Train to Glasgow to attend the monthly lunch of the 49 Club held today in the "Green Room" at the Glasgow concert Hall, which was a very nice venue, although we did miss a PA system for the guest speaker.Lunch was lovely with a sea bass and couscous starter, lamb and veg main course, and apologies - but I cannot rember what the sweet was , but it was very , very nice.
Bit of a change today as we had a surprise wine tasing where members had to try and work out where the wine came from and what it was - good fun, and fortunately our wine tutor was spot on which just proved how good she was.
Next treat for the day was when I, along with one of the other students on the recent wine tasting course were awarded with book prizes for coming out tops on the course which had been sponsored by the 49 Club.
Prior to the course my main criteria for selecting wine was a) screwtop; b) price and C) red !!!! What can I say ?? I have a better understanding of the different grapes; production methods; variations in taste due to soils, climate, etc., but I still have to be guided by the taste on my tongue and not the notes or price on the label - everyone's taste is different - but in my case I still find it hard to work out how prices for individual wines can at times be so expensive. From what I can understand, the UK market no longer purchases expensive/ upmarket !!! wines, so overseas producers are selling the "better" wines to Foreign markets such as the Chinese, etc.
Or I am I personally just being distracted by the current economical climate ????
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