TUTORED TASTINGS
Saturday 20 September
11.00am - Cheese & Wine Show
at J Straker Chadwick & Sons
Introduction to Wine Tasting –
led by tutors from The Wine & Spirit Education Trust
Tickets: £6.00
This introductory session covers how to taste wine, how to assess its quality and age, and how to recognise the different grape varieties in wines from around the world. The Wine and Spirit Education Trust provides high quality education in wines and spirits both for the interested consumer and for the trade, right up to entry for the prestigious Master of Wine level.
Sponsored by: Dorrell Oliver & Co,
www.dorrells.co.uk
11.00am – Trinity Hall
Preserving the seasons – Pam Corbin
Tickets: £6.00
Pam Corbin guides you through a selection from the wealth of preserves which can be made from local produce throughout the year. Pam has made preserves for many years under her own Thursday Cottage label and now works closely with the River Cottage team. Her new book Preserves is published in the River Cottage Handbook series.
Sponsored by: Allt Yr Ynys Country House Hotel,
www.allthotel.co.uk
1.00pm – Angel Hotel Ballroom
Tasting Wallop – Alex James &
Juliet Harbutt
Tickets: £8.00
A tasting of Little Wallop and other cheeses led by Evenlode partners, Alex James and Juliet Harbutt. The former Blur guitarist and his neighbour the founder of the British Cheese Awards, came together around their mutual desire to make an outstanding cheese.
Sponsored by: Redrow, www.redrow.co.uk
1.00pm – Cheese & Wine Show at J Straker Chadwick
Wines of Tuscany - A tasting of wines from Zonin hosted
by Massimo Rotoloni
Tickets: £7.00
Growers and wine-makers for seven generations, the Zonin family now operates the most important privately-owned viticultural company in Italy with a portfolio of estates in the outstanding terroirs. Massimo Rotoloni introduces wines from Zonin Estates in Tuscany.
Sponsored by: H Shackleton Ltd, www.hshackleton.co.uk
1.00pm – Trinity Hall
The Miller’s Tale – Matt Scott
Tickets: £6.00
Matt and Anne Scott became millers when they took over The Watermill at Bacheldre in 2002, one of only two flour-producing watermills in the country. The slow and gentle milling using the ancient grinding stones allows them to produce a 100% welsh organic flour whose exceptional quality has won many awards. Here Matt explains grain selection, the milling process, and samples the 10 different types of flour they now produce.
Sponsored by: Three Salmons, www.threesalmonshotelusk.co.uk
3.00pm – Cheese & Wine Show at J Straker Chadwick & Sons
Unpasteurised traditional Somerset
cheeses –
James Montgomery, Tom Calver
and George Keen
Tickets: £7.00
The importance of the work of these three cheese-makers has been recognised with the establishment of Artisan Somerset Cheddar as the first English Slow Food Presidium. This title refers to the source, process and ethic of production and provides a cast-iron endorsement of the product. This really is traditional cheese.
Sponsored by: Allt Yr Ynys Country House Hotel, www.allthotel.co.uk
The Oil Merchant – Charles Carey
Tickets: £6.00
Charles Carey’s conversion from sheep-farmer to olive oil importer was, by his own admission, impulsive. He just got in the car and drove to Tuscany and loaded it up at the local co-operative press. That was back in 1984. He is credited with having sparked off a new interest in Estate Bottled Olive Oils which he now imports from all around the world. Here he introduces some of his favourite olive oils along with aged balsamic vinegar.
Sponsored by: Gabb and Co, www.gabb.co.uk
5.00pm – Cheese & Wine Show at J Straker Chadwick & Sons
The Whisky Evangelist – Eddie Ludlow
Tickets: £7.00
A tasting tour of the six whisky regions of Scotland with Eddie Ludlow, former Brand Ambassador for Ardbeg and Glenmorangie. Through his latest venture, The Whisky Lounge, Eddie has found an ideal outlet for his brand of whisky 'evangelism', touring the UK endlessly in search of whisky nirvana and like-minds to take with him on his journey.
Sponsored by: Redrow, www.redrow.co.uk
5.00pm – Trinity Hall
The Perfect Martini – Richard Ehrlich
Tickets: £7.00
The classic cocktail generates more heated debate than any other. The award-winning drinks writer reviews the arguments and lays down his own prescription. Suitable for over 18’s only and recommended especially for those who are walking home rather than driving.
Sponsored by: Gliffaes Country House Hotel, www.gliffaeshotel.com
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
11.00am – Cheese & Wine Show at
J Straker Chadwick & Sons
Château Grès Saint-Paul –
Wine tasting
with Phillipe Salasc
Tickets: £7.00
Sponsored by: King’s Head Hotel, www.kingsheadhotelabergavenny.co.uk
Château Grès Saint-Paul is one of a small number of Coteaux du Languedoc wineries producing world class wine. Winemaker 
Phillipe Salasc has a serious passion for the wines of the Languedoc. Not only does he make great wine at Château Grès Saint-Paul, but he also helped French actor Gérard Depardieu establish a small winery in the region.
Sponsored by: The Art Shop, www.artshopandgallery.co.uk
11.00am – Trinity Hall
Rare Teas – Henrietta Lovell
Tickets: £6.00
Henrietta Lovell’s Rare Tea Company imports a range of limited edition teas that she personally sources from artisan producers in Darjeeling, and in Fujian, the champagne region of Chinese tea production. Henrietta’s insistence on doing it right is matched only by her boundless enthusiasm. The many fans of her silver tip teas – teas made only with the young leaf-buds at the point of unfurling - include top restaurateurs such as Mark Hix and Tom Aikens.
1.00pm – Cheese & Wine Show at J Straker Chadwick & Sons
The Whisky Evangelist – Eddie Ludlow
Tickets: £7.00
See Saturday for details (click here)
Sponsored by: Gabb and Co, www.gabb.co.uk
1.00pm – Trinity Hall
Sensational Sea Salt –
David and Alison Lea-Wilson
Tickets: £6.00
A product that started life with a pan of sea water by the Menai strait in Anglesey last year won a coveted award from the Feria in San Sebastian, Spain for raising the level of global gastronomy. David and Alison Lea-Wilson, creators of Halen Môn, supply several of the world’s top 50 restaurants. Taste seawater, brine, and bitterns and that is before they start on the various traditional and innovative sea salt flavours.
Sponsored by: The Clytha Arms, www.clytha-arms.com
3.00pm – Cheese & Wine Show at
J Straker Chadwick & Sons
Introduction to Wine Tasting – Led by tutors from
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust
Tickets: £6.00
See Saturday for details (click here)
Sponsored by: Glangrwyney Court, www.glancourt.co.uk
3.00pm – Trinity Hall
The Oil Merchant – Charles Carey
Tickets: £6.00
See Saturday for details (click here)
Sponsored by: Redrow, www.redrow.co.uk