by Eric Getten from DBR
The Cherwell Boathouse Restaurant, 50 Bardwell Road, Oxford OX2 6ST www.cherwellboathouse.co.uk
£79.95 per person
Please note that we have a limited number of places available for this tasting and that tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Contact Theo Sloot for booking and further information:
01865 301144 or theo@oxfordwine.co.uk
A white wine reception followed by a three course themed meal with top premium wines.
The name Rothschild must be the most famous name in wine and in this extraordinary tasting Eric Getten (who has been the Commercial Director of DBR since 1988) will take us through a selection of wines from the many different houses that make up this great family owned collection of estates from around the world. The jewel in the crown of this tasting is undoubtedly one of the finest wines in the world which we have shipped especially from France – the Lafite Rothschild 1990 vintage (£785.00 per bottle). This is a very rare chance to taste one of the very finest wines made from a superb vintage just coming up to its absolute peak of drinking. A tasting not to be missed!
The evening will feature a specially themed three course dinner to go with the wines created by head chef Joel Lear.
Tuesday 29th October 6.30pm
THE WINES OF BORDEAUX
Presented by Marcia Waters MW
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£20.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
The world’s most famous wine region where single bottles can cost £1000 when they are first released and wines can last as long as 60 years! But there’s a lot more to Bordeaux than meets the eye and many changes have taken place there in the last twenty years. We are now seeing wines bottled under screwcap for example – something that would have been unthinkable only 10 years ago. Our own Master of Wine, Marcia Waters has an intimate understanding of this extraordinary region and the changes it is going through. She will present a specially selected range of Bordeaux wines that will bring this famous region to light. Everything you wanted to know about Bordeaux but were afraid to ask!
Tuesday 12th November 6.30pm
THEO’S TASTY TUESDAY
Presented by Theo Sloot
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£5.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Theo’s Tasty Tuesdays take place once a month at The Oxford Wine Cafe. These are informal, relaxed and humorous events during which we will taste three or four wines together, discuss the relative merits of each of them and decide if we think any of the wines might become part of the changing by the glass selection at the Café. Upcoming themes will be announced via email. 15% discount on the night - if you buy 12 bottles or more you are eligible to become a member of the Café Society.
Friday 15th November 2013 5-9pm
THE ANNUAL OXFORD WINE FAIR
The Ballroom, The Randolph Hotel, Beaumont Street, Oxford OX1 2LN
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT WILL NOW RUN FROM 5PM TO 9PM
ENTRY FOR TICKET HOLDERS ONLY - £10 per person refundable on purchases of 12 bottles or more - all tickets must be applied for in advance. No tickets will be available on the door.
Please be aware that tickets for this event will sell out – early booking is essential and tickets will be allocated on a strictly first come first served basis. To order your tickets please email Theo with your address and we will send them on to you - you can pay for them on the door.
Please note that due to the massive popularity of this event we are limiting corporate bookings to 10 tickets per company.
Contact Theo Sloot for booking on
01865 301144 or theo@oxfordwine.co.uk
After the 2012 Fair we have made various steps to improve this very popular event. We have booked the large Lancaster Room which is adjacent to the ballroom - this can be used both as a sitting out area and a cloakroom with extra coat racks provided specially by the Randolph for the 2013 Fair. We have streamlined the ordering process itself and will have more staff on the orders desk to make it much faster to place your orders. We will also be making sure that there are enough biscuits and cheese for those present and we will be limiting numbers to fit the size of the room.
Held in the Grand Ballroom of the Randolph Hotel and beautifully lit by three chandeliers, exact replicas of those on the Titanic, The Annual Oxford Wine Fair is the immensely popular and largest regular wine event in the Oxford area with around 85 wines to taste from all over the world presented by our suppliers and producers. Great fun, great value – what better way to spend Friday night?
15% discount on all wines ordered on the night and your entry money back if you buy 12 bottles!
Tuesday 26th November 6.30pm
THEME TO BE CONFIRMED
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£20.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
Tuesday 10th December 6.30pm
CAFÉ CHRISTMAS TASTING!
Presented by Theo Sloot
The Oxford Wine Café, 38 South Parade, Oxford OX2 7JN (01865 236959)
£5.00 per person, payable in advance at the bar. Numbers are limited and early booking is recommended. Contact Callum Peaston on 01865 236959 or callum@oxfordwinecafe.co.uk
A celebration of all things vinous with a festive theme! They’ll be fizz, whites, reds and sweet wines – plus something a little different for this special night!