A word about our tastings, why we choose to lead you through the wines one by one and show a smaller number.
Imagine the winegrower, who has spent a year tending their vines, watching the skies and the forecast for hail, drought, frost and rain. Protecting their crop from pests and disease. And the ones we work with aren’t reaching for the chemicals, they’re putting in the graft to nurture the soil to bring natural strength and resilience to their vineyards.
During harvest, they’ll have spent many hard days and sleepless nights bringing in the grapes and starting them on their journey to being wine.
We feel the result of all this work and worry deserves more than a brief hi and bye, and a peck on the cheek.
We think it’s worth taking a little time to find out the reasons why the wines taste they do: where they come from, how they were made and by who.
First impressions can be deceptive. Sometimes, it’s only after further acquaintance you get to really understand and appreciate a wine.
Even after a few decades doing this thing, and a lot of tastings under the belt, we find that trying too many wines becomes unproductive. The palate gets tired. You lose focus.
It’s always really difficult deciding what to show but that’s why, at our tastings, we have fewer wines and take the time to guide you through them, so you can really get to know each one and taste the terroir.
Our next tasting is Zentral, the wines of Central and Eastern Europe, on 7th October at our bar GlouGlou, presented by winegrower Efthimis Apostolidis and Georgi Panayotov.
On 4th November, also at GlouGlou is Keep it classy: modern classics and rediscovered treasures.
And on 26th November, our Christmas tasting at Shrewsbury Market Hall.
Tickets at ironandrose.com
