Chichester Yacht Club Magazine April 2017 | Page 14

Wine Tasting Event – by Robert King, photographs by Maddie
Corke
The prospect of a free drink normally
guarantees a crowd and so it was at
the CYC wine tasting evening on 24th
February, kindly run by local wine
merchants Hennings Wine, who
provided the wine and CYC’s own
Maddie Corke who put on a splendid
selection of cheeses to refresh the
palate in between samples.
Four whites and four reds, all “New
World” wines, were available for tasting
together with two “mystery” wines
where members were invited to guess
the grape, the country of origin, the
price and comment on the
characteristics with a bottle of
Champagne as a prize for the most accurate
entry.
a new trend in wine drinking as indeed
Prosecco has done in recent years.
The white mystery wine turned out to be a
Chenin Blanc from South Africa and from the
same country the mystery red was a Shiraz.
Mrs Janet Cartwright correctly identified both
and was the worthy winner of the Champagne
and further tasting continued well into the
evening.
Our thanks go to Hennings Wine for organising
the wine tasting and supplying the wine, which
can be purchased at any of their West Sussex
shops.
The white wines for tasting included both a
Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand and an
Australian Chardonnay and perhaps more
unusually a Chilean Riesling and a South
African Chenin Blanc.
Amongst the red wines were an Argentinian
Malbec and a Shiraz from Australia but
perhaps the most unusual wine of the evening
was a sparkling red again from Australia and it
remains to be seen whether this variant will set
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