| Status: | Active, open to new members |
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| When: | Monthly on Tuesday evenings 7:30 pm Second Tuesday of the month |
| Venue: | Maendy Room, United Free Church |


We meet on the second Tuesday evening of each month at 7.30pm in the Maendy Room of Cowbridge United Free Church (Ramoth Church Hall), The Broad Shoard, Cowbridge, to appreciate wine in convivial company.
We normally taste four types of wine, usually about twenty members each meeting. Each member or couple takes it in turns to organise the monthly sessions. They choose the wine or theme for the evening, make the presentation and usually prepare some notes for the members. We are not experts, merely enjoying wine and this group gives us the opportunity to taste and get to know something about different wines that may not be familiar to us.
The relaxed atmosphere allows members to make observation or comments without fear of being ridiculed. In fact, when we have blind tastings, we soon realise just how little we know about wine! The evenings are all about tasting a wide variety of wines, sharing our thoughts and observations and enjoying each other's company.
In December in recent years, we have had a seasonal 'Festive Supper' when we tasted a range of different wines to accompany the food. In addition to the regular monthly meetings, we sometimes hold some special events. We have had guest speakers and we have had several vineyard visits.
If you have any queries, please contact the Group Leader, Graham Cope
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May 2025
Jill and John gave an entertaining presentation about Croatian wine. Like other old world wine producers, being very close geographically to Italy, it has many traditional grape varieties, perfectly suited to their local wine hills. Modern wine-production methods have taken over in the larger wineries and EU-style wine regulations have been adopted, guaranteeing the quality of the wine. They…
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April 2025
The new ‘Classics’ range from M&S. Jennifer and David introduced us to "The new ‘Classics’ range from M&S". They pointed out this selection is easily accessible, carefully chosen by the company’s buyers, producing a wide selection of wines of high quality at an affordable price. Many of the wines are exclusive to this retailer. The…
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March 2025
Wine tours can be an interesting way to learn about a particular region’s wine. Gwenda Cope gave an illustrated talk about her holiday in the northern Spain region of Rioja.