Category: Wine Tasting
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Wine Group Summer Meal – June 2025
Like a bunch of kids with the summer holidays nearing, the Moraira-Teulada U3A wine tasting group met up on Thursday 12th June for the finale to another successful tasting season. A boisterous crowd of 70 packed out the terrace at Restaurant Al Mar with its magnificent sea views for their ‘end of term’ dinner. It…
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Wine Tasting – May 2025
Wine tasters set a new record this week when they bought an impressive 77 cases and two Magnums at the last gathering of the season. Domingo, who made the 850 km round trip from his Corcovo bodega in Valdepeñas, was over the moon with the U3A Moraira-Teulada tasters take up of his wines. He had…
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March Wine Tasting
A Perfect Pairing of Fine Wines & Good Company The latest U3A wine tasting event at Hilltop Bar & Restaurant in Moraira was a delightful evening, bringing together 53 wine lovers to explore an exciting selection from Bodegas Bleda in Jumilla. Hosted by the knowledgeable Marta, assisted by her colleague Juan Fran, the tasting featured a range of exquisite wines, expertly presented with…
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Wine Group visit Bodegas Viña Elena – February 2025
Following an early start in the middle of February, the day was filled with blue skies and sunshine. On our arrival at Bodegas Viña Elena in Jumilla, we were met by our hostesses Maria and Maggi with a very welcome glass of Pacheco Rosado, a very jovial, friendly and refreshing wine with good intensity of…
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Wine Tasting Group Christmas Lunch – December 2024
The Wine Group’s annual Christmas lunch took place on 5th December. The 46 members present enjoyed an excellent meal at the Hill Top Bar and Restaurant. Although Hill Top hosts our regular wine tasting events, this is the first time we have had our Christmas meal there. We were not disappointed. The tables were very festive,…
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Wine Tasting – November 2024
Whisper it quietly , it’s less than seven weeks to Christmas. For the winos of the Moraira-Teulada U3A wine tasting group, that means it’s time to stock up , fill the cellar and get ready to party. Santa, in the improbable guise of the irrepressible Franco Valori, dressed all in black instead of red, arrived to…
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Wine Tasting – October 2024
A “talking” white wine which told us it was perfect, and a red, so popular it ran out, were the highlights of the first Moraira-Teulada U3A wine group tasting of the new season. It has been five months since we last gathered in the Hill Top Bar in Moraira to sample wines, but a good…
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Wine Group visit Bodegas Faelo – September 2024
In September, the wine group enjoyed a wonderful day out at Bodegas Faelo, a charming family winery in the countryside near Elche which produces the Vinos del Camp d’Elx. We were warmly welcomed by Jamie, the fourth generation of his family to run the winery, established in 1930s when Jaime’sgreat grandfather first started making wine…
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Wine Group visit Bodegas Bleda – June 2024
The serried ranks of vines, straighter than even the Irish Guards at the Trooping of the Colour, greeted us as we arrived at Bodegas Bleda in Jumilla. Rows and rows of vines stretched into the distance in all directions around the immaculate Bodega with not a weed to be seen anywhere. The day long visit…
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Wine Tasting – May 2024
The dynamic duo, Franco and Domingo, rounded off the wine tasting season for the Moraira-Teulada U3A with a selection of superb wines from Valdepeñas. There was a brisk trade in the six Corcovo wines offered for tasting, unsurprising given the new tasting term will not open until the autumn. Domingo, boss of the family run…
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Wine Tasting – April 2024
Wines for our April tasting were presented by Raquel from Bodegas Castaño in Yecla. Unfortunately, we were unable to host the evening due to personal circumstances but, from the photos, it looks that you were all having a great time and enjoying the lovely wines from this bodega. We would like to thank Carol and…
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Wine Tasting – March 2024
56 ‘winos’ (I believe this is the collective noun for a group of Wine Tasters and the Oxford English Dictionary will be adding it to their list in the new addition) turned up for this regular great social event, including 11 newbies. I briefly met many of them as I cruised the tables to say…