On Monday evening-commencing at 7 pm - the group met at Michael Page's house for their monthly meeting.

present were..Michael Page, Lynn Sleep, Val Westall, Jean Symes, Sue Hucker, Lesley Bywater, Margaret Gilby, Brian Gilby and Kathie Horner.

Our first bottle of wine was a white Chardonnay Pinot Grigio 2011 from Italy..

Top marks to Jean Symes who correctly guessed the wines origin.

Some of the comments from our group were that the wine was bright, light clean smell, maybe yeasty, nicely balanced, slightly tarty with a hint of

gooseberry or apple.. a pleasant wine overall

average mark of 7 out of 10.

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the second bottle was a red wine called Dreamtime Ridge from Australia.. no year was shown on label. but it was described as a fresh, fruity, easy drinking red,

great with pasta, pizza and grilled meats(is this what Aussie's live on ??)

this scored an overage mark of 6 out of 10. there were no correct guesses for its origins.

some of the comments were clear, bright, dry medium wine.. tarty or smokey with a hint of plum, blackberry or cherry.

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It was again a very enjoyable evening and our next meeting will be on Monday evening the 3 June at Margaret's and Brian's.

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Michael Page