Red Herring Wine Club
Founded 1968
Welcome to The Red Herring Wine Club's website!
"London's best value wine society" - Jancis Robinson OBE, Master of Wine
Forthcoming events:
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Friday 2nd May 2025
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Annual Dinner at the Savile Club, to include the illustrious Champagne Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque 1995 |
| Tuesday 24th June 2025 | Spectacular Californian tutored by Edouard Baijot, Master of Wine. |
| Thursday 24th July 2025 | Craggy Range from New Zealand tutored by Ryan Morgan |
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Tuesday 16th September 2025
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English Wines (still - both white and red - and sparkling) tutored by David Brocklehurst, winemaker at award winning Knightor in Cornwall (who will travel, probably by plane, from Cornwall). |
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Monday 10th November 2025
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Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou (St. Julien, 2eme Cru Classe); a vertical tasting of seven vintages 1985 - 1991, tutored by Jackie Ang, the newest Master of Wine, who will collect his certificate the following day. He is flying in early from Singapore to tutor our event! |
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9th or 10th December 2025
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New York State wines (i.e. close to the border with Canada), tutored by Nova Cadamatre, Master of Wine and owner / winemaker of Trestle Thirty One Winery at Finger Lakes, who will fly to present. |
Views of Members and Guests:
Architect member Russell Hanslip wrote after our Algarve event: "Thank you so much for organising such an enjoyable tasting on tuesday evening. The venue was elegant, the organisation appeared faultless, the speaker audible and informative, and we had the benefit of seating, for which we thank you."
Bill Horwood messaged the Club: "What a most enjoyable tasting, especially live and the team worked so hard to ensure everything worked well"
Another long-term member, Andy Grainger, said, "I would like to thank all the team for the wonderful tasting. Apart from the wines which spoke for themselves, it must have been a lot of work to sort out the seating, the welcome at the door, the packets of biscuits, the various Covid measures, the pouring and so on. I thought Christopher Burr was one of the best speakers we have had. I'll certainly look at the Chiswick Auctions website".
David Rayner CBE was a guest and he commented; “It was a hugely enjoyable tasting on Monday and thank you very much for inviting us both. Very warm and relaxed presentation, full of information, experience and humour, and a most interesting selection of wines rarely available to experience. Much appreciated.”
Our members speak:
Following the tasting from within the vineyards above the Alsatian village of Riquewihr, the Club received the following feedback:
"You must have had lots of messages from Red Herring Wine Club members about the wonderful tasting organised for us on Friday evening. It was absolutely outstanding. Beautifully presented from the vineyard itself and lots of interesting questions answered" - member George Sandars.
Message from Conal Gregory, Master of Wine - Club Chairman
New world or old? Corks or screw caps? New technology is making itself felt in all aspects of the wine business and the Club felt it was time to launch a website for members. You'll be able to find all the Club's news, details of tastings and offers on this site and we hope that our New World enthusiasts will find this a more convenient way to find out about the Club's events.
Following his tutoring of the "Cabernet around the World" tasting, Dr Ben Lewin, Master of Wine, commented:
"I liked the impression that the members have a genuine interest in wine, hence some appreciation of the format. I go to a fair number of tastings in New York where people are more interested in just knocking off the big names or getting bragging rights about cult wines. So this was a really nice contrast".
Don't miss the opportunity to join us in tastings from previously unvisited areas and some special events.
News: On-line Payment
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